…As state inaugurates committee on implementation Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday, said his administration is willing to pay the new minimum wage but the state would have to double it Internally Generated Revenue to meet the funding. He disclosed while inaugurating a committee to work out the modalities for […]

The US Army has banned soldiers from using the Beijing-based social media app TikTok on government phones, citing security concerns. It‘s an about-face for the military branch, which as recently as October was using the app — which is popular with American teens and 20-somethings — for recruiting purposes. “It is considered a cyber threat,” […]

Pep Guardiola saluted Manchester City’s fighting spirit as Gabriel Jesus extended his remarkable record against Everton with a second-half brace in Wednesday’s 2-1 win. Jesus was handed the start as City manager Guardiola rested Sergio Aguero, but the decision to select the Brazilian ahead of the club’s record goalscorer could easily have been inspired by […]

Sixteen inmates were killed and five wounded in a prison riot inside a Mexican prison Tuesday, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s troubled penal system, according to news reports. The brawl broke out at about 2:30 p.m. during visiting hours at the Regional Center for Social Reintegration, a men’s prison in […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)  says its engineers are working assiduously to restore supply to the three feeders affected by fire incident at Kakuri substation in Kaduna. The TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndudi Mbah, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. Mbah said that a fault involving an underground cable connecting 60MVA 132/33 Kilo […]

Former national security adviser John Bolton said the US should resume military exercises with South Korea and hold hearings to determine US troop readiness on the Korean peninsula following Kim Jong Un’s remarks that he no longer has to abide by a ban on testing nuclear weapons. “How to respond to Kim Jong Un’s threatening […]

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed that Paul Pogba faces another spell on the sidelines due to an ongoing ankle injury. The French World Cup winner made his comeback after nearly three months out in a 2-0 defeat at Watford 10 days ago and also made an appearance off the bench in a 4-1 […]

A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, has offset the bills of 17 patients who could not pay their medical bills after receiving treatment at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife. Omisore disclosed this on Wednesday, while celebrating the New Year with those who were on admission at the hospital. The […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday announced the redeployment of 76 senior officers to other areas within the Force to enhance operational efficiency and service delivery. The redeployed officers were 36 Air Vice Marshals and 40 Air Commodores including Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding and commandants of tri-service institutions. NAF, in a statement issued […]

Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn became the latest high-profile financial fugitive to make a cinematic escape from law-enforcement authorities this week. Mercenaries posing as musicians reportedly helped Ghosn flee financial crimes charges in Japan by dragging him out of the country in a musical instrument case, his first step on the way to Lebanon. But […]