The Ondo State Government has begun the digitalisation of secondary education, training teachers and students across the state as part of efforts to prepare public schools for technology-driven learning. The initiative has also seen digital equipment distributed to 50 public secondary schools through one of the state’s technical partners, the government said. The Commissioner for…
The founder of an anti-violence nonprofit group in Philadelphia has been charged for allegedly attacking a woman on a SEPTA train using a box cutter earlier in July, CBS News reported Thursday. Operation Save Our City founder Rosalind Pichardo-Kent has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault alongside five additional assault and harassment-related charges,…
The campaign against open defecation in Lagos will gather fresh momentum today, as fellows of the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy (LJLA) stage a 10-kilometre awareness walk aimed at promoting improved sanitation, behavioural change and cleaner public spaces across the state. The walk, scheduled to take place from Allen Junction to LAMATA Motor Park, Ojota, is…
The Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, on Thursday received into the Labour Party a former Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Dr Jasper Uche, who was PDP’s 2023 deputy governorship candidate, along with other defectors, during a civic reception organised in his honour by the people of Umunneochi Local Government Area at Peace Secondary School, Amuda…
At the request of Iran, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have begun attacking ships in the Red Sea, but can the U.S. military wrest control of the key shipping lane? The Houthi rebels first flexed their military might in 2023 when they attacked shipping in the Red Sea. The U.S. military once attempted to bomb…
By Oluseye Ojo Nigeria is believed to have been endowed with one of Africa’s largest inland waterway networks. It is a vast natural asset that comprises thousands of kilometres of rivers, creeks, lakes, lagoons and reservoirs stretching across the country. • The scene of the Jigawa boat accident These waterways, from the River Niger and…
