Senator Bwacha Wins Taraba APC Gov Primary Rerun
Bwacha polled 778 votes to defeat senator Yusuf Yusuf who polled 5 votes out of the 796 accredited delegates.
Author: Toscad News
China Seeks ‘Bold’ Step To Lift Birth Rate
The country’s strict one-child policy – which was implemented from 1980 to 2015 to respond to runaway population growth – has been blamed for the decline. Families that broke the rules were fined and, in some cases, even lost jobs.
Ukraine War: Russia Again Fires missiles Over Moldova In Latest Strike
Kyiv’s top general said missiles also flew above Romania – a claim denied by Romania, but later repeated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Cold Weather Worsens as Turkey-Syria Quake Toll sits above 20,000
More than 20,000 people are now known to have been killed in Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, though the UN warns the disaster’s full extent is still unclear. Rescuers are still searching rubble for survivors, but hopes are fading more than four days since the first quake. …
Controversy Trails Over The Whereabouts Of Ghanaian Player, Christian Atsu
Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu remains missing in Turkey after devastating earthquakes struck the country and Syria, his club has told news agencies, despite earlier reports that he had been rescued. On Tuesday, Atsu, 31, was reported to have been pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Turkey’s…
Twitter Back Online In Turkey After Hours Of Outage
Twitter was blocked for at least 12 hours on major Turkish mobile providers in an outage that ended early Thursday, following a flurry of online criticism of the government’s response to this week’s deadly earthquake. By about 5 am (0200 GMT), the social media site was accessible again. …
First UN Aid Convoy Reaches Northern Syria Since After The Quake
The first convoy of UN aid for opposition-held north-west Syria since Monday’s devastating earthquake has crossed into the region from Turkey. The UN said six lorries carrying shelter and relief supplies had gone through Idlib’s Bab al-Hawa crossing. The shipment had been due before the disaster, which caused damage…
National University Commission Orders Closure Of Varsities
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed the closure of all universities and inter-university centres between February 22nd and March 14. NUC said there would be no academic activities during the shutdown. The announcement was made in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki.…
Italian skier Elena Fanchini Dies At Age 37
Italian skier Elena Fanchini has died aged 37 after a battle with cancer, the Italian Winter Sports Federation said. Elena Fanchini (30 April 1985 – 8 February 2023) was an Italian alpine ski racer. She was born in Val Camonica, and focused on the speed events of downhill and…
Twitter Outage As Users Were Told They Had Reached Their Daily Tweet Limit
Some Twitter users were unable to tweet on Wednesday after the website experienced technical problems. Late Wednesday afternoon, Twitter began experiencing international outages, with many users unable to perform basic functions like tweeting, sending direct messages, and following accounts. When users wanted to tweet, an error message was generated…