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Jul

29

2021

Buhari vows increased education spending over the next four years

Economy, Education, PoliticsEconomy, Education, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, World News

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will increase its budget for education as a sign of commitment to its citizens. The 78-year-old made the pledge at the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025 in London, the United Kingdom on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. He said Nigeria will progressively increase annual domestic education expenditure by 50% over the next two years, at the end of which his second term tenure will end. The president also committed Nigeria to increase the annual expenditure by up to 100% by 2025, beyond the 20% global benchmark. “We fully…

Dec

23

2020

By OHAFIATV

Coronavirus Update: Over 40 countries restrict travel from UK

Health, NewsCoronavirus, Health, World News

More than 40 countries are still banning or restricting travel from Britain in a bid to contain a new strain of the coronavirus believed to spread faster. Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom before the new strain was made public. Here is an update on the situation so far. France EU nationals and residents were allowed into France from Britain Wednesday as long as they had a negative COVID-19 test, allowing lorry drivers who had been blocked for two days by the ban to return home. All Britons, except hauliers, bus and train…

Nov

13

2020

By OHAFIATV

US: China breaks silence, congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

News, PoliticsAmerica, Next Level, Opinion, Politics, World News

China, Friday joined other nations to congratulate the United States potential President-Elect, elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, for their contested victory in the U.S Presidential race that saw the possible defeat of President Donald Trump. Immediately after CNN, FOX News, Al Jazeera, and BBC, projected and announced Biden as winner, countries like UK, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, Pakistan, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, South Korea, Japan and a number of others sent in goodwill messages, congratulating Biden and Harris for their victory. Some like Russia, China, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, Iran, North Korea and a…

Oct

29

2020

By OHAFIATV

Mark Zuckerberg tells US Congress to upend the internet

Economy, News, PoliticsAmerica, Economy, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Metro, World News

Facebook supports rewriting Section 230, and it’s starting to lay out the changes it wants. That’s the big takeaway from a nearly four-hour grilling of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The point was quickly lost in a pre-election political scuffle — but in the coming months, it’ll be one of the most important things to watch. Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a foundational internet law. The event was supposed to examine whether Section 230 protections — which protect web services and sites of all…

Oct

21

2020

By OHAFIATV

End SARS: ICC asked to investigate Nigerian govt, military, politicians immediately

News, Politics#EndSARS, Africa, Crime, Nigeria, Opinion, World News

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Mrs Fatou Bensouda, a prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Hague, to promptly investigate reports coming from Nigeria. The group wants the ICC to investigate claims that the Nigerian government, the military and some politicians were using thugs, soldiers and security agents to intimidate and kill End SARS peaceful protesters in the country. SERAP has asked the ICC to prosecute anyone that contributed to the deaths and injuries of the End SARS protesters in Nigeria. In a series of tweets via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday, SERAP…