Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been selected for the 2020 UEFA President’s award for his ‘commitment to excellence on and off the pitch’. The 42-year-old has been transforming lives since his retirement from professional football through his foundation which provides educational assistance to millions of school children. He...
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In the wake of some group of people in the Volta Region demanding independence for a Western Togoland state, Kosi Kedem, a former Member of Parliament for Hohoe South has argued that Ghana does not legally exist. “There’s no union document on the so-called union between Ghana (Gold Coast) and Togoland....
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said on Tuesday it recorded 187 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. This brings to 58,647 the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, according to the health agency. In an update on...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos Like every other sector in our dear nation which clocks 60 good years today, the entertainment industry has become an all comers’ terrain as people try to eke a living. Unlike the early days when its players were duly called, talented and put in enough effort...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos One of the events that will visibly share in the various of activities slated for October 1, Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day, will be the presentation of “My Father’s Daughter’’, a memoir by legendary showbiz star, Onyeka Onwenu, which tells it all especially as it concerns her...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos King of World Beats, Sunday Adegeye, roundly blessed and gifted, is of course endowed with extra strength and energy. Then, there is longevity too. All these qualities are very visible and stand him out. That, too, is precisely why he has become a household name across...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its partnership with Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) in a matching fund scheme. In a statement on Tuesday, FirstBank said the scheme aims to cushion the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on low-cost private...
…says leaders must insist on repatriation of illicit funds & their proceeds Leading the call for an effective global action against Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) and related vices, which is negatively impacting progress in developing countries especially in Africa, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for an overhaul of...
JEROME-MARIO UTOMI If there is anything that presents as false the claim by politicians particularly in Nigeria that their motives are unsoiled by private ambitions, that all they wish is to serve the public and to pursue the ‘public good, it is their inconsiderate and unguarded declaration that they can...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos As Nigeria marks her 60th independence anniversary, a Lagos based Non Political, Non Governmental Organization, the Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA) congratulates Nigerians, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to be more people focused in his policy formulation. Speaking through a recent statement made available to Journalists in...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A Moroccan Company, Office Chérifien des Phosphates, (OCP Africa) has partnered with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi and has begun the training of 30 youth selected in five states from my the north to boost Agriculture under the pilot phase of its Empowering African...
Sixth seed Serena Williams battled sluggish conditions to defeat fellow American Kristie Ahn 7-6(2) 6-0 to begin her French Open campaign on Monday. Playing an opponent she beat in straight sets at the same stage at the U.S. Open less than a month ago, Williams found herself struggling to...
Africa is losing nearly $89 billion a year in illicit financial flows such as tax evasion and theft, amounting to more than it receives in development aid, a U.N. study showed on Monday. The estimate, in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) 248-page report, is its...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army (NA) has said it is fully in support of the ongoing efforts of the Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum, to relocate internally displaced (IDPs) in Borno State back to their ancestral homes. Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Army...
No doubt, it is the legitimate right of the Igbo to agitate for an Igbo man or woman to be President of Nigeria in 2023. This is because the first and last time an Igbo man had presided over the affairs of the now sixty years old Nigeria, was...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – A total of 136 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were recorded in Nigeria across 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), this brings to 58,460 the number of confirmed infections in the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FORMER acting Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Abubakar Gana, has denied the embezzlement allegation levelled against him of N368.875 million while he held sway at the examination body. According to him, the alleged sum was generated during the June/July 2018 registration...
A plan to launch a new currency to replace the CFA franc used by several countries in West Africa may not happen for at least five years. Ivory Coast President Alessane Ouattara, has said the coronavirus pandemic has derailed the project to introduce the eco currency this year. Last...
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, says its Constituency Projects Tracking is not targeted at lawmakers. Owasanoye disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the 2nd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector, which was organised in collaboration with the...
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it has trained 320 tactical Operatives to support the military in the North-West.Its spokesman, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.James said that the 320 trained operatives were made up...