Thousands of Catholic devotees observed physical distancing as they queued for Saturday morning masses in the Philippine capital to celebrate a centuries-old black wooden statue of Jesus Christ believed to bring miracles to the faithful. With the coronavirus pandemic afflicting the country, authorities cancelled an annual procession of the...
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Ten newborn babies died on Saturday in a fire at a state-run hospital in western India, officials said. There were 17 infants in the unit for sick newborn babies when the fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday at the Bhandara District General Hospital in Maharashtra state....
In the recent past, some people had realized that for the largest British territorial creation in sub-Saharan Africa called Nigeria, to continue to hold together as one nation, no matter how fragile, it would be necessary to treat all of its component parts with justice and fairness. Unlike what...
The Lagos State Government on Friday, intensified public advocacy and sensitisation to the emergence of the second wave of COVID-19. This was done through interaction between the staff of the Ministry of Information and Strategy, led by the Director of Public Enlightenment, Mr Toyin Adeni-Awosika, and members of the...
non-governmental organisation (NGO) on Friday rewarded 62 women, 20 children, community leaders and health workers for presenting themseves for immunisation and Ante Natal Care (ANC) services in Sokoto State.The group, called Community Awareness and Development Initiative (CADI), donated bags of rice, vegetable oil, detergents, textile materials and certificates of...
The Kwara Government, on Friday, ordered the sealing up of two children’s homes, Blusolande Day Care and Inioluwa Orphanage, for operating illegally in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Nike Ibrahim, gave the order following an on-the-spot assessment visit to the affected...
Chairman, Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Dr Doyin Salami, will be delivering a keynote address in a Roundtable organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria Centre for Financial Studies. The Head, Marketing/ Corporate Communication and External Relations, Mr Nelson Olagundoye, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday...
Chief Samuel Okoronkwo, the Ebonyi Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, says Gov. David Umahi is free to support a candidate of his choice in the upcoming Ohaneze Ndigbo general election.Okoronkwo said this in an interview with newsmen on the sideline of the election and inauguration of a...
People Living With Non Communicable Diseases (PLWNCDs), under the auspices of Non Communicable Disease (NCD) Alliance in Nigeria, has urged the Federal government to prioritise PLWNCDs when administering any COVID-19 vaccine. A statement issued by the alliance on Friday said research by the World Health Organisation (WHO) had shown...
Liverpool scored three goals in five second half minutes to reach the FA Cup fourth round with a 4-1 win at Aston Villa on Friday. This was after the home side were forced to field academy players due to a mass COVID-19 outbreak among their ranks. Sadio Mane scored...
Twitter on Friday evening wielded the big stick against outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, suspending his account permanently. Announcing this in a blog post, the company said it took the decision “due to the risk of further incitement of violence’’. “After a close review of recent tweets from the...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,544 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC, on its verified website on Friday, also confirmed additional 12 coronavirus-related deaths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country’s daily new infections accelerated to a record high...
One thing is constant in the human ecosystem – class struggle. According to Karl Marx: “The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.’’ There is perhaps, no other country where the fault lines of class are well accented like in Nigeria — where the...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a grant of $11.26 million to the Government of Chad to finance the Girls’ Education and Women’s Literacy Project– the first Bank grant exclusively targeting women and girls. The project will be financed from the Bank’s Transition...
The MGT Group, a multi sectoral and multidisciplinary firm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has expressed readiness to build a world-class specialist hospital and a medical diagnostic center in Osun.Chairman of MGT group, Mr Ashok Puri, made the commitment when playing host to the governor in Dubai.A statement...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has felicitated the Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, on his 56th birthday. The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Friday in Asaba, described Kyari as a dedicated professional...
Ekiti state government says its investment policy was gradually yielding positive results as a privately-owned snail project, with a capacity to produce 2.6 million kg of snail meat per annum, is set to be commissioned later this month. Commissioner for Trade, Investment and Industry, Muyiwa Olumilua said the snail...
A new multi-level office complex within the Kotoka International Airport enclave to house the Air Navigation Services Agency (ANS) is fully completed and is expected to be inaugurated in the coming days. The need for a new office complex for the ANS follows the passage of the Air Navigation...