The Lagos State Government on Sunday said only JSS 3, SSS 2 students in both the public and private schools will resume for the planned reopening on September 21, after the lockdown of schools as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made by Commissioner for Education,...
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Veteran Ghanaian musician, Rex Omar in an interview chided individuals who are overly judgmental of musicians addicted to drugs. According to Rex Omar it only takes the grace of God for musicians to stay clear of drugs. He made this point in an interview with Happy 98.9 FM’s Doctar Cann on...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over “their failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly since 1999, and failure...
Liverpool and Arsenal got off to winning starts with victories over promoted sides on the opening day of the new English Premier League (EPL) season on Saturday. Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick, including two penalty kicks, as champions Liverpool won a seven-goal thriller against the hugely impressive Leeds United...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 160 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 56,177. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the 160 new infections were...
Forbes “Best of Africa” Award to honour outstanding leaders in Africa conferred on business mogul and Chairman of Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (Capt. Hosa), has been presented to him by the Chair of Foreign Investment Network (FIN), Her Excellency, Mrs Olayinka Fayomi. The presentation...
There was blood. So much blood, Pure blood from the abattoir to gratify our sense of sadism. Approach the chamber and destroy your sight with the new gorgon. Macduff would say. Our sense of humanity was destroyed as well. Nobody could imagine that the human body could spill such...
Russia’s ignoble policy of intolerance and eliminating by all means possible every form of opposition has again manifested by the recent poisoning of Alexei Navalny, an opposition leader and a well-known President Putin’s critic. Mr Navalny, 44, suddenly fell ill on a flight to Moscow from Tomsk, a city...
By SEGUN IGE – Many expectations begin to abound as Ghana’s President Professor Nana Akufo-Addo emerges the new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States. The baton of leadership he received as President at the 5thECOWAS Summit in Niamey, capital of Niger, on Monday the 7th, basically...
Femi Ogunsanwo, a movie producer/director, on Saturday said the Nollywood remake of “Finding Hubby”, Tunde Leye’s viral story, was set to hit the cinemas late in November. Ogunsanwo told newsmen that the movie, which was the remake of the 2012 fan-favourite, captures 35-year-old Oyin Clegg’s search for her handsome...
Imo Chapter of the Sports Writers Association (SWAN) has appealed to Gov. Hope Uzodinma to urgently resolve the internal leadership crisis in Heartland FC of Owerri to save the club from extinction. The association made the appeal on Saturday in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Everest Ezihe...
Members of the Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries are “devastated” after their Ghanaian pastor was charged with fatally shooting his wife outside her job at the Navy Federal Credit Union just two days before their fifth wedding anniversary last Tuesday in Florida. A spokesperson for the Orlando Police Department...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has said Bauchi state government will seek for N300 million as counterpart funding from Development Partners on Primary Healthcare Programme. He said this in an interview with journalists shortly after a teleconference of the 2020 Mid-Year Review Meeting with Development Partners on Primary...
Students in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been taking secondary school exams there for the first time since more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014. Parents and staff in Chibok have told the BBC they were happy that their children could take their exams...
The Republic of Liberia has lost her full membership rights at the African Union, is now an observer at the African Union, one without a voting right, from being a founder to a shocking rejected stone, one who understood the purpose for which the organization was founded. Over the...
Newly-promoted English Premier League (EPL) clubside Fulham have signed wing-back Ola Aina on a season-long loan from Italian Serie A side Torino. Fulham also have an option to make the 23-year-old’s arrival permanent and the Nigeria international said he was happy to return to London where he was born...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 188 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country with total number of infections now 56,017. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that one new fatality also raised the death toll to 1,076. ...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has donated over 3,000 face masks to transport workers, teachers and artisans, to support a growing call for increased vigilance in preventing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. This donation is part of the NSE Employee Giveback and Volunteering Programme which...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has reiterated that his led administration would continue to make education its primary focus, while also concerned in developing in other sectors. The governor, who spoke at a dinner held in honour of the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education...