The Zamfara Government on Tuesday said that the state had not recorded any new case of Coronavirus in the last 14 days. The Chairman of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, who is also the Speaker of the state Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Magarya, said that the feat was achieved due to...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, has died of a heart attack, He was at 55, according to a BBC report. It quoted a government statement to have said the Burundi president was admitted to hospital on Saturday, where his condition was reported to have...
By DANIEL IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with government and people of Benue State over the passing of an illustrious son, Abubakar Tsav, who was a former Lagos State Commissioner of Police. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu on...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Governors of the 36 states will on June 10, 2020 hold their 10th teleconference meeting since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown. The virtual meeting is scheduled to take place online starting from 2:00pm, according to a statement on...
By SOJI ADELEYE – This is a very unique moment in human history. The first time in our lifetime fear is the common denominator, when there are no superpowers, no segmentation of humanity. It is humbling to observe how inconsequential the human race is. Imagine for a moment if...
A Kenya-based company has developed a video conferencing application, the first made in Africa, designed to be more affordable than foreign counterparts. Gumzo, which means “chatting” in Swahili, is free to join and costs only $1 per week for users who want to host meetings. Eight weeks – that’s...
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday welcomed the Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, back to the hallowed Chamber. Kalu represents Abia North senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former Abia State governor has, however, not been in the Senate...
The man who discovered former Black stars captain Abedi Ayew Pele, Musa Sani, has made a passionate appeal to the Maestro to help him undergo surgery on his left eye. Musa Sani who was in charge of colts side Falcos in the early 60s is credited for discovering Abedi...
As an Igbo adage would say, a person whose father had sent to an errand always uses his two legs to break a door. That is why an errant, power-drunk organization, known as Miyetti Allah can boast that the Fulani ethnic group owns Nigeria, will rule the country forever,...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi ‘Our nation’s greatness is measured by how we treat those who are the most vulnerable’ – AL-Gore, Former Vice President of the United States of America. Each passing day in Nigeria brings to mind the fact that despite the widening strides by civil society organizations (CSO’s)...
By BARBARA KALU, Abuja – Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, is proposing what he calls a ‘Marshall Plan’ to aid the recovery of the Travel and Tourism Sector in Africa, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the sector very hard. According...
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, boosted by hopes for a swift recovery in fuel demand as coronavirus lockdown measures are eased across the globe, but gains were capped by the spectre of persistent oversupply in the market, Reuters reports. Brent crude (LCOc1) futures rose 0.5 per cent, or 22 cents, by...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Coronavirus infectious cases in Nigeria stand at 12,801, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported. The NCDC, late Monday on its official Twitter page, reported 315 new cases with 4040 discharged and 361 deaths. A breakdown of the figure showed that Lagos, the epic-centre of...
Bali United coach Stefano Cugurra Teco has categorically stated that Michael Essien opened the doors for other top players to join the Thai Premier League. Essien, who joined Persib Bandung on a free transfer in 2017, established himself as one of the key players for the side in his...
The Nigeria Center For Disease Control(NCDC), has announced 260 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12,486. The NCDC announced this on Sunday through its official Twitter handle. The centre said that as at June 7, 2020, 260 new confirmed cases...
•Gives party Chairman’s condition to forgive gov Hon Patrick Obahiagbon is a top member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State. Obahiagbon served as Chief of Staff to Mr Adams Oshiomhole when the latter was governor of Edo. Before then, he was a member of the House...
From GODWIN ATSER, Ibadan – For the past decades, Africa, has been grappling with the sustainable diffusion of improved cassava varieties due to a weak and uncoordinated dissemination strategy. Consequently, improved varieties have often failed to reach the hands of farmers, forcing the yields of cassava in Africa to...
A Russian drive to recruit Syrians to fight in North African Country, Libya for militia leader Khalifa Haftar accelerated in May when hundreds of mercenaries were signed up. In an exclusive report by Reuters on Sunday, five Syrian opposition sources and a regional source familiar with the matter have...