Author: Monica Parker

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to explain how they used the money from the Federal Account Allocation Committee given to states and the FCT since 2019. It also asked them to give out and make public documents on the spending of FAAC […]

As part of efforts to reduce sickness and death in children, a group called Sightsavers Nigeria plans to give vaccines to 3.4 million kids in Sokoto and Kano states. The leader of Trachoma Sightsavers in the country, Dr Tevil Wanyii-Msheila, disclosed this during the introduction of the Safety and Antimicrobial Resistance of Mass Administration of Azithromycin (SARMAAN) […]

Several security personnel positions are now available at the Dallas ISD Police Department, with salaries starting at $39,230. Dallas ISD police have rolled out a new recruitment campaign for commissioned security officers to help “ensure safety and security” across the district’s 240 campuses during the 2024-2025 school year. The department currently has around 200 police officers, […]

The Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame recently gave out its first HERizon Award for Wrestling, honoring the top female wrestler from the Wyoming Valley Conference, to Sierra Ripka from Nanticoke Area.

The bill gives TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance one year to sell the social media outlet to avoid a ban

A24's futuristic movie holds up well against Universal's horror remake

There's a 64-win team in Boston, the defending champions in Denver with 57 wins, a strong young team in Oklahoma City, and a trio of Villanova alums in New York who have turned the Knicks into a real contender.

All eight first-round matchups in the NHL playoffs are confirmed after the last day of the regular season rearranged two major series in the West.

The Biden administration announced new regulations for Title IX on Friday governing LGBTQ participation in school sports and updating the process of reporting and investigating sexual misconduct. These new changes, which take effect on August 1, officially add gender identity to the list of protections from sexual discrimination, meaning a university will not be allowed […]

Two individuals have died and one person was injured in a crash that occurred on Friday at the Idogo Junction on Ilaro-Owode Yewa road. The accident, which happened around 6 am, involved a Mitsubishi car with the license plate JJJ168JF and a truck with registration number T12224LA. The Spokesperson for the state Sector Command […]