[ad_1] The immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has denied paying $720,000 from the state treasury for his children’s tuition fees. The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, on Tuesday, accused Mr Bello of stealing the funds while his administration was coming to an end to pay his children’s […]
[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Across the country, states are reexamining their approaches to guardianship, overhauling decades-old laws to better protect vulnerable adults who, because of their age or ailment, can no longer care for themselves. In […]
[ad_1] No fewer than 931 staff of Nigerian Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education have graduated from an intensive 13-week training on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support their teaching, research, and community engagement. The training programme with support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), was organised by the National Universities Commission […]
[ad_1] The goal of the African Vaccination Week is simple yet profound: The week focuses on emphasizing the importance of protecting every person’s right (particularly every child, woman and entire community) from vaccine-preventable diseases by strengthening immunization programs across the African Region. Under the slogan ‘Vaccinated communities, Healthy communities’, Africa Vaccination Week aims to keep […]
[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump, left, following a recess at Manhattan criminal court in New York on Tuesday. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump, left, following a recess at Manhattan criminal court in New York on Tuesday. Bloomberg via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump […]
[ad_1] Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to push the country to the brink of catastrophe without urgent international action. Decades of conflict and the resulting humanitarian emergency have already exhausted and traumatized millions of civilians. […]
[ad_1] Voters take to the polls in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, during the 2022 Midterm Elections at Ladue City Hall in Ladue, Mo. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio Voters take to the polls in the early hours of the […]
[ad_1] MILAN (AP) — A former Italian foreign minister has been convicted and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for his role in the sale of an apartment in Monte Carlo inherited by his right-wing party. Gianfranco Fini is a former leader of the far-right Italian Social Movement, which he moved away […]
[ad_1] Qurban Mamut (left) and Bahram Sintash (second from left) with their family in Xinjiang, China in 1989. Credit: Courtesy of Bahram Sintash Opinion by Iris Hsu (taipei, taiwan) Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Inter Press Service TAIPEI, Taiwan, Apr 30 (IPS) – This is the first in a series of articles on World Press Freedom Day, […]
[ad_1] Late last year, in the days before the Slovakian parliamentary elections, two viral audio clips threatened to derail the campaign of a pro-Western, liberal party leader named Michal Šimečka. The first was a clip of Šimečka announcing he wanted to double the price of beer, which, in a nation known for its love of […]