Stalemate After Fourth Round Of Post-Brexit Talks
The latest round of Brexit trade talks ended with no breakthrough Friday, as the EU and Britain stuck to long-held positions and called for negotiations to be ramped up. The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier could report “no significant progress this week”, accusing London of backtracking on divorce terms agreed last year. “This situation cannot […]
US Protests Over Floyd’s Killing A ‘Perfect Storm’ For False Info
George Floyd’s death was staged. US authorities cut communications in the country’s capital. People can be paid to be a “professional anarchist.” False information and conspiracy theories such as these surrounding demonstrations over Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody are spreading online, sowing more mistrust and division as the United States grapples with widespread anger […]
Hong Kong Protesters Seek Sanctuary Overseas As Noose Tightens
Hong Kong protester Crystal has yet to tell her parents she has fled overseas to seek asylum in Canada, one of a growing number of residents choosing self-exile as Beijing tightens control. The 21-year-old student spent months on the front lines of the pro-democracy protests, which first exploded with huge marches last June and descended […]
Last Resort: Pygmies Return To Forest To Isolate Against Coronavirus
Dzanga-Sangha, a wildlife sanctuary in southwest Central African Republic, is a remote place, linked to the rest of the world by a narrow trail that becomes impassable in heavy rain.But for the region’s Pygmies — outcasts in a country already ranked among the poorest in the world — Dzanga-Sangha’s isolation could be a blessing. As […]
Chelsea Declared English Women’s Champions On Points-Per-Game
Chelsea were awarded the Women’s Super League title on Friday as the Football Association applied a points-per-game formula to decide standings from the curtailed season. The Blues were a point behind Manchester City at the top of the table when the campaign was stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic in March, but had played one […]
Only 57 Percent Of Nigerians Have Access To Electricity – UN
The United Nations (UN) global energy progress report says 110.7 million Nigerians, out of a 195.8 million estimated population had access to electricity as of 2018. The UN launched the report on Thursday. The figure represents a 57 percent national electricity access rate. This is way below the global average of 90 per cent. It […]
FG: 2,900 Payments Worth ₦51bn Paid Into Personal Accounts – BudgIT
BudgIT has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the payment of government funds into personal accounts. This call was made after a study of the Open Treasury Initiative of the Federal Government. The Buhari’s administration on December 9, 2019, launched the Open Treasury Portal. Read Also: Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala For New Appointment The purpose is […]
Why Elon Musk Called For Amazon’s Dissolution
Tesla CEO Elon Musk called for Jeff Bezos’s retail giant Amazon to be broken up, after the latter refused to sell a book on its platform. Amazon tried to block a book about the COVID-19 pandemic titled “Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and Lockdowns: Part 1: Introduction and Death Counts and Estimates” written by a former […]
Australians Protest Aboriginal Lives Matter
Australians on Friday gathered at the capital to protest high levels of Aboriginal/Black incarceration and death in custody. Protesters gathered at Garema Place to show solidarity with demonstrations across the U.S. sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man, who died at the hands of police officers. Demonstrators called for police around the […]
Taraba IDPs Cry Out Over Threats Of Terror Attack
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Baissa East Primary school camp in Kurmi local government area of Taraba on Thursday said they were under threat of attack by suspected Ichen militiamen. Leader of the camp who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent on the phone that they have received several threats of attacks in the camp and […]
Aisha Buhari Is Committing Fraud Of The Highest Order – Nnamdi Kanu
In support of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s statement regarding President Muhammadu Buhari’s incompetent leadership, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has taken to his official Facebook page to decry First Lady Aisha Buhari’s fraudulent and deceptive practices in trying to cover up the allegedly cloned President of Nigeria. He calls […]
Facebook Date: Police Nab 3 Brothers For kidnaping, Killing Mother Of 5
The Intelligence Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested three suspects Johnson Emmanuel – 38, Gideon Emmanuel – 31, and Success Emmanuel – 27. The trio were nabbed for the alleged kidnap and murder of one Mrs. Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya. The murder occured on May 14, 2020. The suspects, of same parents, are […]