Author: NPO Admin II
The Academic Staff Union of Universities have raised the alarm that the Federal Government has been trying to set the Nigerian public against its members over the ongoing industrial disputes with the government. It’s more than three months that varsity students have been at home over demands by university teachers for improved conditions of service and better funding of university education. In its bulletin released on Monday, ASUU said government officials have of late been acting in deliberate matters to misinform the public. “The agents of government are redoubling their efforts at misinforming, misleading and twisting facts relating to our…
A police officer appeared on the Nigerian Big Brother as she wanted to “promote the Met Police” globally, a misconduct tribunal heard. Hours before going on the show, PC Khafilat Kareem called one of the Met’s most senior officers asking him to reverse an order for her not to do so. She lasted 77 days in the Big Brother Naija house before being evicted. The Met said she went on the programme “without authority”. The force is carrying out a misconduct hearing. At the hearing at the Empress Building in west London on Monday, PC Kareem admitted she took and…
Real Madrid are close to agreeing a free transfer deal for Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger, with the 29-year-old Germany defender ready to move to the Bernabeu on a contract worth at least £200,000 a week. (Guardian) Manchester City are considering a move for West Ham’s England midfielder Declan Rice, 23, who has also been a long-term target for Manchester United and Chelsea. (Telegraph – subscription) Paris St-Germain’s France striker Kylian Mbappe, 23, has been linked with a move to Real Madrid in the summer, but the will not make an announcement on his future until after the final game of the season against Metz on 21 May. (Marca) Norwich City want to sign Bristol City’s English midfielder Alex Scott,…
Elon Musk has struck a deal to buy Twitter with a promise to reduce censorship on the platform, raising questions about what his approach will mean for the “digital town square”. Human rights groups have raised concerns that a lack of moderation could lead to a rise in hate speech. Many Twitter users are also asking whether this means accounts suspended by the company will be allowed back. The most high-profile person to have been suspended was Donald Trump. After the news of the deal was announced, human rights groups raised concerns about hate speech on Twitter and the power…
An orchestra of Ukrainian refugees will take centre stage at this year’s Proms, alongside concerts by Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Cynthia Erivo. The newly-formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra features players who recently fled the war, alongside Ukrainian musicians from European orchestras. Ukraine is granting an exemption to the military-age male musicians, allowing them to leave the country and play. Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson said they would “honour those who have died”. The orchestra will perform at the Proms on 31 July, two weeks after the Proms season launches. After two years of muted, smaller-scale shows, the festival returns in full for 2022, with…
Health officials say there is mounting evidence that a common virus is linked to rare cases of hepatitis that have been occurring in some young children. Globally, there have been 169 cases recorded, and one death. In the UK alone, 114 children have become ill and 10 have needed a liver transplant. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says a strain of adenovirus called F41 is looking like the most probable cause. Most of the children affected are five years old or younger and have had symptoms of gastroenteritis illness – diarrhoea and nausea – followed by jaundice or yellowing…
A Japanese woman officially certified as the world’s oldest person has died aged 119. Kane Tanaka was born in 1903, the same year as George Orwell, at a time when Japan was emerging as a global power. She got married a century ago, and had four children. She spent her later years in a Japanese care home, where she enjoyed board games and chocolate. With her death, the world’s oldest person is now Lucile Randon, a 118-year-old French nun. What the Japanese can teach us about super-ageing gracefully Also in the year of her birth, Theodore Roosevelt was US president…
The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had “tremendous potential” that he would unlock. He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts. The firm initially rebuffed Mr Musk’s bid, but it will now ask shareholders to vote to approve the deal. Mr Musk is the world’s richest person, according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of $273.6bn mostly due to his shareholding in electric vehicle…
Ladan Bosso, Head Coach of the Flying Eagles, says his team are for action at the 2022 WAFU Zone B Under-20 Cup of Nations in the Niger Republic. Bosso told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that the Nigerian national under-20 men football team were in good shape and ready to depart for Niamey on Thursday. The Flying Eagles will face perennial rivals Ghana in their opening Group B game when the WAFU Zone B qualifiers get underway. Bosso said his team opened camp in Abuja since April 19 with 56 players and it gradually took shape. “We started to reduce…
Independent National Electoral Commission in Oyo State has announced that 145,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are ready for collection. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Mutiu Agboke, was quoted in a statement by Mrs. Rosemary Adeniyi, Head of Department, Voters Education and Publicity on Monday. Agboke said the PVCs were for potential voters who registered at the first and second quarters of the Continuous Voter Registration between June 28 and December 2021. He urged people who registered during the period to visit the commission’s offices across the 33 Local Government Areas of the state for collection. The REC called…