Author: NPO Admin II
Think of a Premier League referee and for many the first thought will be of one man. For the past 22 years Mike Dean has been one of the most recognised officials in the game – for good and bad reasons. He has been at the centre of many controversial decisions over the years, but is also renowned for his amusing facial expressions and flamboyant behaviour on the pitch. After more than two decades as a top-flight referee, Dean will hang up his whistle at the end of the season. The 53-year-old spoke to Football Focus about starting out, his…
Images of the bodies of civilians in the streets of Bucha have led to international condemnation of Russia and further accusations that its forces are committing war crimes. The International Criminal Court has already begun investigating whether war crimes are taking place and Ukraine has also set up a team to gather evidence. What is a war crime? It may not seem like it, but “even war has rules”, as the International Committee of the Red Cross puts it. These are contained in treaties called the Geneva Conventions and a string of other international laws and agreements. Civilians cannot be deliberately attacked -…
Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a US securities filing. The news sent Twitter shares soaring about 25% in pre-market trading. The Tesla founder bought 73,486,938 Twitter shares on 14 March, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stake is worth $2.89bn (£2.20bn), based on Twitter’s closing price on Friday. The stake makes him one of the largest shareholders in the company and is more than four times the 2.25% holding of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Musk is a regular Twitter user with more than 80 million followers, although recently he said he is…
The Kremlin has once again vehemently rejected accusations against Russian troops over the killings of civilians on the outskirts of Kiev. Images and video were taken in Bucha at the weekend showing bodies scattered on the streets after Russian troops withdrew from the area, prompting global outrage and accusations that war crimes had been committed. “We categorically reject all accusations,’’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to the Interfax agency. Peskov also continued to question the authenticity of the numerous photographs taken of the dead. Many of the pictures were taken by international media who were directly at…
We Won’t Leave APC For Unprincipled Politicians; Osun Faction Says *Insists Omisore’s Emergence as National Secretary is a Slap on Progressive Politics The Rasaq Salinsile-led faction of the All Progressives Congress Osun on Monday reaffirmed its resolve not to quit the party for those it called “unprincipled politicians.” The party said that emergence of impeached former Deputy Governor of the state, Iyiola Omisore as the National Secretary of the party represents a slap on the face of progressive politics. Rising from a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday, members of the party said there is a ground plot by Governor Gboyega Oyetola-led…
Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers have offered resignation letters from their positions in response to calls from increasing protests amid economic instability and a severe fuel shortage in the South Asian country. Government officials confirmed that all cabinet ministers had handed in their resignation letters, paving way for all political parties to form a new cabinet, following discussions held with Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Sunday evening. Rajapaksa and the state ministers will, however, continue to work in their capacities, officials said. The prime minister is expected to issue a special statement to the nation and an invitation will be extended…
Roost Foundation, a counter trafficking, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) organisaion, has raised an alarm over the trend of organ harvesting and child exploitation in the country. The Executive Chairman of the foundation, Mrs. Julie Okah-Donli, raised the alarm on Monday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the foundation. Okah-Donli was onetime Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). According to her, organ harvesting cases are now on the increase in the country, but people do not really know that it is going on…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says notification slips for its 2022 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is ready for print out. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. JAMB said that candidates, who registered for the UTME and indicated interest to sit for the exercise could now proceed to print out the slips, which contained their examination centres. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the board scheduled the mock exercise for April 9. “The notification slips can be printed anywhere at the candidates’…
South Africans are offering their congratulations to DJ Black Coffee who won his first Grammy award on Sunday. He won the best dance/electronic music album category for his Subconsciously album. Black Coffee dedicated his win to upcoming African talents. “African kids who are watching, they may think they don’t stand a chance to get on a global stage like this. I want to just say to them it is possible,” he said. President Cyril Ramaphosa has thanked him for “inspiring a new generation of talent to take over the world”. One Twitter user wrote: “A little boy named Nkosinathi Innocent…
The award-winning Algerian film director, Yamina Bachir Chouikh, has died in Algiers. She was best known for her film Rachida, the story of a young teacher’s struggle against terrorism in Algiers. It won prizes around the world. The movie, which took her five years to make, was the first to be directed by a woman in Algeria. The Lumieres Cinema Association said the 68-year-old director had been suffering from a long illness. BBC