By TOM CHIAHEMEN – Nigerian-born Akinwumi Adesina was this morning sworn in as president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), paving the way for his commencement of a second term in office. Adesina who was re-elected on August 27 with a unanimous vote of all the Governors of the...
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Paul Rusesabagina, the man whose life inspired the Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda about the 1994 genocide, has been arrested on charges of terrorism in his country. According to multiple reports from Rwanda, Rusesabagina was presented to the media by the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on Monday morning. He was...
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Wednesday appointed Lynder Nkuranga as the Director of External Intelligence, becoming the first woman to be named to the post. The position, under the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), has previously been exclusively held by military men as with most top positions in...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI Life is both precious and sacred. A glance through Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) reveals that every individual has the right to life, liberty and security. The strategic implication of this provision is that the Government should take appropriate measures to safeguard life by making laws...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Mrs Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has made her debut in a movie produced by award-winning, and proudly Nigerian movie producer, Kunle Afolayan. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday issued by Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, FirstBank. According...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria continued to record fewer number of COVID-19 infections as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Centre (NCDC) said it confirmed 143 cases on Monday. The health agency made this known in late night post on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov, adding that the day’s...
Novak Djokovic got his campaign to win a fourth U.S. Open, and 18th Grand Slam title overall, off to a flying start on Monday. The top seed beat Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-4 6-1 to advance to the second round. Djokovic broke Dzumhur’s serve for a seventh time to seal...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos All-Share Index rose by 0.1 per cent to 25,327.13 points to open the week on a positive note, as buying interests in Dangote Cement PLC, Lafarge Africa PLC and 11PLC spurred a marginal gain in the market. Accordingly, the month-to-date gain increased to 2.6 per cent...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos About 4,000 public primary school head and assistant head teachers in Ogun State have undergone training on efficient and safe reopening of schools to further contained the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Monday, at the flagging-off a 5-Day Pre-Resumption Education Leadership...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has on Monday constituted a 22-man committee comprising top government functionaries including Representatives of NA, NN, NPF, NSCDC, SSS, CJTF, Humanitarian and Development partners, vigilante hunters, community leaders and traditional leaders among others with a mandate to ensure Sustainable return...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has hailed Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s one year performance in office, comparing it with the kind of achievements some governors record in eight years in office. Abubakar, who is president, Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI),...
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday said that the number of positive COVID-19 cases across the African continent has risen to 1,245,230. The centre noted that only five African countries account for about 70 per cent of all COVID-19 infections in the continent,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said enhanced consultation within the governing political party, All Progressives Congress (APC), will strengthen its internal democracy, and improve chances of winning elections. The President, who inaugurated a Tripartite Consultative Committee of the Executive, Legislature and Leadership of...
▪︎Says new exco accepts responsibility and trust to lead AMP to new heights Film-maker and founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, Peace Anyiam Osigwe, has been elected the new President of the Association of Movie Producers, AMP. She scored 167 votes to beat her closest rival, Myke...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos The law is simply an ass, no doubt. But human beings made the law; signed the law and interpret the law. Not God. Now, if God, our creator’s own laws to us are disobeyed and yet He forgives us, why can’t we borrow a leaf from...
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos Although the year, 2020 left a lot of loopholes in all sectors of our life for obvious reasons – the Covid-19 emergence – the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) is not relenting in its efforts to carry out one of its annual programs. The ‘No Music...
By SUFUYAN OJEIFO – Since Mr Charles Idahosa’s interview published on page 10 of New Telegraph of July 15, 2020, headlined: “Edo people’ll resist rigging of guber poll”, Governor Godwin Obaseki, for whom he works, his administration officials and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on which platform...