COVID-19: Increasing number of children going hungry in America
Before the pandemic closed her middle school and US immigration agents deported her father to El Salvador, Kimberly Orellana did not fear going hungry. But with her mother now alone and cleaning houses for pay that isn’t enough to reliably feed Orellana and her two younger sisters, the 14-year-old is left to trek to a […]
Reconstitute NDDC board, Okowa tells Buhari
By Festus Ahon GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has told President Muhammadu Buhari to reconstitute the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying that instability in the commission’s board has contributed to the systemic institutional failure of the agency. Speaking at the launch of ‘Resource Dependence, Violent Conflict and Economic Development in the […]
We must discontinue dependence on crude oil for public revenue, forex — Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has reiterated the need for the country to discontinue heavy dependence on crude oil to guarantee public revenue and foreign exchange. Emefiele made the call on Saturday in Abuja at the prize presentation ceremony to mark the end of the 2020 CBN Governor’s […]
Bethlehem lights up Christmas tree as virus rules keep crowds away
Bethlehem lit up its Christmas tree on Saturday evening but without the usual crowds, as novel coronavirus restrictions put a damper on the start of Christmas festivities in the holy city. Palestinian authorities last week announced measures, including a night-time curfew, across the Israeli-occupied West Bank for 14 days to fight a “worrying spread” of […]
Elites, business associates, others to hit Lagos for Ogunsan’s wife at 40
All is set for the 40th birthday celebration of the wife of the Chairman of Executive Group and Board Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Ayo Ogunsan. Clocking 40 in grand style today, the birthday celebrant, Ajoke Ogunsan, will be hosted by friends, family, business associates and well wishers at an event […]
APC chieftain condemns attacks on Umahi over defection
Chief Chaka Nweze, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Ebonyi Stalwart, has condemned some political leaders’ attacks on Gov. David Umahi over his recent defection to APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nweze, one of the main facilitators of the governor’s defection, told newsmen on Saturday in Abakaliki that such statements were inflammatory and unnecessary. […]
