The United States’ longstanding discrimination against minority groups, especially Blacks, is biting the U.S. economy hard. A new report by US-based firm Citigroup claims the U.S. economy lost $16 trillion due to racism and discrimination faced by Blacks since 2000. The report noted that the loss includes gaps in...
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By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria on Thursday recorded 125 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 57,849. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), made this known via its official twitter handle @NCDCgov· According to the health agency, out...
My car driving experience as a Learner has been quite an interesting one. After 20 hours of driving lessons in a driving school, I got a Learner’s permit and have continued the task of getting better at the skill of driving. So, with a letter L on the front...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Minister of Women Affairs and Child Development, Dame Paulen Talen, on Thursday described rape as deadly as murder. She said this when she paid an advocacy visit to the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, at the Government House. Tallen who commended the Bauchi State governor,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Ogun State House of Assembly has requested the attention of Mr Dapo Okubadejo, commissioner for finance and his counterpart in the health ministry, Dr Tomi Coker, to appear before the lawmakers and brief the House on the state government’s financial inflow and outflow towards containing...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s largest airline has announced the resumption of its flight services to Victoria Falls, African’s most spectacular natural sites effective October 6. A statement on Thursday by the airline said, “Esteemed Customers are kindly informed that Facemasks will be mandatory for travel and...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has emerged the winner of the 2019 Zik Prize, in the professional leadership category. Announcing the winners in a webinar on Thursday, Prof. Pat Utomi, a member of the...
JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Executive Governor of Benue State, Dr Samuel Ortom has approved the immediate appointment of Mr Lawrence Okwe as Special Assistant to the Governor on Media. In a letter conveying the appointment, the Secretary to the State government Prof Anthony Ijoho said the choice of Mr...
JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Government has been called upon to increase its annual funding for Research and Development (R&D) to 1 billion dollars every year. Making the call in Abuja yesterday at the inauguration of TETFund’s R&D Standing Committee, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, he...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has said his administration will set up a functional centre for the treatment of snakebite patients in the state. He disclosed this when the officials of the Nigerian Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre based in Bayero University Kano paid him an...
More lights are being thrown into the reported ‘secret wedding’ between the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar which took place recently. PRNigeria gathered from reliable family sources that the marriage plans had been...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday explained that the recently passed Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA) in Nigeria will enhance transparency and corporate accountability in the fight against corruption. President Buhari spoke in a video message presented at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) 2020...
Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has married the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq. Multiple sources confirmed to Daily Trust last night that the wedding Fatiha took place on Friday, September 18, 2020, at the Maitama Juma’a Mosque...
By FAITH INYANG, Abuja – An educational development committee set up by Sokoto State government under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar has expended the sum of N833,607,314.43 on the construction of schools infrastructure in strategic locations across the three senatorial district of the state. This...
Wellington Jighere, the 2015 world scrabble champion, says athletes are finding it difficult to cope with the times in the wake of the global coronavirus outbreak. Jighere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that professional athletes have been unable to earn any money for...
The Anambra Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA) says that it is likely to fall short of its revenue projection for 2020 by 60 per cent due to the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on its activities. The Managing Director of the agency, Chief Jude Emecheta, told the News Agency...
Nasarawa state Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) has sought the support of journalists to enable it achieve the goal of universal coverage on health service delivery in the state.Dr Mohammed Adis, Executive Chairman of NPHDA made the appeal on Thursday when members of the Correspondent Chapel, Nigerian Union...
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone D of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bauchi, has made a seizure of contraband worth N31.944 millon. Mr Adesanmi Omiye, the Comptroller of the unit made this known on Thursday in Bauchi. Omiye said operatives of the unit, who had succeeded in blocking and suppressing...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday in Abuja, charged the Nigerian Army Education Corps Officers on professionalism and dedication in the discharge of their duties. Buratai gave the advice at the end of a four-day training workshop for the Officers, organised by the Nigerian...