The Nigeria Air Force (NAF), says it is collaborating with the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), in ensuring the safety and security of commuters during the Yuletide, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. READ ALSO: NAF Command graduates 13 combat […]

Registrar, Institute of Human Resources and Strategic Management, Mr. Minna Onomroba Abell has admonished every individual to acquire skill in area of human resources and strategic management to make them a better manager of people and resources.

Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the “darkness in human hearts” that leads to religious persecution, social injustice, armed conflicts and fear of migrants. In his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) Christmas Day message, the 83-year-old pope called for peace in the Holy Land, Syria, […]

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urged parliament on Wednesday to have more discussion on a proposed anti-infiltration bill which the government says is needed to combat Chinese influence and has been condemned by the main opposition and Beijing. The legislation is part of a years-long effort to combat what many in Taiwan see as Chinese efforts […]

A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city on Wednesday as it hosted a campaign rally by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted him to take shelter briefly before resuming the event, Israeli TV stations reported. The Israeli military confirmed the launch against Ashkelon, which is 12 km (7.5 miles) from the […]

Molotov cocktails were thrown at the headquarters of Brazilian comedy group Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro on Christmas Eve, weeks after the group launched a film on Netflix depicting Jesus as gay. The group’s Christmas special, “The First Temptation of Christ,” a 46-minute comedy that portrays Jesus bringing home his presumed boyfriend Orlando […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Christmas Day signed two Executive Orders, with one setting free six inmates at different prisons. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment. The two Orders – Executive Commutation of Death Sentence Order and […]

Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched through Christmas-decorated shopping centers on Wednesday, chanting pro-democracy slogans and forcing one mall to close early, as police fired tear gas to disperse crowds gathering on nearby streets. The protests have turned more confrontational over the festive season, though earlier in December they had been largely peaceful after pro-democracy candidates […]

Kwara Youth Centre (KYC), an advisory body to Gov. Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, has congratulated Christians on Christmas and prayed for peace in the nation. The Coordinator of the group, Mr Kayode Oyin-Zubair, expressed their felicitation in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Oyin-Zubair enjoined Christians to make […]

Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti told Reuters on Wednesday he had resigned after failing to obtain from the government billions of euros he said were needed to improve the country’s schools and universities. The resignation is a blow to the embattled government, whose ruling parties are at odds on issues ranging from eurozone reform to […]