At least 108 out of 240 inmates who escaped from a prison in central Nigeria have been recaptured, a prison official said Tuesday. Heavily armed gunmen stormed the Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, in Kogi State, late on Sunday, freeing scores of inmates. It was unclear who the gunmen were but criminal gangs have terrorised…
The first day of the UEFA Champions League group stage is about to start, with Barcelona vs Bayern Munich among eight fixtures between Europe’s top football clubs on Tuesday. Barcelona’s ability to compete in Europe without Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann will be put to the test when it hosts the team that dealt the…
A South Korean antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc’s Google 207 billion won ($176.64m) for blocking customised versions of its Android operating system (OS), in the US technology giant’s second setback in less than a month. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) on Tuesday said terms with device makers amounted to the abuse of Google’s…
The United States and the European Union have agreed to try and cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane by about one-third by the end of this decade and are pushing other chief economies to join them, according to documents seen by the Reuters news agency. Their pact comes as Washington and Brussels seek to…
Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, the World Bank has warned. In a landmark report published on Monday, the international financial institution called on states to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap to avoid the effects of slow-onset climate…
An outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 that is thought to have begun in a primary school in Putian in China’s southeast continues to grow, prompting authorities to impose measures, including travel restrictions and school closures, to curb the spread of the virus. Putian, a city of 3.2 million in coastal Fujian province, ordered…
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has inaugurated a 13-member State Education Council, as part of his administration’s efforts to revitalise basic and post-basic education sector in the state. Buni stated this at the inauguration of the Council on Monday in Damaturu, the state capital. He listed terms of reference of the council to include, among…
The caretaker committee is thus expected to inaugurate a committee on zoning arrangements ahead of the zonal congress and the national convention. It was gathered that the date for the national convention will be fixed through the recommendation of the caretaker committee after wide consultations with some critical stakeholders to the party’s National Executive Committee…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) is set to start academic activities in its Meteorological Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in Katsina. The NiMet`s General Manager, Mr Muntari Ibrahim, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the approval was given by the government in a letter dated Sept. 9 and following a request by…
