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Inside El Salvador's brutal mega-prison – from rival gangs to 'torture' claims. El Salvador launched a massive crackdown on its high murder rate over the last decade, but critics of one particularly strict prison have said conditions there are too harsh. Imagine life in a cell for 23 and a half hours every day. This is reality for some of El Salvador’s most violent criminals. The 'terrorism confinement centre', known as 'Crecot', is full of hardened gangsters, drug dealers and murderers. Each of them can only wear white shirts and shorts over an array of intimidating tattoos. CNN was granted access to the prison amid concern around human rights in the jail. The nation's hardline president, Nayib Bukele, has vowed to crackdown on heinous crimes in the nation’s capital. The crime rate has plummeted over the last decade – once at a staggering 107 homicides per 100,000 people, the figure was at 7.8 people per 100,000 in 2023...

Oyo Gov’t To Conduct Computer Based Exam For 15,000 Candidates. The Oyo State Government has said about Fifteen Thousand candidates will sit for its forthcoming Computer based test for recruitment into different cadres in the civil service. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alh. Kamoru Abiodun Aderibigbe disclosed this today in Ibadan at his office. According to him, the examination will be held from Monday, November 25, 2024- Thursday, November 28, 2024. He said approval was given by Governor Seyi Makinde for about Nine Hundred (900) Officers to be recruited into over 60 Cadres across MDAs in the Mainstream of the Civil Service. Speaking further, the Chairman said out of Twenty-Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty-Five (22,235) applications received by the Commission, Fifteen thousand were qualified to sit for the CBT. Aderibigbe said the recruitment is unprecedented in the history of Oyo State, as there has never been a time in the last two decades when su...

Governor Eno Cracks Down on Kiosk Scalpers at Christmas Village, Promises Tough Action. Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has recently raised concerns about the illegal sale of kiosks at the Christmas village, warning that these kiosks should not be sold for more than the government-approved price of N100,000. He disclosed that he has received reliable information indicating that some individuals are buying these kiosks and then reselling them to vendors at inflated prices, sometimes reaching as high as N300,000. According to a report by Vanguard, in a statement released to the press on Thursday in Uyo, Governor Eno made it clear that anyone caught engaging in this unlawful practice would face serious consequences. He urged the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activities related to these sales. “I have credible intelligence that some people bought shops at the Christmas village and are now reselling them for as much as N300,000. If anyone asks you to pa...

Top 10 UEFA Champions League all-time top scorers. The top two  Champions League goal scorers are Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, while Robert Lewandowski is now in third place with a goal from his own century. Ronaldo has scored goals for Real Madrid, Juventus, and Manchester United, while Messi has scored goals for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain The  UEFA Champions League was first played in 1992–1993, and since then, it has come to be associated with the greatest attackers in football history. Karim Benzema, Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo have all amassed impressive goal totals Ronaldo and Messi are the only players to date to score over 100 goals in the competition, and like the remaining players in the all-time European Cup/Champions League top 10, neither featured in the competition when it was still the European Champion Clubs’ Cup. With no group stage and knockout ties throughout, players had fewer games p...

Amb. Peter Ryan Assures African School of Economics Of Ireland’s Support. Ireland’s Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr Peter Ryan, has expressed his commitment to supporting African School of Economics (ASE), the Pan-African University of Excellence, in achieving its vision. The Ambassador made this commitment while paying a courtesy visit to the management of the University on Wednesday November 20, 2024 at the ASE Campus, Abuja. Ambassador Ryan noted that his country is ready to explore potential collaborations and partnerships with ASE with a view to achieving such shared goals of promoting education, entrepreneurship, and cultural exchange between Irish universities and African School of Economics. While introducing the University to the Ambassador, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, highlighted its transformational vision and stressed its strengths in research, culture and entrepreneurship. He noted that through high quality education, ASE aims to pro...

Tinubu sacks UNIZIK VC, Governing Council. President Bola Tinubu has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, and the removal of Prof. Bernard Ifeanyi Odoh, the institution’s new Vice Chancellor. Tinubu also approved the removal of Mrs Rosemary Ifoema Nwokike, Nnamdi Azikiwe University registrar. The Council, led by Ambassador Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe, includes five other members: Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, and Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin. statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, said the sacking of the Governing Council and officials followed reports that the Council illegally appointed an unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process. “After the controversial appointment, the Federal Government stepped in to address tensions between the university’s Senate and the Governing Council of the 23-year-old institution,” th...

ACTING COAS ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF VIRAL AUDIO-VISUAL REPORT ON ALLEGATION OF BRUTALITY BY NIGERIAN ARMY PERSONNEL ACTING COAS ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF VIRAL AUDIO-VISUAL REPORT ON ALLEGATION OF BRUTALITY BY NIGERIAN ARMY PERSONNEL The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to a viral audio-visual recording circulating on social media platforms, purportedly showing a senior Army officer and 2 other soldiers in an altercation with a man and woman within the Abuja metropolis. The circumstances leading to this incident are not clear at the moment. However, the Acting Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has ordered an immediate investigation to unravel the true circumstances surrounding this altercation. The NA remains committed to serving and protecting all law-abiding Nigerians as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Therefore, we urge the public to be rest assured that due diligence will be applied to reach a logi...