The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, has formally approved the designation of the International Media and Information Literacy Institute, Abuja. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this during a world press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The approval came at the instance of the UNESCO 43rd General Conference of the Communication and Information Commission (CI Session) held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. With this approval, Nigeria is positioned as a global leader in the fight against misinformation and disinform...

After former President Joe Biden was sworn into office in 2021, he picked a seasoned veteran with a very long resumé to head the Pentagon: former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. President Donald Trump, in contrast, chose someone who had served in the military but was best known for being a Fox News host: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Under Hegseth's watch, the Pentagon has been inundated with chaos. And the chaos continued when Trump nominated Austin Dahmer as assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities. According to the Daily Beast's Isabel van Brugen, GOP lawmakers...

The Kwara State police command has declared three suspected kidnap kingpins wanted in connection with recent bloody attacks on communities in the state. The state Police Commissioner, Adekimi Ojo, disclosed this to newsmen in his office in Ilorin on Wednesday. He identified the three kingpins as Chelsea, Auta and Aro, whose arrest would help tremendously to nip the issue of armed banditry in the bud in the affected areas of Kwara South, Edu and Patigi Local Government of the state. Adekimi, further revealed that bandits were now on the run following the military onslaught along Kwara-Kogi bord...

Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:RIVN) are trading higher Wednesday morning after the electric vehicle maker reported third-quarter financial results that beat analyst expectations. Here’s what investors need to know. RIVN is charging ahead with explosive momentum. Find out why here.What To Know: The EV company announced total revenue of $1.56 billion, a 78% increase year-over-year, surpassing the Street consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. Rivian also reported a consolidated gross profit of $24 million for the quarter. The company posted a loss of 65 cents per share, which was better t...

Peter Schiff is calling doom again — but Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) chart might be setting up the comeback he didn't see coming. The world's largest cryptocurrency just slipped below $100,000, triggering a wave of panic selling and Schiff's predictable "told-you-so" tweets, yet one technical level suggests this drop could be the start of another leg higher. Bitcoin Bears Have The MicBitcoin's fall has been sharp — down nearly 17% this month and 20% off its October highs north of $126,000. Schiff wasted no time declaring that Bitcoin has "lost one-third of its value priced in gold" and is "about t...