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Wednesday, 13 March 2019 12:03

Brexit: MPs reject Theresa May's deal for a second time

Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit. MPs voted down the prime minister's deal by 149 - a smaller margin than when they rejected it in January. Mrs May said MPs will now get a vote on whether the UK should leave the EU without a deal and, if that fails, on whether Brexit should be delayed. She said Tory MPs will get a free vote on a no-deal Brexit. That means they can vote with their conscience rather than following…

Wednesday, 13 March 2019 03:58

We’re closely monitoring events in Nigeria – US

United States of America (USA), yesterday, said it is actively involved with political happenings in the country, particularly regarding 2019 elections. US Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, in a telephonic press briefing with journalists across Africa, yesterday, recalled efforts of the US Embassy in Abuja, under the headship of Mr Stuart Symington, and his team, to ensure peaceful polls in the country. Nagy said in the pre-election period, in the election period and in the post-election period, they are providing phenomenal guidance to Washington on how the United States Government should and should not respond…

Wednesday, 13 March 2019 03:55

Man who missed Ethiopian Airlines flight shares emotional post

A Greek man said he missed the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed just after taking off from Addis Ababa by mere minutes, in a Facebook post that has now been shared thousands of times. In a post called "My Lucky Day," Antonis Mavropoulos shared an image of what appears to be his boarding pass and says he arrived at his gate just after boarding had finished on Sunday morning. "When I arrived, boarding was closed and I watched the last passengers in (the) tunnel go in. I screamed to put me in but they didn't allow it," he wrote. The…

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 04:53

UTME: JAMB bans ATM cards, watches, key holders

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has listed at least 19 items which it said remained prohibited for the over 1.8 million candidates taking the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board said in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent on Monday that the items were prohibited during its examinations, warning that candidates who breached the directive would be disallowed from taking UTME. The board said, “To ensure that our examinations meet best global practices, the board has prohibited the use of the following items during its exams. They are watches, pens or biros, mobile phones or similar electronic devices,…

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 04:52

UK, EU announce change to Brexit deal ahead of key vote

Britain and the European Union emerged from last-minute talks late Monday to announce they had finally removed the biggest roadblock to their Brexit divorce deal, only hours before the U.K. Parliament was due to decide the fate of Prime Minister Theresa May’s hard-won plan to leave the EU. On the eve of Tuesday’s vote in London, May flew to Strasbourg, France, to seek revisions, guarantees or other changes from European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that would persuade reluctant British legislators to back her withdrawal agreement with the EU, which they resoundingly rejected in January. At a joint news conference, May…

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 04:51

A shredded book, a passport: What 157 victims left behind

What little was left was heartbreaking: A battered passport. A shredded book. Business cards in many languages. Searchers in white gloves and canvas shoes picked their way through the scattered remains of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 for a second day on Monday, gingerly lifting from the scorched earth the pieces of 157 lives. The tattered book, its pages singed, appeared to be about macroeconomics, its passages highlighted by a careful reader in yellow and pink. There was a shattered keyboard. And playfully printed T-shirts. There was even a plaintively ringing mobile phone, picked up by a stranger and silenced. The…

Monday, 11 March 2019 04:58

Govt officials, doctors among Ethiopian crash victims

Three Austrian physicians. The co-founder of an international aid organization. A career ambassador. The wife and children of a Slovak legislator. A Nigerian-born Canadian college professor, author and satirist. They were all among the 157 people from 35 countries who died Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya. Here are some of their stories. ___ Kenya: 32 victims — Hussein Swaleh, the former secretary general of the Football Kenya Federation, was named as being among the dead by Sofapaka Football Club. He was due…

Monday, 11 March 2019 04:57

Boeing likely to face new questions after another 737 crash

Sunday’s devastating plane crash in Ethiopia could renew safety questions about the newest version of Boeing’s popular 737 airliner. The Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after taking off from the capital of Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board. The plane was new. The weather was clear. Yet something was wrong, and the pilots tried to return to the airport. They never made it. In those circumstances, the accident is eerily similar to an October crash in which a 737 Max 8 flown by Indonesia’s Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea minutes after…

Wednesday, 06 March 2019 04:22

Buhari, Jonathan, Atiku felicitate with Obasanjo at 82

President Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor, Mr Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have all felicitated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo as he celebrated his 82nd birthday on Tuesday. Mr Buhari, in a statement by his spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu described Mr Obasanjo as “a passionate and great patriot who deserves accolades for his immeasurable contributions to our democracy and national unity.” Obasanjo supported Buhari during 2015 elections. He however, switched his allegiance to his former deputy, Mr Atiku Abubakar, during 2019 elections. Buhari defeated Mr Abubakar to win a second term. Buhari in the statement Tuesday acknowledged that…

Wednesday, 06 March 2019 04:21

Buhari may have been your boss, but I’m the president’s boss, Obasanjo tells monarch

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said he would continue to criticise President Muhammadu Buhari until he improves his style of governance. He also said he is qualified to criticise any government policy and leader found wanting in the discharge of his or her duties. Mr Obasanjo stated this while speaking at his 82nd birthday lecture held in Abeokuta. He said this shortly after Alake of Egbaland, Mr Adedotun Gbadebo, urged him to stop criticising Mr Buhari. Obasanjo has been an unrelenting critic of Buhari and opposed his reelection bid. He had thrown his support behind Mr Atiku Abubakar, presidential…

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Wednesday, 06 March 2019 04:14

WAEC records mass failure in January exam

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has recorded mass failure in its 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates held in January. This is the second time the examination body will record mass failure in its January examination since its introduction in 2018. Announcing the results in Lagos on Tuesday, Head of Nigeria National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Isaac Adenipekun, said out of 12,202 candidates that registered for the examination, 11,892 took part in the examination. Of this number, only 3,102 candidates representing 26.08 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects…

Monday, 04 March 2019 04:27

UCH celebrates ex-CMD Alonge

University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan recently rolled out the drums to celebrate its immediate past Chief Medical Director (CMD), Mr Temitope Alonge, for meritorious service to the hospital, in a series of activities capped by a send forth dinner on Thursday, 28 February. Alonge, a professor of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, had been credited with wide ranging reforms and other initiatives which have enabled the institution to maintain its position as the leading tertiary hospital in the West African sub-region while also attaining global recognition as a centre of excellence in the training of medical personnel, research, and the delivery…

Saturday, 02 March 2019 05:02

US, North Korea offer dueling accounts of talks breakdown

The U.S. and North Korea offered contradictory accounts Thursday of why the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un broke down, though both pointed to punishing American sanctions as a sticking point in the high-stakes nuclear negotiation. President Trump, who returned to the White House Thursday night, said before leaving Hanoi that the talks collapsed because North Korea’s leader insisted that all the sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Pyongyang be lifted without the North firmly committing to eliminate its nuclear arsenal. But North Korea challenged that account, insisting it had asked only for partial sanctions relief in exchange…

Thursday, 28 February 2019 03:45

Q&A: What’s at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise?

Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan face their worst tension in years over the disputed region of Kashmir, with Islamabad saying they shot down two Indian warplanes Wednesday and captured two pilots. Pakistan immediately shut down its civilian airspace in response. But how did the relations between these two Asian nations become so bad and what’s at stake in this rapidly worsening conflict that both sides say they want to de-escalate? ___ WHAT STARTED THIS LATEST TENSION? On Feb. 14, a suicide car bomber attacked a paramilitary convoy on the Indian-controlled side of Kashmir in the Himalayas, killing more than 40…

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