As academic activities commenced nationwide on Monday, schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs resumed with strict adherence to the Federal Government guidelines on Coronavirus (COVID-19) safety protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents who monitored the resumption in Abuja, report that some of the schools […]
India on Monday stepped up efforts to bolster trust in coronavirus vaccines after it was revealed that nearly a third of those invited to get jabs at the launch of a nationwide drive failed to turn up. The government has launched one of the world’s most ambitious vaccine programmes, aiming […]
President Faustin-Archange Touadera of CAR. BBC Photo The Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic on Monday confirmed the re-election of President Faustin-Archange Touadera. According to final results announced by the Constitutional Court, Touadera won his second term with 53.16 per cent of the Dec. 27 balloting. READ ALSO: Restructuring, […]
A protestor holds a banner in front of a Biafra flag as he takes part in a demonstration in Durban, South Africa, on May 30, 2019 during a Freedom March for Biafra held worldwide and organised by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to mark the anniversary of the unilateral […]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. The Imo Government has postponed resumption of schools in the state until Jan. 25 Schools due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha said. Ikegwuoha, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri on Monday, […]
Some of the pupils in the visited schools and their teachers observing COVID-19 protocols. PHOTO: By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE federal government, Monday,declared that no COVID-19 test was required for returning students to be admitted into their schools. But the government,in a terse statement by the Federal Ministry of Education, Monday,explained […]
By Kingsley Omonobi …Vows, We will stop unacceptable nonsense of drugs abuse in Nigeria. …We will make NDLEA Effective, Respected & Feared by Concerned Criminals. The new chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has warned illicit drugs traffickers, exporters and cultivators as well […]
By Gabriel Olawale The Organising Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC Lagos State, Enilolobo Abdullahi has declared his support for the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, come 2023 Presidency. In a chat with the newsmen, Enilolobo distanced himself from a purported statement, saying he was backing the […]
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South and Ozioruva Aliu SOME stakeholders of Niger Delta, weekend, suggested the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi and other top All Progressive Congress, APC, leaders from the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has formally approved the appointment of Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the Acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, NDE. This was contained in a letter to the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, dated Monday 18, […]