Newly elected president of Malawi, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, is expected to be sworn in at Parliament in the administrative capital of Lilongwe by Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda as the court-sanctioned presidential elections. Chakwera will take the oath of office as Head of State and government will organise a presidential...
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This pandemic has uncovered the soft underbelly of our unwillingness to think beyond the present and anticipate future eventualities. There have been various experiences and pronouncements regarding the education of our youth in the past couple of weeks. At the local secondary level, my son’s school completed the syllabus...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to “publicly identify and name Nigerians who have so far benefited from any cash payments, cash transfers, food distribution and other reliefs...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced another 779 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 24,077 with 558 deaths as of late Saturday night, June 27, 2020. Details of the new recorded cases...
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Last week, I wrote a fitting tribute to Adejare Adebisi, the fine gentleman, talented administrator and Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS) to Governor Gboyega Oyetola, who died some two weeks back. Not long after, a friend drew my attention to another piece written, earlier, by Abimbola...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagama Umara Zulum of Borno State over the week assumed the role of Chief Humanitarian Officer by embarking on humanitarian trips to 14 LGAs that were most severely affected by the Boko Haram insurgents’ displacement and distributed over 600,000 bags and cartons of...
The Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) says it generated a whooping N25 billion through taxation in April when there was total lockdown. Mr Rasheed Olu-Ajayi, Head, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of LIRS disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via an exclusive virtual conference on Zoom...
To ensure effective service delivery and provide customers with moderate consumption cost, the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have called on the Federal Government to intervene in gas pricing for power generation. Mr Sunday Oduntan, the Executive Director Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), has reportedly made...
Nigeria has recorded 684 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 23, 298. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 684 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with...
By SYLVANUS OJEH – “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” Proverbs 22.29. The above eternal words from the wisest man that ever lived in Bible times, King Solomon, ring true of Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, the...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing will be carrying out an “integrity test” on Kara bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Federal Road Safety Corps said in a statement on Friday. It explained that the test is to ensure safety engineering measures are put in...
About nine upcoming movie stars were reportedly killed in an accident involving a tanker and a bus in Benue state. The accident was said to have happened late hours of Thursday at Ikogwe along Katsina-Ala/Zaki Biam road, when the aspiring movie stars based in Zaki Biam were returning from...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that its all-female online community www.firstgem.com.ng , offers mentoring, support and capacity building opportunities for all to create a new generation of financially literate women. With the aim to increase its engagement and reach...