NUC approves 6 programmes for NOUN
ABUJA--THE National Universities Commission,NUC,has given full accreditation to six academic programmes at the National Open University of Nigeria,NOUN.
Why I’m proud of my Lebanese heritage, reveals Ghandour Cosmetics marketing guru Ali Jihami
Why I’m proud of my Lebanese heritage, reveals Ghandour Cosmetics marketing guru Ali Jihami
NiMet to intensify efforts towards providing accurate climate information
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), says it is determined to intensify efforts toward providing timely, accurate and reliable weather and climate information to guide policy and decision making. Prof. Sani Marshi, NiMet Director-General, said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Marshi said NiMet was ready to work harder to achieve the feat […]
World Water Day 2020: 55 million Nigerians lack access to safe water — WaterAid
Charges FG on urgent action on safe water, sanitation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria joins the world to mark World Water Day 2020 on Sunday, March 22, 2020, an international nonprofit organization, WaterAid Nigeria, has revealed that 55 million Nigerians lack access to the safe water pump. This was made known in a […]
Postponing Olympic Games: it’s complicated
The Tokyo Olympics appears to be creeping towards a postponement, an unprecedented and costly exercise that involves ripping up years of planning. As International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach told Germany’s SWR: “Postponing the Olympic Games is not like moving a football game to next Saturday.” Here are just some of the challenges: – Competition […]
COVID-19 Updates: Coronavirus and How Nigeria is responding
The NCDC has confirmed 30 cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday confirmed 30 cases of COVID-19 in the country. The Centre, who disclosed this on its website, said Abuja, which had one case in the morning of Sunday, now has four cases. Ekiti has one case, while […]
Lagos govt seals 32 health facilities over illegal operation
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut 32 pharmacies and patent medicine stores over offences bordering on the illegal operation and operating beyond scope of practice. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this on Sunday, after reviewing the report of the first […]
Fear in Ogun community over herdsmen invasion
PALPABLE fear, yesterday, enveloped residents of Oba Community in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State following the invasion of the community by some herdsmen.
COVID-19: CSO expresses worry over Buhari’s silence
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution, CDNDC, Sunday, expressed worry over quietness of President Muhammadu Buhari, on the outbreak of coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country. This contained in a statement signed by the Convener, CDNDC, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, while expressing anxiety over the uneasy […]
FIRS collects N338bn in January
ABUJA—The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, collected a tax revenue of N338.1 billion in January. The figure was slightly above average as against a tax revenue target of N620.2 billion for the month under review.
Fani-Kayode, Mailafia, others bemoan state of the nation
FORMER Senate Leader and Chairman, Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South, has declared that the Presidential system of government being practised in the country was part of the problems Nigeria was currently confronted with.
