The Dangote Oil Refining Company Ltd has awarded scholarships to 137 tertiary institution and secondary school students from its host communities in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Devakumar Edwin, Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Group, presented the scholarships to the beneficiaries on Monday. The News...
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Mr Mobolaji Lawal, Regional Executive/Managing Director Designate, Ecobank Nigeria, Ecobank Group, has appointed Mr Mobolaji Lawal as Regional Executive/Managing Director-designate of Ecobank Nigeria, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Mrs Adenike Laoye, Group Head, Corporate Communications and its Chief of Staff, disclosed this in a...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Feb. 21, 2022, for judgment in a suit seeking to challenge former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel to the parties in the suit....
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The cracks in the All Progressives Congress have continued to widen following a court order obtained by one of the chairmanship aspirants in the last state congress, Hassan Sheriff, restraining Babayo Misau, from parading himself as the chairman of the party in the state. This...
The Federal Government has said it is prepared to vaccinate 70 per cent of the Nigerian population before the end of 2022. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the assurance in Abuja on Monday. Mustapha, also the Secretary to the Government of...
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 is holding a national summit in Abuja. The summit which is teamed “Pushing Through The Last Mile To End The Pandemic And Build Back Better” is aimed at planning for the next health emergency, by drawing from the lessons of COVID-19. Discussions are...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has condemned the red listing of Nigeria by the UK government over the two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, Mr Mohammed described the decision as unjust and discriminatory. The minister has, however,...
Pope Francis on Monday wraps up a landmark three-day visit to Greece which has been marked by his calls for better treatment of migrants in Europe and a visit to asylum seekers on the island of Lesbos. After a last meeting with young people at a Catholic school, the...
The Ekiti State University (EKSU) has said that some of its students affected by a recent fees scam flouted its directive on the mode of payment of fees. Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, the institution’s Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs, made the clarification in a statement on Monday in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions And Matriculations Board (JAMB) has changed the literature texts in four language subjects and Literature- in-English, ahead of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB stated this in its weekly bulletin issued on Monday that the four language subjects are...
The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the travel ban on some African countries over Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant is “very unfair, non-scientific and discriminatory”. Dr. Adesina, who said this through his verified twitter handle @akin_adesina, urged the western countries to lift the travel...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Monday for Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE), to participate in the World Liquified Petroleum Gas Association(WLPGA) forum. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said that the vice president would deliver the keynote address at the forum. World leaders,...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed sadness over the death of Pastor Esther Kolawole, wife of the Speaker of the Kogi House of Assembly. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Pastor Kolawole, aged 50, died at a Lagos hospital on Sunday following an undisclosed illness....
Sales of weapons and military services by the world’s 100 biggest arms companies reached a record $531bn in 2020, an increase of 1.3 per cent in real terms compared with the previous year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Swedish think tank said 2020 marked...
A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail, according to media reports. A spokesman for Myanmar’s military told the AFP news agency that Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty on Monday of incitement and of violating COVID-19...
At least 12 soldiers and “dozens of terrorists” have been killed in a battle in western Niger’s conflict-wracked “three borders” zone. The defence ministry announced in a statement on Sunday that another eight soldiers were wounded in the clash with “hundreds of armed terrorists” five kilometres (three miles) from...
Alieu Momar Njie, Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia, has declared on Sunday that Adama Barrow, the leader of the National People’s Party (NPP), as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday. Barrow amassed 457,519 votes, around 53 percent of the total votes...
Aruna Quadri has recorded his first victory at the ongoing World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup championship in Singapore. Quadri, who is representing Nigeria at the Championship, defeated the world number eight player, Liang Jingkun of China to 3-1 (7–11, 11-1, 14-12,11-5) in round 16 of the men’s singles event...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed disappointment over the United Kingdom government’s placement of Nigeria on its red list following the detection of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. “We were not very happy when six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa were placed on a red list and the...