From DESMOND UTOMWEN – In preparation for the 2020 United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) Meeting on Sustainable Development in New York, stakeholders in Nigeria have unanimously validated the Final Draft Report of the 2nd Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in...
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Legendary reggae icon, Makekodunmi Fasheke, popular known as Majek Fashek is dead. The super-star died in London, his manager, Omenka Uzoma tweeted on his Instagram post early Tuesday morning report said. Uzoma said “Fashek has gone to be with the Lord his maker.” Fashek, also nicknamed the Rainmaker, is...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday imposed a curfew for New York City as protesters of the death of George Floyd prepare for another night of demonstration. Speaking in a live radio programme, Cuomo said the curfew would hold between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Tuesday, and could be...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 416 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 10,578. The NCDC on its official twitter handle said that 3,122 out of the 10,578 total infections have been discharged, with 299 losing...
By EDWIN IKHUORIA On June 8, South Africa’s schools are expected to re-open their doors to grade 7 and 12 students, who have lost over two months of critical classroom instruction due to COVID-19. The first in a phased reopening, which has been pushed back from its initial date...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Oyo State government on Monday, released the sum of N180 million as part of the outstanding gratuity and pension arrears for 2013 retirees from the civil service. The state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, while conducting a symbolic presentation of cheques to some of the...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, on Monday inaugurated the FCT State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC), charging the members to be guided by the principles of natural justice and the laws of Nigeria. Malam Bello, who explained...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Road Safety Corps has decorated its Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem with the rank of Assistant Corps Marshal. Kazeem was decorated at the national headquarters of the Commission in Abuja on Monday. The spokesperson was among the newly promoted officers in the just...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria government has further relaxed the lockdown in the country due to COVID-19 pandemic by lifting the ban on the opening of churches and mosques. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the virus and Secretary to the Government of the...
Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Banks Awards 2020. The awards, which was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global Finance Magazine, was based on the performances of the...
…opens feedback channel on administration’s first year in office By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, will on JUNE 1, 2020 kick-start the distribution of Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) to the first set of people under the Oyo Home Owners Charter (OYHOC). Chief...
A former Military Governor of Kaduna state, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “belong to all of us”. He stated this in an open letter to the president released on Sunday addressing the issue of “skewed appointments” into Buhari’s government. Colonel Umar, renowned for...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Sunday it recorded 307 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 10,162. According the update at 11:26pm on its official twitter handle, the total number COVID-19 deaths in Nigeria now stands...
By Austin Okere There is a perfect storm brewing on Twitter between the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump and Twitter Founder, Jack Dorsey. “The Trump-Twitter fight ropes in the rest of Silicon Valley” was the screaming headline on Politico.com on Sunday, May 30, 2020....
China will give Africa 30 million test kits per month, as well as 10 000 ventilators and 80 million masks, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa disclosed on Sunday during a virtual meeting with top editors in the country. He did not specify when this initiative will start or how...