Month: February 2018

Donald Trump ranks worst US President in poll

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President Donald Trump has been ranked as the worst U.S. President in history in a Presidents’ Day poll of political scientists that ranked all 44 of the people who have served as U.S. president. Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt respectively took the top four spots in the Boise State University “Presidential Greatness Survey.” While Mr. Trump is the 45th President, one of his predecessors, Grover Cleveland, elected two separate times, making him the 22nd and 24th President, was ranked 24th on the survey. The experts…

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Nokia plans job cuts in Finland

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Up to 425 jobs could face the axe in Finland as Nokia announces a new round of layoffs, with the Finnish network equipment maker beginning redundancy talks with its staff on 22 February. The talks will affect up to 350 jobs across its network business and support functions, and up to 75 jobs in its Nokia Technologies unit. “The planned change measures are essential to ensure Nokia’s long-term competitiveness,” Tommi Uitto, Nokia Finland’s country senior officer, said in a statement. “Market conditions among communications service providers were challenging last year, and…

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Sylvester Stallone: I’m not dead

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Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone has dismissed reports circulating on Monday on social media claiming that he is dead. A message had appeared on Facebook claiming Stallone had been found dead at his Los Angeles home. Stallone who took to his twitter handle to debunk the reports expressed sadness over the death prank which emanated from a site notorious for sharing celebrity death hoaxes. He said: “Please ignore the stupidity,” the 71-year-old actor tweeted on Monday. “Alive and well and happy and healthy…Still punching!” Stallone also dismissed images which depicted that…

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Nnamdi Kanu’s wife cries out over hussy

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Mrs Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied knowing the whereabouts of her husband. She told the Igbo service of BBC in London that she believes that Kanu who is supposed to be standing trial for treason was in the custody of the Nigerian Army. Insisting that she is not aware of Kanu’s whereabouts, Uchechi said that she is not also aware if her husband was dead or alive. She stated that the last time she spoke with Kanu was when soldiers…

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Don’t test Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu warns Iran

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran on Saturday over aggressions by what he called Iran and its “proxies” in Syria, while showing what he claimed was a piece of an Iranian drone shot down in Israeli airspace. Saying he had “a message to the tyrants of Tehran” during a speech at the Munich Security Conference, he warned: “Do not test Israel’s resolve.” He brandished a rectangular piece of dark green metal which he called “a piece of that Iranian drone, or what’s left of it, after we shot it down,”…

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Afenifere back Wole Soyinka on use of hunters, vigilante against killer herdsmen

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Yoruba socio political organisation, Afenifere, has thrown its weight behind Prof. Wole Soyinka’s call for the use of hunters and vigilante groups to tackle the menace of herdsmen in Ogun State, in collaboration with the other security outfits. The Secretary-General of Afenifere, Chief Sehinde Arogbofa, on Saturday, said all states in the South-West should embrace the idea. He said the use of hunters and vigilante groups became imperative in view of the fact that the government had failed to protect the people. He said, “Although the formation of groups for…

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Tunisia coastguard rescues 48 migrants from sinking boat

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Tunisia’s coastguard has rescued 48 Tunisian migrants whose boat began sinking as they tried to reach Italy by sea, the interior ministry said Saturday. A patrol spotted the vessel on Friday night off Jebeniana, 210 kilometres (130 miles) south of Tunis. The 9 metre craft “was sinking after taking on water”, the ministry said in a statement. The passengers were all Tunisians aged 16 to 40, from the governorates of Medenine and Sfax, it added. Tunisians regularly try to cross the Mediterranean to seek a better future in Europe, but…

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Destiny’s Child @ 20: A look at Beyonce’s road to stardom

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Before she became the fierce diva we know today, a person capable of joining the ranks of other one-name celebrities like Cher and Oprah and one of the best-selling musicians in history, she was known as Beyoncé Knowles, lead vocalist of a little girl group known as Destiny’s Child. And it was 20 years ago today that the world got their first real taste of what the group—and its eventual star—was capable of when they released their debut self-titled album. As long as it seems the road from that release…

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Ex-President Obasanjo: I won’t keep quiet over Nigeria

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he would never keep his mouth shut on issues concerning Nigeria. The former President, who was in Bayelsa State Friday to inaugurate projects, especially in the health sector, initiated and completed by the state Governor Seriake Dickson. Obasanjo, who commissioned the Bayelsa Specialist Hospital, the Bayelsa Drug Mart and the Bayelsa Diagnostic Centre, also declared that he had no regrets in all the leadership roles he played even at the Presidency. The former President, in a special interactive session with pupils of the famous…

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Four beheaded in Rivers cult clash

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Another cult violence have left five persons dead in Omerelu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that four persons were beheaded Thursday and another killed at dawn yesterday as rival cults clashed in the community. Two among the victims were simply identified as Omereji and Ezekiel, a.k.a. Aka Atta-Ohu. A community source simply identified as Innocent confirmed that “the incident has led to the closure of daily market, church services and other social activities in Omerelu as we speak”. “Security operatives have moved into the…

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