#ASUU : U.S wades into ASUU strike, offers advice

As the ASUU strike enters its 13th week, U.S educational experts have called on Nigerian universities to look outside the government for the funding of their institutions. The call was made during a two-day conference organised by the Public Affairs Section of the US Consulate-General as part of efforts to strengthen the education system in

Breaking : UN Votes, Rejects US Decision On Jerusalem

  [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he  UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by a decisive vote of 128 to nine, with 35 abstentions, a motion rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Donald Trump had warned ahead of the vote in the 193-nation assembly that “we’re watching” and threatened reprisals against countries backing the measure,

Trump’s Travel Ban Goes Into Full Effect

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts. The nine-member court, with two liberal justices dissenting, granted his administration’s request to lift two injunctions imposed

Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced To 472 Years In Prison – The Longest Human Trafficking Sentence In U.S. History

A convicted child sex trafficker has received the longest sentence for human trafficking in U.S. history. Fox News reports that 31-year-old Brock Franklin was sentenced to 472 years in prison for running a prostitution ring in Colorado that preyed on young girls. Back in March, a jury found Franklin guilty on 30 counts including human

Trump warns North Korea Again

  U.S. President, Donald Trump, warned North Korea on Wednesday at Seoul’s Korean National Assembly, seeking to convince Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes The North Korean regime has interpreted America’s past restraint as weakness … This is a very different administration than the U.S. has had in the past,” Trump added.