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The White House said on Monday it restored in full the media credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, ending a contentious legal battle, but also warned that he may be ejected again if he fails to abide by new rules being implemented for media events with the US president. CNN said it was dropping its lawsuit on Acosta’s access, a case that raised concerns over constitutional rights for the press. “Today the @WhiteHouse fully restored @Acosta’s press pass,” CNN said on Twitter. “As a result, our lawsuit is no longer necessary. We look forward to continuing to cover the White House.” The White House said it also issued new rules that call for journalists to “ask a single question” and then “yield the floor.” Follow-up questions will only be taken “at the discretion of the president or other White House official.” “We have created these rules with a degree of regret,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement. “We would have greatly preferred to continue ...

 Bafana(South Africa) failed to take advantage of playing at home as they played out to a draw with the Super Eagles(Nigeria) on Saturday. The South Africa national team will have to wait until the final day of qualifying to book their place in next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. A first-half Lebo Mothiba strike cancelled out Buhle Mkhwanazi’s own goal to give Bafana Bafana a chance of qualifying. The road to Cameroon 2019 resumed in Johannesburg on a blisteringly hot Saturday afternoon as Bafana Bafana looked to do the double over arch-nemesis Nigeria. After a win and a draw over Seychelles during the previous international break, Bafana found themselves just a point adrift of leaders Nigeria heading into the penultimate game in Group E. This meant that victory over the away side would be enough for Bafana to guarantee their place in next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. However, with injuries having hampered Bafana head coach Stuart Baxter’s squad selection for the clash, p...

Kgomotso Christopher who hails from South Africa is the lady with the sweet voice behind the MTN customer care section. The talented voice over artist and actress has been revealed to be the sweet customer care voice that works for multinational mobile telecommunications company, MTN group. The lady known as Kgomotso Christopher from South Africa is the voice that says on the network,  “you have insufficient funds please recharge“  among other services offered by MTN.. Her identity was recently unveiled as many internet users were surprised to have finally linked the face to the voice which they thought was a white woman. The educated actress who graduated from Columbia University in New York, USA, took to her Twitter account to confirm the revelation as she revealed she’s been doing this for over six years. Now you know who she is. Your commen

Just at the time we thought academic staff union of universities (ASUU) would chill with their strikes now they are back and the strike has been going on for a while. It doesnt seem like it would be called off soon so we decided to get a list of things you can do while the strike Is on. We hope you would like it.   Start a Business As an undergraduate who is willing to become self-reliant, there is no better time to start a small business than now. The strike period is the perfect period to go out there, launch out that business idea you’ve been nursing. There is no age too young for becoming an entrepreneur and it’s easier to stert a business now than ever before due to the presence of technology that eases alot of things. Use this period at home to start a small business. You could either sell products or render a service. The good thing is that you do not necessarily need a large capital to get yourself started. You can also use social media as a tool to lever...

DAVIDO'S CONCERT UPDATES  The boss of davido music worldwide (dmw) davido has tweeted that his 30bn concert which was meant to hold on the 27th of December at eko Atlantic wasn't approved, then he was also like there is a dirty game going on which he isn't going to be involved with.   Davido also said he isn't moving the date but he would update us with the venue.

ASUU REACTS TO FG CLAIMS The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says it is ready to negotiate with government toward ending its one-week old industrial action. Its President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who was guest on TVC News Breakfast show on Tuesday, also advised government to establish an education bank for proper funding of universities. He regretted the attitude of government to the university lecturers’ demands, saying that letters notifying government of the strike, which were submitted to the education and labour ministries on Nov. 5, had not been replied.  “We wrote to inform the ministries that we had resumed our strike. We told them that we had resumed the strike we suspended in Sept. 2017 because government failed to implement agreements we signed.  “The ministries signed to acknowledge receipt of the copies we gave them, but none has written a reply to us,”  he said. He accused the political class of strangling primary and secon...

Stan Lee the man Who was responsible for iconic characters such as X-men,Thor, Iron Man, Spider man e.t.c is dead. The legendary writer, editor and publisher of marvel comics died on the 12th of November in Los Angeles, California, United States. The cause of his death is pneumonia Lee's Biography  In 1939 Lee got a job as a gofer for $8 a week at Marvel predecessor Timely Comics, 2 years later he wrote a two page story titled "The Traitor's Revenge!" They was used as text filler to qualify the company for the inexpensive magazine mailing rate and he used the pen name Stan Lee. He was named interim editor at 19 by publisher Martin Goodman. In 1942, he enlisted in the army and served in the Signal corps where he wrote manuals and training films with the group that included Oscar winners. After the war, he returned to the publishers and served as editor for years.  Lee recalled visiting New York office by Federico Fellini, who wanted to talk only abou...