Main power grid circuits fully restored in earthquake-hit area of China’s Gansu
JISHISHAN, Gansu Province, Dec. 19-- The damaged main power grid circuits in the earthquake-stricken area of Jishishan county in northwest China's Gansu Province have been fully restored as of 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the State…
Tati landboard solves land headache
93 percent allocation success achieved with 6 082 plots given out 828 ploughing fields to be allocated. Despite a well-documented acute shortage of land in the North-East District, Tati Land Board, led by the newly appointed Chairman,…
Boko, warns of chaos, bench reacts with fury
Leader of the Umbrella for Democratic Change, Duma Boko who is also representing the opposition coalition in its ongoing dispute with the Independent Electoral Commission rubbed the bench of the Court of Appeal the wrong way on Monday when…
I Was A Single Mum of Three During My PhD – Nigerian named Cambridge University College President
A Nigerian-born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, Ijeoma Uchegbu, who was recently announced as the seventh President of Wolfson College, one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge, on Tuesday morning narrated her academic…
Gauging the BCP-BLP alliance
Botswana Congress Party has finally landed a political party to work with going into the 2024 General Elections. In the past elections, 2019, the BCP contested under the Umbrella for Democratic Change, which had the Botswana People's Party…
Chinese, New Zealand’s FMs discuss bilateral ties on phone
He said the international situation has undergone complex and profound changes, but the importance of the ties between China and New Zealand has not changed, the complementarity of the economies of the two countries has not changed, and…
Granny’s narrow escape from civil imprisonment
Kgalalelo Daniel appeared before the court on Wednesday morning, following the issuance of a summons for civil imprisonment by Salome Boikanyo, whose lawyers had sought to jail the old woman for an P18, 000 debt. According to court…
Sexual harrassment in football
Football official charged with indecent assault. Double Action ladies football team owner Senki Sesinyi was on Monday arraigned before Village Magistrate facing a single count of indecent assault. Senki has been under investigation by the…
Ill health: 14 years after, Akeredolu’s call for Yar’Adua’s resignation haunts him
“We always know the right thing for others to do until we are confronted with a similar challenge,” Olusegun Adeniyi, former Special Adviser to late President Umaru Yar’Adua, wrote in a recent article published by ThisDay. Adeniyi was…
Benue gov in closed-door meeting with Defence Chief
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. Although, the purpose of the official visit was yet to be made public, one of the aides of the governor,…