Emmanuel Macron tests positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating. The 42-year-old took a test ‘as soon as the first symptoms appeared,’ the Elysee Palace said in a brief statement. Mr Macron will isolate for seven days but plans to continue running the country via video conference. Frantic contact tracing is now afoot […]
Ethiopian crisis: Humanitarian aid for children must be a priority — UNICEF
Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said on Tuesday. Fighting between regional and government forces began in November, displacing people within the northern province and pushing thousands more to seek […]
FG licenses 203 agents to boost NIN enrolment
By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 private sector Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB) on behalf of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The Director-General/Chief […]
Buhari at 78: If only we knew this president
By FEMI ADESINA ASK for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, in Katsina State, who turns 78 today. In the build up to the 2015 presidential election, we used to say everything had been thrown at him as projectiles, except the kitchen sink. […]
IMO: Uzodimma presents N346bn Budget of Wealth Creation for 2021
By Chidi Nkwopara & Chinonso Alozie IMO State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, yesterday, presented an Appropriation Bill of N346.169 billion to the State House of Assembly for the 2021 fiscal year. Making the presentation to the lawmakers, Governor Uzodimma, said: “After a careful assessment of the present economic situation in the country and the prevailing […]
OHANAEZE PRESIDENT: Nobody should impose anybody on us — Mbazulike Amechi
*Why Nigeria must stop treating Igbo as second class citizens By Chinonso Alozie Minister of Aviation and Transport, Mbazulike Amechi, has warned against the imposition of any person as president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, saying anything order than the peoples’ choice would not be acceptable to the Igbo. The elder statesman and the First Republic politician […]
