Nollywood actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo has reacted to the comments on social media about his recent video based on the #Don’tLeaveMe challenge. The movie star in a video shared via his Instagram stories on June 23, slammed those who can’t stop talking about his past roles in Nollywood movies....
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Nigeria, among 170 signatories, endorsed the United Nations’ call to “silence the gun”, according to a report by the organisation on Wednesday. “Silence the Guns” is a catchphrase for the UN Secretary-General’s campaign for a global ceasefire to pave the way for unity against the coronavirus pandemic. The signatories...
Nigerian music star Innocent Ujah Idibia, known by his stage name 2Baba, has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations refugee agency. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) made the announcement via Instagram. “2Baba has been a committed high-level Supporter of UNHCR’s LuQuLuQu campaign –...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday attend the meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) summoned by the court recognized acting chairman of the party, Mr Victor Giadom. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this via...
Nigeria will not retaliate or do something similar to what unknown Ghanaians did to a part of her embassy in Ghana, the Presidency said on Wednesday. A section of the staff quarters of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana was last week demolished by unknown Ghanaian government officials. The...
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly a proposed date for the reopening of schools across the country as a post-COVID-19 measure. He made the presentation during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on the...
By PHILIP IKPONKO, Abuja – Polaris Bank has disbursed billions to support the growth of the Nigerian health sector through tailor-made banking products for businesses in this space. This particular product covers private hospitals, pharmacies, retailers, and diagnostic centres, according to a statement by the Bank’s Group Head, Products...
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has refuted the statement that the sum of N118 million was given to it by the Oyo State government. The Oyo State government was quoted to have said that the sum of N118 million was released to the UCH to fight the COVID-19...
The health authorities in South Africa are scrambling to contain a coronavirus outbreak at a school in Eastern Cape province after about 180 pupils tested positive. Makaula Senior Secondary School was closed on Tuesday for decontamination. Officials say contact tracing and testing is underway. The South African Democratic Teacher’s...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The government of Oyo State said on Tuesday that it has so far spent the sum of Two Billion, Seven Hundred and Seventy-Nine Million (N2,779,000,000) on the effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The state’s COVID-19 Task Force, which gave the...
BybGRACE AUDU, Abuja – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 452 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 21,371. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday night. According to the health agency, the number...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana Tuesday spoke with President Muhammadu Buhari, expressing his sincere apology for demolition of a building on the premises of Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, disclosed in Abuja...
In compliance with the directive of the Federal Ministry of Aviation that all agencies in the sector relocate their corporate headquarters to Abuja, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has moved its corporate headquarters from Lagos to Abuja. This movement according to the spokesperson of FAAN, Mrs Henrietta...