Idris Abdulaziz, a popular Bauchi Islamic cleric, is dead. His centre, the Dutsen Tanshi Majlis, announced his demise in a statement posted on its Facebook page late Thursday. The centre announced the funeral prayer of the cleric for Friday morning at the Games Village, Bauchi. The cause of his death was not disclosed, but he…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Japanese goods are a “national crisis”, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday ahead of cross-party talks on mitigating the impact. Japanese firms are the biggest investors into the United States but Trump on Thursday announced a hefty 24 percent levy on imports from the close U.S. ally as part…
A teacher has been banned from the classroom for life following a 17-month prison sentence for ‘grooming’ two schoolgirls. Luke Berry, 36, was working at Joyce Frankland Academy in Essex when he committed two sexual offences against girls aged under 18. He inappropriately touched a female pupil five times between September and October 2020 before…
Photograph Source: Office of Vice President of the United States – Public Domain It’s all happening so fast. If they are not attacking some agency like the Department of Education or a cultural institution such as the Kennedy Center or Smithsonian Museum, they’re launching some personal vendetta against a lawyer or law firm, imposing tariffs…
As the federal government finalises plans to disburse funds directly to the 774 local governments in Nigeria, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) announced on Thursday its plan to begin monitoring the utilisation of the funds. The commission disclosed the plan during the launch of an initiative for the implementation of the tracking in Abuja…
