Dinosaur Tracks From 113m Years Ago Exposed By Severe Drought
A severe drought has exposed 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks on a riverbed in central Texas. The massive tracks, which belonged to a single acrocanthosaurus, had not been seen since 2000, as they sat under water and several layers of sediment. The tracks at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas are some of the best preserved […]
Wike’s Camp Denies Talks With Tinubu In France
Loyalists of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, have declared that they were unaware of any meeting between the governor’s camp and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, in faraway France. A former member of the House of Representatives and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in […]
Kashim Shettima: We Will Hit The Ground Running Immediately If Elected
Sen. Kashim Shettima, the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Vice-Presidential candidate, has assured Nigerians of getting experienced leaders who will hit the ground running immediately from May 29, 2023. According to a statement published by Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, on Monday in Abuja, Shettima said this at […]
INEC: Why We Need An Electoral Offences Commission
The Chairman of, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that Nigeria needs the establishment of a National Electoral Offences Commission to prosecute electoral offenders. He disclosed this while speaking at the one-day public hearing on a ‘Bill For An Act To Establish The National Electoral Offences Commission’ at the House of […]
Sudan Official: Death Toll From Seasonal Floods Rises To 83
The death toll from flash floods in Sudan since the start of the country’s rainy season has climbed to 83, an official said Tuesday as the downpours continued to inundate villages across the east African nation. Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, said that at least 36 people have […]
Najib Razak: Malaysia’s Ex-PM Starts Jail Term After Final Appeal Fails
Malaysia former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sent to jail to begin serving a 12-year sentence, after the top court rejected his appeal. The 69-year-old’s charges relate to a corruption scandal involving state-owned wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). He was convicted in July 2020, but had been out on bail during the appeal. […]
Donald Trump Sues Justice Department Over Mar-a-Lago Search
Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department’s investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home. In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed to oversee the documents that FBI agents took earlier this month. Eleven sets of classified files were taken from Mr […]
Lagos Govt. Sensitized Facility Managers On Risk Of High-rise Buildings
To protect the safety of its residents and to raise awareness of the need for risk management in high-rise buildings, the Lagos State Government has sensitized facility managers. At a workshop for facility management companies on Monday in Alausa, Ikeja, the director-general of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola, made this statement. He […]
NBA-AGC Summit: Highlight Of Various Programmes By Atiku, Tinubu, Obi
At the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) Annual General Conference yesterday in Lagos, the candidates for the various political parties alternated between presenting their programs to the audience, setting the tone for the 2023 presidential campaign. The presidential candidates discussed the economy, insecurity, and the ongoing university lecturers’ strike, among other things, in response to calls […]
APC Impunity Reason For Loss In Osun 2022 Election – Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has criticized the All Progressives Congress (APC), claiming that the party’s internal impunity is one of the reasons it lost the 2022 governorship race in Osun State. He continued by saying that the Osun State people punished the APC for the sacrilege committed against the late Chief Bola Ige, […]
