Tuna sells for $1.8 million in first Tokyo auction of 2020,
A bluefin tuna sold for 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) in the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market, the second highest price on record, NHK broadcaster reported. The tuna was caught off northern Aomori Prefecture and weighed 276 kilograms (608 lbs), according to NHK, which translates into a price of […]
US Federal Library website breached by ‘Iranian hackers’
A group claiming to be hackers from Iran breached the website of a little-known US government agency on Saturday and posted messages vowing revenge for Washington’s killing of top military commander Qasem Soleimani. The website of the Federal Depository Library Program was replaced with a page titled “Iranian Hackers!” that displayed images of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei […]
Immigration boss calls public to disregard fake visa on arrival video
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has called on the general public to disregard the fake visa on arrival video in circulation and assured all of the highly professional service delivery in the interest of the nation. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News […]
2020 UTME: JAMB accredits 650 CBT centres nationwide
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says over 650 Computer Based Test (CBT), centres have so far been accredited for its upcoming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Rivers Gov’t warns school heads against misconduct
Orders 437 banned schools not to resume activities By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Rivers State Ministry of Education has warned heads of government owned schools to avoid any form of extortion from pupils as schools in the state resume for the second term 2019/2020 academic session on Monday 6th January. In a statement […]
Iraqi parliament votes for foreign troops to leave after U.S. strike
Iraq’s parliament has approved a resolution to oblige the government to end the presence of foreign troops linked to a U.S.-led alliance fighting Islamic State. In an emergency session, the parliament issued a resolution obliging the government to rescind its previous request for help from the anti-Islamic State coalition after the defeat of the extremist […]
