After weeks of negotiations 👥 with the International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles 🇺🇸 officials, reached a deal to host the 2028 Summer Games under terms they hope will generate hundreds of millions 💰 in savings and additional revenues. The agreement will bring the Olympics back to Southern California 🌴 for a third time, after Los Angeles hosted...

Russian 🇷🇺 government warned Poland 🇵🇱 that it will face sanctions if it removes ❌ monuments glorifying 🎉 the Soviet victory in World War Two. The Russian🇷🇺 foreign ministry, also expressed anger at Poland's🇵🇱 decision to exclude Russia🇷🇺 from an international project to build a museum at Sobibor, site of a notorious Nazi death camp.⛺ The...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Robert Clark, warned that there is no need to amend the 1999 constitution, describing it as a rotten egg. He instead, advised the Federal Government to quickly organise a process for a people Constitution. He made this known on Channels TV’s Politics Today while addressing the clamour for restructuring which has...

Spanning 1,621 feet and rising as high as 279 feet, the newly opened Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge 🌉 in Switzerland 🇨🇭 has broken the record 📖 for the world's 🌎 longest pedestrian suspension bridge 🌉, according to Zermatt Tourism. The bridge 🌉, which replaced an older one that was damaged by falling rocks, was named after its chief sponsor,...

Once complete, probably in April next year, the AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) 💻 will be the most powerful supercomputer in the world 💻, surpassing the current champion, China's 🇨🇳 Sunway TaihuLight, currently operating at 93 petaflops. The supercomputer 💻 is expected to run at a speed of 130 petaflops, meaning it is able to perform...

Here are the 🔝-10 highest grossing Hollywood films🎥 from the weekend. Format: Film - Weekend Gross - Total Gross - No.of weeks run 1⃣ Dunkirk $28.1M $102.8M 2  2⃣ The Emoji Movie $25.7M $25.7M 1  3⃣ Girls Trip $20.1M $65.5M 2  4⃣ Atomic Blonde $18.6M $18.6M 1   5⃣ Spider-Man: Homecoming $13.5M $278.4M 4  6⃣ War for...

Vice President Pence 🇺🇸, on his first full day in Eastern Europe, offered a clear and direct message to Russia 🇷🇺, warning the Kremlin that the United States 🇺🇸 will not tolerate Russian force or intimidation toward its neighbors and reassuring the Baltic States that the United States supports them in the face of "the specter of aggression from...

Nigerian newspaper Punch, reports that the police raided a hotel in Lagos State and says the hotel was cordoned off while the investigation was carried out. More than 40 men have been arrested in Nigeria over the weekend for performing homosexual acts, police say. Homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail in Nigeria, while gay marriage...

Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin chapter, wishes you a happy new month. UCJ, UNILORIN. ...

Things haven't changed much since 👱🏼 Trump's twitter 🐦 rampage on Saturday and Sunday morning. But it looks like the President 🇺🇸 cooled off 😎 a bit in the evening, probably making the most of whatever if left of his weekend. He was seen tweeting 🐦 just once, again an ardent plea against the 51-vote majority ⚖. On Monday morning however, he...

Four Arab countries, boycotting Qatar will only enter dialogue to ease the dispute if Doha agrees to certain demands, and "fights terror", the group said, in Manama. "The four countries are ready for dialogue with Qatar with the condition that it announces its sincere willingness to stop funding terrorism and extremism and its commitment to not interfere...

Jose Mourinho ended speculation linking Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini with a move to Galatasaray, claiming it would be easier for the Turkish club to sign him as manager than buy the midfielder. Gala's sporting director Cenk Ergun suggested his side were in pole position to land Fellaini, who has split opinion during his time at Old Trafford. But...

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, condemned the violence that occurred during a Press briefing by some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna. The governor reacted to the attack in a statement by his spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, directing necessary agencies to beef up security in the state. “Having been briefed on the situation,...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to inaugurate a N10bn rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State. The mill was constructed by the West African Cotton Limited. Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State disclosed this during a meeting with the management of WACOT at the Government House in Birnin Kebbi. Bagudu, who expressed delight at the location...

At least 23 African Union peacekeeping troops and a Somalian soldier, were killed in an ambush carried out by armed group al-Shabab in the country's south, according to a senior regional official. The fighting broke out when the al-Shabaab fighters attacked the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops, in the Bulamareer district of the Lower...

Football fans were confused by Sunday's Emirates Cup finale between Arsenal and Sevilla... Despite suffering a 2-1 loss against the Spanish side, Arsenal still managed to claim the trophy by virtue of having scored more goals in the tournament overall, leading to widespread bewilderment. But the confusion was shared amongst the players as well, with...

Dozens of people were left suspended in mid-air after a cable car hit a support pillar and came to a stop over the River Rhine in Germany. Fire crews and rescue teams in Cologne used a crane to reach the 75 trapped passengers, some of them said to be as high as 40m (130 ft). Pictures show children being lowered to the ground. No injuries were reported....

Nigerian president is in the country for over two months, and the news television in a query on its website, asked which “head of state from which country has not set foot in his homeland in over two months?” The mockery came in the latest edition of CNN’s “The Global Public Square (GPS)” show anchored by Fareed Zakaria. In an apparent mockery of...

Europe's budget airline EasyJet flew into a storm, after it emerged a member of the ground staff at Nice airport in France, punched one of its passengers in the face while he was holding a baby. "We had a serious problem with someone of staff from our subcontractor Samsic," Jean-Francois Guitard, a director at Nice airport told CNN. "EasyJet is very...

Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil entering the last year of their Arsenal contracts, is an "ideal" situation for the club, believes manager Arsene Wenger. Deals for Alexis and Ozil are due to expire at the end of the coming campaign, with the Chile international having been linked with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain as a result. And Wenger insisted...

Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, said, Igbo will not support any move that will disintegrate Nigeria. Kalu’s view was expressed in a lecture in Lokoja on Sunday at the inauguration of the GYB support group. Delivering a lecture titled, ‘Mainstreaming Igbo in Nigeria Politics’; Kalu underscored the need to make Nigeria to work for all. He...

Jose Mourinho says, Nemanja Matic is desperate to finalise a move to Manchester United but stopped short of confirming that the transfer was finalised. The Chelsea midfielder reportedly underwent a medical on Sunday and a picture of him wearing United training gear began to circulate on social media. Mourinho, who signed Matic as Chelsea boss in 2014,...

Saudi Arabia's unemployment rate rose to 12.7 percent in the first quarter of 2017, continuing its steady climb as the economy grapples with the fallout of low oil prices, official data shown. The rising number of unemployed highlights the immense challenge Riyadh faces in meeting pledges to create jobs for its nationals amid a protracted economic...

Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, said the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), may report the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu; and Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission,...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to inaugurate a N10bn rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State. The mill was constructed by the West African Cotton Limited. Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State disclosed this during a meeting with the management of WACOT at the Government House in Birnin Kebbi. Bagudu, who expressed delight at the location...

At least nine people, including an election candidate, were killed in the past 24 hours in Venezuela as the country voted for an all-powerful new legislative body tasked with reforming the constitution. Country's opposition parties boycotted Sunday's polls, which they say is aimed at consolidating President Nicolas Maduro's power. Counting of ballots...

Nigerian president is in the country for over two months, and the news television in a query on its website, asked which “head of state from which country has not set foot in his homeland in over two months?” The mockery came in the latest edition of CNN’s “The Global Public Square (GPS)” show anchored by Fareed Zakaria. In an apparent mockery of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Russia will expel 755 US diplomatic staff and could consider imposing additional measures against the United States as a response to new US sanctions. Putin said in an interview televised on state television, that he ordered the move because he "thought it was the time to show that we're not going to leave that...

REFLECTIONS ON THE DETERMINATION UNSHAKEABLE MANTRA: A CRITIQUE OF THE EMINENT-LED ADMINISTRATION. By OSUJI, Chima Francis     Going Back in Time At the twilight of the Idris Alao (Observation) led-administration, majority of the student populace had become upset with the Student Union due largely to what many had termed...

With the FIFA U-17 World Cup around the corner, Indian football underwent drastic changes from top to bottom in an attempt to become a footballing nation.  A number of programs, carried out over the past few years as hosting such a huge event will require top facilities and mobility. What will be more interesting is how India, as a team,...

Arsenal football club, won the Emirate Cup challenge for 2017, by acquiring more points on goal. The competition include four teams, from major leagues in Europe, lasted for two days. The team involved in competition include, Benfica, Leipzig, Arsenal a d Sevilla. Arsenal has now won five of the Nine Emirate Cup challenge. UCJ, UNILORI...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco, 🇲🇦 pardoned more than a thousand people who were under arrest for taking part in protests ⚔ in the troubled northern Rif region, the justice ministry announced. The monarch pardoned a total of 1,178 detainees, including a number who had joined demonstrations in the northern port 🚢 city of al-Hoceima and surrounding...

A suicide bomber 💣 killed 14 people in northeast Nigeria 🇳🇬, the state emergency agency, said. In an attack ⚔ that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, days after a resurgence in the group's 👥 activities prompted a shift in military tactics. The bomb 💣 detonated in Dikwa 🇳🇬, after entering a building housing people 🏫 who had previously fled an...

US 🇺🇸 flown ✈️ two bomber jets 💣 over the Korean peninsula 🇰🇵 in a show of force after recent North Korean missile 🚀 tests, according to a US Air Force statement. Saturday's move came after North Korea 🇰🇵 said it conducted another successful test, of an intercontinental ballistic missile 🚀(ICBM), that proved its ability to strike the US mainland,...

US says it carried out a successful test of its controversial anti-missile system and has flown B-1 bombers over the Korean peninsula. Despite fierce objections from China, the US military begun installing the Thaad system in South Korea with the aim of shooting down any North Korean missiles fired at the South. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump...

A fake news report about Kenya's election, that is made to look as if it is from broadcaster CNN has been circulating on social media. CNN posted online to confirm that the 📹video report is fake, while the BBC urged people to verify any stories claiming to be from the broadcaster by visiting the BBC website. It also found that while traditional media...

Firefighters 🚒 in the Ohio, US 🇺🇸 rescued a woman who telephoned 911 about a boa constrictor stuck to her face‼️ An ambulance 🚑 was swiftly dispatched to the woman 👩🏻, who was found lying in her driveway in the town of Sheffield Lake with the snake around her neck. "It was wrapped around her neck and biting her nose and wouldn't let go," fire...

Rapper, Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, aka Reminisce, achieved quite a lot with his music career. However, the veteran artist is not entirely happy; he wishes he was a graduate. He 🔈said that it is important to go to 🏫school, whether one goes into full-time music🎵 or not and that actually regretted not being a graduate. He added that he always managed...

President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, said he is neither stepping down nor dying. The 93-year-old told Zimbabweans that there is no one with his political stature who can immediately take over from him. He has been in charge in the former British colony since independence in 1980 and his health is closely watched by citizens who fear the country might...

At least 2⃣ people were killed and 17 injured in a crush at South Africa's biggest stadium It was learnt that all gates at the stadium were opened to ensure crowd control and that the situation was later brought under control. Live 📺television coverage of the match, which Kaizer Chiefs won 1-0, showed no obvious disturbance. The stadium served as...

President Donald Trump prepares to sign the Russia sanctions legislation, which easily cleared Congress last week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov threatened further retaliation against the US. "If the US side decides to move further towards further deterioration, we will answer, we will respond in kind," Ryabkov said on ABC's "This...

Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane insisted he is "not bothered," 3⃣-2⃣ friendly defeat to their La Liga rivals Barcelona in Miami. Real Madrid went 2⃣ goals down inside 7⃣ minutes thanks to Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitic, before Mateo Kovacic and Marco Asensio forced parity heading into half-time. Gerard Pique grabbed Barca's clincher 5⃣ minutes...

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said, devolution of power to states has not been foreclosed in the ongoing constitutional amendment exercise. Saraki, 🔈 in Ilorin, that many senators were still consulting with their constituents on the issue. He added that the clause on the devolution of power did not scale through because some of...

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, are ready to visit President Muhammadu Buhari if invited by the presidency, according to sources. Sources say that the 2⃣ National Assembly leaders did not make any request before their previous visit to Buhari in London, United Kingdom. It...

This comes 4⃣ days after the ambush and a day after Boko Haram released a 📹 video of 3⃣ of the abducted member of the oil exploration team. A day after the incident, the Army said, the oil workers had been rescued. However, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, said the initial statement was regrettable. He disclosed...

The Lagos State government commenced the demolition of illegal structure and shanties around the Obalende area of the state. A task force team that stormed the area, said prior warnings including a 48-hour notice had been issued to the occupants. Some occupants, however, claimed that the notice was too short. UCJ, UNILORI...

There was a twist to the ambush of oil workers and some academics from the University of Maiduguri by Boko Haram, as a new video emerged purportedly of three of those abducted. In the video, which has not been independently verified, 3⃣ men who said they were in the employ of the University of Maiduguri, appealed🙏 to the government for help. Two...

The weekend shows some renewed vigour in Trump's tweets 🐦, with him complaining ever more so about the 51 majority vote in the Senate. And just when we thought 💭 the MS 13 gang had taken the President's attention away from the world for a while, he's back with a blast. 💢 Oh, spot the pat-on-the-back tweet in the middle! 🐦 I am pleased to inform...

The episode gets straight to it with the first meeting of Daenerys Targareyan & Jon Snow. Jon Snow & Davos are received at the beach by a familiar face in Tyrion Lannister. They set their eyes on Khaleesi's winged children flying over the castle en-route to meet her. When they finally meet Daenerys, Davos is irked by the fact she refers to...

Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, in an interview for BBC Radio 📻 4's Desert Island Discs, said the first step towards stronger policies for women is to "start paying women well". Ms Sandberg admitted, she struggled with self-doubt at Harvard and recognised that women more than men underestimated their own worth, preventing them...

Iran 🇮🇷 vowed to press ahead with its missile 🚀 programme, denouncing new US 🇺🇸 sanctions as "an effort to weaken the nuclear deal". Iranian state TV 📺 reported that, the country's 🇮🇷 parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy held an urgent meeting to review its response to a package of sanctions approved by the US Senate.🇺🇸 "It...

The House took largely the same position as the Senate, which voted on its own amendments on Wednesday. But some of striking differences included an amendment to give 35 per cent of ministerial slots to women. However, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, told reporters that any amendment that failed in...

The House took largely the same position as the Senate, which voted on its own amendments on Wednesday. But some of striking differences included an amendment to give 35 per cent of ministerial slots to women. However, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, told reporters that any amendment that failed in...