Constitutional Amendment: APC Govs way ahead of PDP counterparts — PGF DG
Says Tambuwal copied PGF Governance template By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has reacted to the decision of the Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to set up legal and legislative liaison committees, saying the PGF had since passed the stage of setting up committees. […]
ShopRite debunks exit rumour, says we are not leaving Nigeria
By Princewill Ekwujuru ShopRite Nigeria has debunked the story making the rounds that it intends to close shop in Nigeria. The Country Director for Chastex Consult, Ini Archibong, in a telephone conversation with Vanguard, said: “Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria. “We have only just opened to Nigerian investors which we have also been talking to […]
Northern Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume dies aged 83
John Hume, the Northern Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his pivotal role in ending decades of violence in the British province, has died aged 83, his family announced Monday. Hume, the former leader of the mainly Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), shared the Nobel with David Trimble […]
Russia aims to produce ‘millions’ of coronavirus doses by 2021
Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out “several million” doses per month by next year. The country is pushing ahead with several vaccine prototypes and one prepared at the Gamaleya institute in Moscow has reached advanced stages of development. “We are very much counting […]
NDDC yet to pay contractors that handled road projects ― Orji Kalu
Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Kalu, said on Monday that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) had not paid contractors that handled roads he facilitated in Abia. Orji Kalu stated this in a statement issued by Mr. Emeka Nwala of Office of the Senate Chief Whip and made available to the News Agency of […]
POST COVID-19- PIND canvases innovative approaches to skills development, economic recovery
THE Executive Director of Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND), Dara Akala has said that the Niger Delta region needs innovative approaches to skills development that will contribute to economic and growth post-COVID-19 pandemic.
