China bans classroom mobile phone use over addiction concerns
China’s primary and middle schools have introduced a ban on mobile phone use in classrooms, among wider efforts to protect pupils from internet and video game addiction.
CDS assures troops of improved welfare to boost fighting spirit
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabo, has said that the welfare of troops fighting insurgents in the nation’s northeast remains one of the top priorities of the present administration. Irabor stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while addressing troops at the Military’s Command and Control Centre during his first operational visit. The CDS, […]
COVID-19: NCDC records 685 new infections as total rises to 131,242
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 685 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 131,242. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle late Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the number of cases recorded on Sunday is the […]
Insecurity: OPC drums up support for Amotekun, urges South East to back ESN
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) at the weekend threw its weight behind the southwest security Network, better known as operation Amotekun, for its commitment to enhanced security in the region. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oguntimehin, the group said with the recent efforts of Amotekun in Oyo and Osun states, there […]
Trump hires new defence team ahead of impeachment trial
Former U.S. president Donald Trump has hired a new defence team shortly before his second impeachment trial is due to start. The defence will be led by David Schoen and Bruce Castor, Trump’s office said late on Sunday. Broadcaster CNN had reported earlier that Trump’s initial defence team of five lawyers would not be representing […]
Tunisia reports 1,417 new COVID-19 cases, 208,885 in total
Tunisian Health Ministry, on Sunday, reported 1,417 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 208,885. The death toll from the virus in Tunisia rose by 74 to 6,754, the ministry said in a statement. The number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the country reached 2,118, including 422 in intensive […]
