Author: NPO Admin II
Hip-hop was centre stage at the Super Bowl on Sunday as Dr Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar jointly headlined the prestigious half-time show. But did too many hooks spoil the broth? We’ve all been to one of those house parties where nobody can agree on the music. You might hear the first verse of a song, maybe even a chorus if you’re lucky, but it’s never long before someone is fiddling with the playlist and impatiently changing the track. Super Bowl half-time shows often feel a bit like this, albeit on a much larger scale,…
Ukraine has called for a meeting with Russia and other members of a key European security group over the escalating tensions on its border. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia had ignored formal requests to explain the build-up of troops. He said the “next step” was requesting a meeting within the next 48 hours for “transparency” about Russia’s plans. Russia has denied any plans to invade Ukraine despite the build-up of some 100,000 soldiers on Ukraine’s borders. But some Western nations have warned that Russia is preparing for military action, with the US saying Moscow could begin with aerial bombardments…
A mob has killed a man for allegedly burning pages of the Koran in central Pakistan, police say, in the latest case of blasphemy-related violence in the country. Police say more than 80 people have been arrested in connection with the killing on Saturday in the district of Khanewal in Punjab province. Reports said the man was in police custody before a crowd snatched him. His body was handed over to his family and a funeral held on Sunday. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said the case would be “dealt with the full severity of the law” and asked for…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the “imminent” threat of Russian military action in Ukraine justifies evacuating the US embassy in Kyiv. His words came after Ukraine’s president urged calm, saying the biggest enemy was panic. More than a dozen countries have urged their citizens to leave Ukraine. Moscow, with more than 100,000 troops near the border, has denied it plans to invade. The Kremlin’s top foreign policy advisor, Yuri Ushakov, has dismissed US warnings of an attack, saying “hysteria has reached its peak”. The crisis comes eight years after Russia annexed Ukraine’s southern Crimea peninsula. Since then,…
Police have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between Canada and the United States, after a week of disruption. Canada’s protests against Covid vaccine certification to cross the border have paralysed trade across the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario. A judge issued an order on Friday to break up the protest, but dozens of demonstrators remained in defiance. Police have now cleared the road, though the bridge remains closed. In a statement, police said Sunday’s action resulted in over a dozen arrests on a charge of mischief – which refers to damage or interference with property. Multiple vehicles…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities are meeting in Lagos today to determine whether to proceed on a nationwide industrial action or not. The National Executive Committee of the Union is meeting at the campus of the University of Lagos. Sources inside the meeting told the NPO Reports that tension is high among the members from different branches of the Union who are either for outright strike immediately or a warning strike.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested an Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of codeine syrup. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja Babafemi said that the seized bottles of codeine were being smuggled into the country through the land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic, in Sokoto state. He said that the suspect had been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the agency. “The suspect had loaded the consignment into trucks in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and drove through the…
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said that the institution has been able to attract research grant of N17 billion during his tenure. Ogundipe said this at the UNILAG Law Alumni event; “The Great Homecoming” which held on Feb.12 at Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos. According to him, no other university in the country can boast of achieving such an amount for research purposes within fours years. “To the glory of God within four years we have been able to get research grant of over N17 billion which no other university can boast of achieving. “I…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Suleman Sabo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the Feb. 12 Kuje Council Chairmanship Election in the Federal Capital Territory. Mr Sabo, the council’s incumbent chairman who will now serve his second term in office, defeated five other candidates in each of the 10 wards in the area council. The incumbent chairman gathered a total of 13,301 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sarki Hamidu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 7,694 votes to emerge second. Meanwhile, the Labour Party (LP) Chairmanship candidate Loveday Ajo secured 79…
Officers of the Lagos Command of the Nigerian police have recovered an AK-47 and a pump action gun in the Ajah area of lagos State. The command said were loaded with 8 rounds of ammunition. According to the police, the weapons were found abandoned with a hood and a plier inside a black sack at 1.45pm “The team of officers on a special assignment in the area had received intelligence about the suspicious substances before detouring to check it out. “It is strongly suspected that the guns and other exhibits must have been abandoned by armed robbers who were prevented…