This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake. The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation warned that 2023 had shattered a whole host of climate records, with extreme weather leaving “a trail of devastation and despair”. “It’s a deafening cacophony of broken records,” said WMO chief Petteri Taalas. “Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Global temperatures are record-high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice is record low.” The WMO published its provisional 2023 State of the Global…
Author: ACNNTV
The House of Representatives has invited the Acting Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), Director General and Council of Legal Education over the termination of the law programme at the National Open University Commission (NOUN). Others invited include heads of the Nigeria Law School, the Chairman of the Board of Benchers and the Vice Chancellor of the NOUN. This followed a resolution at a meeting between the Vice Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Olufemi Peters and some aggrieved final-year law students with the Chairman, House Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata, in Abuja on Thursday. The House of Representatives has…
Chelsea centre-back, Thiago Silva has hailed the club’s captain Reece James, saying the England international is a good listener. Silva also tipped the 23-year-old to have a bright future in his career. Many expected Silva to be handed Chelsea’s captaincy this past summer after Cesar Azpilicueta’s departure to Atletico Madrid. Chelsea centre-back, Thiago Silva has hailed the club’s captain Reece James, saying the England international is a good listener. Silva also tipped the 23-year-old to have a bright future in his career. Many expected Silva to be handed Chelsea’s captaincy this past summer after Cesar Azpilicueta’s departure to Atletico Madrid.…
A branch of the Celestial Church of Christ in Lagos State has come under fire for inviting Fuji singer, Pasuma, and street-hop artiste, Portable, to its praise night event. The flyer for the event was posted on the church’s Facebook page on Wednesday, and netizens took to the comment section to slam the church for inviting secular artistes to its event. A Facebook user, Bolanle Bamidele Adewuyi, wrote, “This is disheartening… Is this what you turn the Church of God to? It’s hilarious.” Another commenter, Festus Olanrewaji Ojo wrote, “This is a shame! Shame and a very big shame.”…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Wednesday announced the dates for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. In a statement by JAMB’s Public Communication Adviser, Fabian Benjamin, the board said the main UTME will be held from April 19 to 29, 2024. The statement reads: “Based on the series of recommendations emanating from a two-day Information Technology and Management Retreat held between 26th and 28th, November 2023, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has fixed 15th January to 26th February 2024, for the sale of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination application document. “Meanwhile, 7th March 2024, has been slated for…
Date: 2023-Nov-30 🎯TOPIC: JESUS, MAKING MEN 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/Indu82GVGVo?si=vC4WQ8LlCYopdt_Y ✝️TEXT: : Matthew 4:18-22(NKJV) 4:18. And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 4:19. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 4:20. They immediately left [their] nets and followed Him. 4:21. Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their…
The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Ibrahim, has urged youths in the creative sector to be intentional about their content. She made the call in Abuja during the opening of the two-day 2023 Gender and Inclusion Summit organised by the Policy Innovation Centre (PIC). NAN reports that PIC is an initiative of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) with the theme “Building Bridges: Advancing Gender and Inclusion through the Intersection of Trade and Health”. According to her, the creative sector has a massive role in shaping the youth’s agenda, especially with the kind of content they put out. She…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 appropriation bill before a joint session of the National Assembly. The President in his presentation outlined the major sectors of the economy under which the budget will be prioritised. Tinubu outlined national defence and internal security, local job creation, macro-economic stability, human capital development, social security, poverty reduction and investment as some of the areas his Budget of Renewed Hope will focus on. President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 appropriation bill before a joint session of the National Assembly. The President in his presentation outlined the major sectors of the…
The Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has admonished his son, Isaac, not to malign or bring down any ministry while discharging his ministerial duties. He said this in a YouTube video Isaac shared on his X account on Tuesday. In the video titled, ‘Unveiling of the Isaac Oyedepo Evangelistic Ministries.’ Oyedepo addressed a congregation believed to be members of his son’s newly-founded ministry. He said, “My son, His times are not in your hands, your times are in His hands. Don’t be part of maligning or bringing down any ministry. “Some years ago, someone stood up…
Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly ahead of the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu. Men of the Department of State Services deployed to man the entrance gates are restricting access to the complex. Security agents are deployed to ensure that only those with legitimate business at the National Assembly Complex are allowed in. As early as 6:30 a.m., journalists arrived in their numbers hoping to access the complex for the business of the day but they were shocked to meet a legion of security men who insisted that only designated “2024 Budget…