Trump Is More Erratic Than Ever With Final Days In Sight
It turns out there are no silent nights in the Trump era. Even in the lead-up to Christmas, even in humiliating loss, even as Americans attempt reflection on what has been, for many, the worst year of their lives, President Donald Trump seems bent on maintaining an unrelenting pace of norm-smashing as his term concludes. […]
Security Tightens At Lagos Airport To Combat Breaches
Nigeria’s federal government has introduced new security apparatus to further secure the nation’s busiest gateway, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The government in response to reports of incessant security breaches, has introduced different layers of security fortification to protect the airside and landside of the airport. Presently, the federal government has already acquired […]
Abducted Kankara Schoolboys Say Ransom Was Paid For Their Release
The schoolboys who were kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State, Nigeria, by suspected bandits on December 11, have given more insight into the developments that led to their release by their captors. Speaking to Wall Street Journal (WSJ), based in the United States, some of the boys narrated how they were […]
Tech Giant, Alibaba Faces Antitrust Probe In China
China has launched an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group and will summon the technology giant’s Ant Group affiliate to meet in the coming days, regulators said on Thursday, in the latest blow for Jack Ma’s e-commerce and financial technology empire. The probe is part of an accelerating crackdown on monopolistic behaviour in China’s booming internet […]
Nigerians Will Receive Free COVID-19 Vaccine- PTF Coordinator
The National Coordinator of Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 Sani Aliyu says the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to Nigerians free when vaccination begins. Aliyu made this known on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. He also revealed plans by the Nigerian government on delivering and administering the vaccine and […]
ASUU & FG:We Will Review Developments In February
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet again in February to review the developments in the issues regarding the months-long industrial action. He made this known on Wednesday when asked what will happen if the ASUU decides to […]
DSS Raises Alarm over Bombing Plot During Holidays
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over the “plot to bomb some places” during the Christmas holidays. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency asked Nigerians to be on the alert, saying it is taking steps to prevent attacks nationwide. The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, however, advised those planning to disrupt […]
Nigeria Refutes Financial Time’s ‘Near Failed State’ Claim
A spokesman for Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday dismissed an editorial in Financial Times, an international daily newspaper based in Britain, which described Nigeria as a country that is gradually inching closer to becoming a failed state. Reacting to the editorial following a THISDAY inquiry, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, […]
Biden Blames Trump For ‘Downplaying’ Cyberattack On US Government
United States President-elect Joe Biden warned the recently uncovered cyber-“assault” on government computers had compromised US national security and would not “go unanswered” once he becomes president. “This attack constitutes a grave risk to our national security,” Biden said on Tuesday at a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, in which he blamed President Donald Trump […]
Trump Rejects COVID-19 Relief Bill, Calling It ‘A Disgrace’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected a massive Covid economic relief package passed by Congress, branding it “a disgrace” in an act of political brinkmanship less than a month before he must leave office and when millions of Americans are suffering fallout from the pandemic. Trump dropped the bombshell via a pre-recorded statement made in […]
