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Reports say the federal government spent N1.33 trillion to service domestic debts in the first half of 2022. According to data released by the Debt Management Office , this represents an increase of 42.5% compared to N935.46 billion spent in the corresponding period of 2021. When compared to the second half of 2021, domestic debt service increased by 19.2% from N1.19 trillion.
Pop star Ed Sheeran has been ordered to stand trial over claims he copied his hit song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. US District Judge, Louis Stanton denied Sheeran's bid to dismiss the case, saying a jury should decide on the similarities between the songs. This comes six months after the Pop Star, was cleared of copying his hit song Shape of You at a trial in […]
Newcastle has agreed a deal to sign Garang Kuol from Central Coast Mariners. The Club reportedly paid an initial £300,000 before add-on clauses. Kuol earned his first Australia cap last week becoming the youngest player to represent his country since former Leeds and Liverpool Harry Kewell in 1996.
At least 19 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked an educational institute in the Afghan capital, Kabul. According to police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, 27 others were wounded in the blast, which occurred in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of western Kabul. Zadran added that the victims included high school graduates, both girls and boys, who were taking a practice university entrance exam at the Kaj education centre.
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has revealed that the Niger State Government owes the examination body N500m from unpaid examination fees of students. Registrar of the Council, Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this during the release of the results of the 2022 Internal Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations in Minna, the state capital. Wushishi confirmed that the examination body is withholding the results of all students in the state as a result of […]
The Independent Corrupt Practice and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has urged stakeholders to join the fight against corrupt practices in the country. Chairman of the commission, Bolaji Owasanoye, gave the charge at a one-day sensitization dialogue with traditional rulers, religious leaders and civil society organizations in Akure, Ondo state capital. Owasanoye noted that the traditional rulers and other society leaders had a vital role to play in societal development […]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has called on all Nigerians to join hands to build national cohesion to guarantee peace, and unity of the country. Ortom made the call in a goodwill message to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence anniversary. The message harped on the need to strengthen the country’s security architecture, noting that an unsecured nation neither guarantee peaceful coexistence nor engender progress or development. It urged public office seekers […]
Australians have been urged to work from home and wear masks indoors as number of COVID-19 cases near record levels. The country is in the midst of a third wave of corona virus, driven by Omicron sub variants. Daily cases climbed to 50,248 on Tuesday, the highest in two months. Australia began relaxing strict health measures related to the corona virus towards the end of last year.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has berated the Federal Government for failing to prioritize education in Nigeria. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated that the issues bedeviling the sector will not end until the elite are forced to train their children in public schools. Osodeke dismissed the two-week ultimatum issued to the Minister of Education by President Muhammadu Buhari, to end the strike, noting that ASUU had concluded negotiations […]
