Photo Credit: Tunde Onakoya/Instagram What’s better than one Guinness World Record? Well, how about going for a second one? Tunde Onakoya is gearing up for another historic feat — this time, aiming to break the record for the longest marathon chess game, clocking in at 70 hours. And he won’t be doing it alone. Joining…
A revised law on immigration control in Japan, which went into effect last June, introduced a new “supervisory” measure as a solution to prevent the long-term detention of foreigners who are subject to deportation. The revision to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act allows such foreigners to live outside detention facilities under the supervision…
The Federal Government has debunked a claim on the exclusion of the North-East from the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme. The North-East Caucus in the National Assembly had during the week alleged that the zone has been “completely excluded” from the SAPZ. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, made the clarification…
A massive fire has engulfed Sierra Leone’s State House in Freetown, the official residence and office of the president, prompting a full-scale emergency response as fire crews battle to contain the flames. The blaze, which began around 4:00 p.m. GMT on Saturday, April 12, tore through the third and fourth floors of the historic structure,…
Ecocide is now being championed by thought leading climate-vulnerable nations — including Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji, and most recently the Democratic Republic of Congo — as a proposed amendment to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This bold move for environmental justice would elevate mass environmental destruction to the same legal status as…
