Japan Tops List Of World’s Most Powerful Passports – List
What’s the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It’s a Japanese passport. The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports, has released its first report of the new decade. Japan is now top of the leaderboard, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to an incredible 191 destinations […]
Iran Is Enriching More Uranium Now Than Before The Deal
Iran is enriching more uranium per day now than before the country signed a nuclear deal with major world powers, President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday. Rouhani also said the country’s nuclear industry was better off today during his address at the 59th Iranian Central Bank General Assembly in Tehran that was broadcast live on Iranian state television. “Our daily […]
RE: The Greasy Mess At NDDC
I must confess I had made a decision not to reply to the above titled piece, written by you and published in your POLSCOPE column of Friday, January 10, 2020. This is because I know that Sen. Godswill Akpabio, of which the piece was a hatchet job on, has erudite media personnel that can respond […]
Libya’s Renegade General Agreed To Comply With Ceasefire
Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Haftar has “agreed to comply” with the terms of an existing ceasefire agreement in Libya, according to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. The agreement would consolidate a current truce between Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) and Libya’s UN-backed administration, the Government of National Accord (GNA). Haftar’s administration, in eastern Libya, has […]
Much Ado About Succession
Following my State of the Nation address on Sunday, January 5, 2020, I am constrained to make some brief clarifications due to the unrecognisable reconstruction of my utterances in the media, and the subsequent responses to these distortions. Speaking on the theme “Unveiling the True Enemies of Nigeria,” I surveyed various forces militating against the […]
Apple May Have To Abandon Lightning Connector Cable
Apple could be forced to abandon its Lightning connector cable if European lawmakers get their way. The cable is used to charge and sync many Apple devices, such as the iPhone. But members of the European Parliament urged the European Commission on Monday to force tech giants to adopt a single universal charging method. Two […]
Inflation Rises To 11.98%
The Consumer Price Index, (CPI) which measures inflation further increased to 11.98 percent (year-on-year) in December compared to 11.85 per cent in the preceding month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Food inflation rose to 14.67 per cent in December compared to 14.48 per cent in November. Read Also: Swift, Billie Eilish: 10 […]
How Rich People Could Help Save The Planet From Climate
Rich people don’t just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us — they also have bigger carbon footprints. The more stuff you own, and the more you travel, the more fossils fuels are burned, and the more greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere. Jetting around, buying luxury goods, […]
State Media Hailed Putin’s Power Shake-Up
Moscow (CNN) Big government announcements in Russia are typically accompanied by simultaneous coverage on the nation’s state-run TV channels. But when Russia’s government announced it was resigning on Wednesday, it took a good 20 minutes for Russia 24, a news channel with close ties to the Kremlin, to break out of its regularly scheduled programming — a […]
Buhari Still Fighting Civil War Against Igbo People –Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of fighting a war against the Igbo people as if the Nigerian Civil war has not ended. Kanu alleged that Buhari and his administration were still waging war against the people of the Southeast with their “dehumanising treatment against the […]
APC To Win More Igbo States Before 2023 – Ohanaeze
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo said on Wednesday that a greater number of states in Igboland would be won by the All Progressives Congress before the 2023 general election. The Secretary-General of the apex body of Ndigbo, Uche Okwukwu, made this remark in a congratulatory message to the new Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on his victory […]
Earthquake-Damaged Buildings Cripple Puerto Rico
The Ponciana Condominium building here is one of the most distinctive in the island’s second-largest city. It’s a 12-story structure, just south of downtown, with medical and commercial units on its first three floors and residential units on the remaining nine. But after a series of tremors and aftershocks that have rattled Puerto Rico’s southern […]