The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) says the aviation industry requires accelerated recovery plans, for it to overcome its current challenges caused by the rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic. Capt. Alkali Modibbo Rector of the college, made this known at the 25th Annual Conference and Award Ceremony, organised by the League of Airports and…
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended 12 doctors and barred three from medical practice in Nigeria for professional misconduct. After seven sessions held between 2019 and 2021 in which it adjudicated over cases filed against 37 doctors for various forms of professional misconduct, the tribunal found 20 doctors guilty of the charges…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has carried out a significant cabinet reshuffle covering not only security posts but also the economy and health following days of unrest last month that left more than 350 dead. In a televised speech on Thursday, Ramaphosa said he was abolishing the security ministry and placing the “political responsibility” of…
US e-commerce giant Amazon has won a major legal victory in India as the country’s top court blocks a $3.4bn deal struck by domestic rival Reliance. Amazon, Walmart-backed Flipkart and Reliance, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, are locked in a titanic battle to dominate online retail in the country of 1.3 billion people….
At least 2.3 million children and youth are going hungry in northeastern Nigeria where escalating violence has forced farmers to flee their fields and put the region on the brink of critical food shortages, humanitarian groups have warned. Nigerian security forces in the region have waged a more than decade-long war against Boko Haram and…
The grumblings arising from the congresses of the APC party has metamorphosed into volcanic eruptions. The party can do well to listen to the voice of one of its own; Mr. Festus Keyamo. It is moral burden on the party to have a sitting Governor as the Chairman of the party, superintending an election. As…
The late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s son, 36-year-old Aminu, has been arrested for killing four people in Yola. On Thursday, a magistrates’ court in Yola remanded Mr Yar’Adua in prison custody for crushing four people to death in an auto crash in Yola. The late president’s son, a student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN),…
Barcelona have confirmed that Lionel Messi will leave the La Liga club after 20 years. This is as the Argentine superstar failed to reach an agreement on a new deal with the club after a crunch meeting on Thursday. Messi has spent his entire career at Barcelona, coming through the club’s academy before going on…
Tokyo Olympics: Chukwuebuka Enekwechi unable to make podium finish in the Men’s Shot Put FinalTeam Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi was unable to win a medal in the men’s shot put final at Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games. The Nigerian threw a distance of 19.74m finishing last amongst all 12 competitors in the final. The disappointing results is…
