FOR THE RECORD: Nigeria Needs To Recruit 30,000 Police Officers Annually For Five Years — IGP

From left: Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu; Convener of the Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue, Clement Nwankwo; and IGP Ibrahim Idris, at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room dialogue session with IGP and INEC Chairman in Abuja on Friday (23/6/17). 03501/7/2017/Johnson Udeani/ICE/NAN

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday said Nigeria needed to recruit 30,000 police personnel annually for five years to meet UN recommendation.

Ex-Militant Leaders Resolve To Support Buhari’s Peace Initiatives

Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd)

Ex-militant leaders of phases 2 and 3 had resolved in Port Harcourt, Rivers, to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s peace initiatives for the region.

South Sudan Cancels Independence Day Events

A woman and a girl carry food on March 10, 2017, from a distribution centre in Ngop in South Sudan, a country where violence and subsequent famine have killed tens of thousands and forced 3.7 million people from their homes

South Sudan, the world's youngest nation gripped by civil war, has cancelled its official independence day celebrations for the second year running.

US’s Star, Ice Cube, Has Big Expectations For His BIG3 3-On-3 League

In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo, former NBA player and players union deputy Roger Mason, left, listens as entertainer Ice Cube, right, announces the launch of the BIG3, a new 3-on-3 professional basketball league, in New York. For his league of former NBA players that debuts Sunday, the actor-entertainer insisted the competition be serious, a proper representation of a form of basketball that's so popular that it's ticketed for the next Olympics. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Ice Cube is not planning an old timer's tour. He isn't interested in All-Star Game intensity.

In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo, entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, far left, and Ice Cube, second from right, pose with former NBA players Kenyon Martin, second from left, Allen Iverson, third from left, Rashard Lewis, third from right, and Roger Mason, far right, after a press conference announcing the launch of BIG3, a new 3-on-3 professional basketball league, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

‘Rohr’s Super Eagles Need African Football Mentality To Beat Indomitable Lions’

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr

Former Super Eagles Goalkeeper, Ike Shorunmu has called on the Gernot Rohr-tutored senior national team to learn to play the African way if they desired to beat Cameroun in their 2018 World Cup qualifying series’ double-header in late August and early September.

Middle Belt, Northern Minorities Seek 12 Regions, 54 States

2014 Nigeria National Conference - Day 3 Plenary

•Want govt to implement 2014 confab report •Say current arrangement unbalanced, unfair

Leaders of the Middle Belt and other northern minorities met in Abuja yesterday and asked the Federal Government to immediately begin the implementation of the 2014 national conference report to address the agitations for the restructuring of the country.

How Trump’s Dubious Claims Make The Entire Government React

President Trump tweeted on June 22 that he doesn't possess — and didn't record — tapes of his private conversations with former FBI director James B. Comey. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)

The words leapt from President Trump’s mind to Twitter at 8:26 a.m. on the Friday after he fired FBI director James B. Comey, setting off a cascade of activity inside and outside the federal government to figure out what, exactly, he meant.

Key Findings From New Study On Americans' Attitudes On Guns

Gun culture in the United States - Wikipedia

The nonpartisan Pew Research Centre released a poll Thursday that seeks to measure Americans' relationship with guns and attitudes toward gun policies.

EBOLA OUTBREAK: Ebola Burial Teams Dramatically Cut West Africa Outbreak: Study

Efforts of Red Cross volunteers to properly bury highly contagious bodies potentially averted as many as 10,452 Ebola cases

Red Cross volunteers prevented a significant number of Ebola cases during the 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa by using safe burial techniques, according to a study released Thursday.

Tanzania President Says Young Mothers Cannot Go Back To School

The president has a reputation for being a no-nonsense leader. AFP

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has said that under his presidency schoolgirls who become mothers will not be allowed to go back to school after giving birth.

Photo © 2016 Elin Martínez/Human Rights Watch

Nigerian Govt Declares Monday June 26, Tuesday June 27 Public Holiday

The federal government has declared Monday and Tuesday, June 26 and 27, as Public Holiday to mark Eid-el-fitr celebration.

'Powerful' Court Ruling In South Africa

Parliament's speaker will now decide on whether MPs can vote in secret on no-confidence motion against the president. Reuters

South Africa's constitutional court has ruled that the speaker of parliament does have the discretion to request a secret ballot in a vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma.

Ruling On Zuma Secret Ballot Vote Expected

President Jacob Zuma AFP

South Africa’s constitutional court is expected to rule on whether a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma should be taken by secret ballot.

Census: Every Ethnic, Racial Group Grew, But Whites Slowest

In this May 4, 2016 photo, Duncan Wallace drives a golf cart from his house to his golf club as a group of landscape workers take a break in Vista, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The United States is growing older and more ethnically diverse, a trend that is could put strains on government programmes from Medicare to education, the Census Bureau reported Thursday, June 22, 2017.

The United States is growing older and more ethnically diverse, a trend that could put strains on government programs from Medicare to education, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.

Ondo Records Five Cases Of Lassa Fever

Achievers University VC, Prof. Tunji Ibiyemi, who addressed journalists at the campus, refuted allegations that there were multiple cases, insisting that the institution only recorded one case.

Five fresh cases of Lassa fever were yesterday confirmed in Ondo State with two incidents in Akoko South West council and three in Owo council areas of the state.

Security Threat: Osinbajo In Marathon Meeting With Govs

L-R Governors Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo (C), Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Kashim Shettima of Borno State

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday met with governors of the 36 states of the federation for over four hours in furtherance of his consultations on the three-month ultimatum handed the Igbos by Northern youths to relocate from the region.

47% Of UK Students ‘Consider Themselves University Customers’

General view of UK students (Chris Radburn/PA)

Nearly half of UK students would describe themselves as customers of their university, new research suggests.

Spanish State Prosecutor Accuses Jose Mourinho Of Tax Fraud

In this Wednesday, May 24, 2017 photo, Manchester manager Jose Mourinho waits for the beginning of the soccer Europa League final between Ajax Amsterdam and Manchester United at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

A Spanish state prosecutor has accused former Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho of tax fraud worth €3.3 million (US$3.7 million) in unpaid taxes, it was reported on Tuesday, June 20, 2017.

2-IN-1 STORY: Hope Rises For 3,050MW Mambilla Hydro Project; Landslide May Stall Mambilla Hydro-Power Project

Nigeria: Mambilla Hydropower Project back on the cards: Fashola - SweetCrudeReports

Hopes that the long delayed construction of the 3,050MW Mambilla hydropower project in Taraba State will resume soon were raised yesterday when a ‘No Objection’ certificate from the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) landed on the desk of Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola.

India's No-Meat, No-Lust Advice For Pregnant Women Ridiculed

In this Oct. 22, 2011 photo, a doctor examines a pregnant woman at the district women's hospital, in Allahabad, in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. India's government is advising pregnant women to avoid all meat, eggs and lusty thoughts. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Doctors say the advice is preposterous, and even dangerous, considering India's already-poor record with maternal health. Women are often the last to eat or receive health care in traditionally patriarchal Indian households. But the booklet is defended by the government ministry that promotes traditional and alternative medicine.

India's government is advising pregnant women to avoid all meat, eggs and lusty thoughts.

Cooking Gas Price Drops By 16% — Survey

LPG Cooking Gas Cylinders

Price of cooking gas has dropped by 16% in the domestic market as a result of improved supply and distribution.

Commuters Groan As LAGBUS Operators Protest In Lagos

Commuters stranded, following protest by LAGBUS operators over treatment by the state’s traffic law enforcement agencies 

Commuters in Lagos State groaned yesterday as LAGBUS operators disrupted transport activities in protest against treatment by the state’s traffic law enforcement agencies.

Drivers and ticket sellers of LAGBUS began an indefinite strike over what they described as extortion, unlawful impounding of their buses by law enforcement agents and insensitivity of the bus operators to their plight

US NASA Discovers 10 New Earth-Size Exoplanets

This 2016 handout illustration obtained courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech shows the K2-33, at the time one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date.

US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed Monday 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets that could potentially have liquid water and support life.

Police Arrest Kidnappers Of Five Nigerian University, Polytechnic Students

The Nigeria Police said it had arrested eight suspected kidnappers of five students of Ahmadu Bello University, and Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, both in Zaria, Kaduna State.

10 Factors Working Against Nigeria’s Unity — Sani

The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani (APC), has listed 10 factors he believed are working against the unity of Nigeria as a nation.

US Pastor's Disappearance Reignites Debate Over Treasure Hunt

Forrest Fenn, a New Mexico antiquities dealer, announced several years ago that he hid a small bronze chest containing nearly US$2 million in gold, jewelry and artifacts in the Rockies. Fenn has dropped clues to the chest's whereabouts in a cryptic poem in his memoir, "The Thrill of the Chase."

A body was found in the state of New Mexico, US not far from where a Colorado pastor parked his vehicle before heading out to search for a supposed hidden cache of gold and jewels that has inspired thousands to hunt in vain across remote corners of the Western U.S., authorities said Monday.

Harvard Students' Ouster Over Offensive Posts Stirs Debate

In this March 7, 2017 photo, rowers paddle down the Charles River near the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world's most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.

Oscar Sparks Mass Brawl In Chinese Super League

The brawl erupted after Shanghai SIPG playmaker Oscar appeared to fire the ball deliberately at Guangzhou players

Brazilian international Oscar triggered a mass brawl in the Chinese Super League as players and staff from his Shanghai SIPG side and opponents Guangzhou R&F scrapped on the pitch.

Shanghai SIPG broke the Asian transfer record when they signed Brazilian midfielder Oscar from Chelsea for €60 million (US$67 million) in 2016

FIFA Panel Invites Debate On 'Radical' 60-Minute Game Clock

FIFA Chief technical development officer Marco van Basten speaks during a news conference before the upcoming Confederations Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Football's rule-making panel wants debate on moving to 60-minute games and stopping the clock when the ball is not in play.

Google Launches Four Steps To Tackle Online Terrorism

(Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Google has ramped up its efforts to tackle online terrorism with the introduction of four new steps to address the problem.

Nigeria Says Half Of Govt Food Aid Never Reached Victims Of Boko Haram

200 tonnes of date fruits donated by the Kingdom of Saudi to Nigerian Muslims found their way into the markets

At least half of Nigerian government food aid sent northeast for hungry people driven from their homes by Boko Haram has been "diverted" and never reached them, a government official said.

Images From Portugal Show Aftermath Of Deadly Wildfire That Killed 61

Flames rise during a forest fire in Pedrogao Grande, Leiria District, Centre of Portugal, June 17, 2017. Paulo Cunha/EPA

Images are coming out of Portugal of the aftermath of a fire that scorched a forested area in the centre of the country over the weekend, leaving at least 61 dead, according to a spokesperson at Portugal's interior ministry.

Burnt cars and body bags are seen on the N236 road between Figueiro dos Vinhos and Castanheira de Pera, near Pedrogao Grande, central Portugal, June 18, 2017. Miguel A. Lopes/EPA

Free Mapping: Plotting Development In Africa

Mapping initiatives aim to provide more detail about what is found along streets and roads

In Benin's economic capital of Cotonou, as in many other African cities, finding a house, office or restaurant is often like a treasure hunt.

Crowdsourced mapping applications adapted for use in Africa are trying to help people find their way in cities where haphazard development means many streets and buildings are unmarked