Declare your assets, Nwabueze challenges Buhari
By Clifford Ndujihe Elder statesman and legal icon, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to avoid unnecessary controversies and declare his assets publicly if he has nothing to hide. At the public presentation and launch of the book: ‘’One Step Ahead–Life as a Spy, Detective, and Anti-Graft Czar written by a former […]
Lagos govt, NTDC agree to boost tourism in Lagos
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, has said that the state government was prepared to collaborate with the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, to strengthen tourism in the state and in Nigeria. Speaking, during a visit to the Director-General of the NTDC, Mr Folorunsho Coker, alias, […]
COVID-19: Decline in new confirmed cases encouraging — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is encouraged by data from China showing a decline in new confirmed cases of COVID-19, saying there is no time for complacency. Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, at a media briefing on COVID-19 on Wednesday, stressed the existence of a window of opportunity for the world to […]
China expels three Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘racist’ opinion piece
China announced Wednesday that it has revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters and ordered them out of the country because of what Beijing deemed a racist headline on an opinion piece. Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuan cited a Feb. 3 op-ed about the coronavirus outbreak by Bard College Professor Walter Russel […]
Security: Kwara govt proposes IDs, uniform for commercial motorcycle operators
The Kwara State Government has initiated issuance of Identification Cards (IDs)and uniforms for commercial motorcycle operators as security measures to curb crimes in the state. The state Commissioner for Works, Mr Suleiman Rotimi, made this known on Thursday in Ilorin during a meeting with commercial motorcycle operators better known as “Okada” riders in the state. […]
KEDCO introduces whistleblower policy
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has disclosed it has introduced whistleblower policy to reward anyone who informed the company about stealing of electricity, meter bypass and vandalization of the company’s facilities. Dr Mahmud Abubakar, Team Leader, Strategy Group, KEDCO, disclosed this in Katsina on Thursday while presenting a paper at a “Public Consultation on […]
NAF destroys ISWAP hideout, neutralises insurgents in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) hideout at Bukar Meram on the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin in northern Borno. NAF said it also neutralised some of the insurgents fighters at the same area. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations […]
Oxygen spotted in another galaxy for first time ever
Oxygen has been detected outside our home galaxy the Milky Way for the first time ever. Molecules of oxygen have been tracked to a strange and distant galaxy millions of light-years away. The oxygen was uncovered in Markarian 231, which is powered by an “extremely bright” nucleus. Markarian 231 is a wild and highly volatile […]
Security: Kwara Govt proposes ID cards, single uniform for okada riders
The Kwara State Government has initiated the issuance of Identification Cards (IDs)and uniforms for commercial motorcycle operators as security measures to curb crimes in the state. The state Commissioner for Works, Mr. Suleiman Rotimi, made this known on Thursday in Ilorin during a meeting with commercial motorcycle operators better known as “Okada” riders in the […]
We are retelling African story through CNN’s Avant-Garde — Herbert Wigwe
From the last decade to date, Africa has witnessed an upsurge of creativity in the areas of Arts, Fashion, Music and Film. It becomes imperative to introduce a platform that will serve as a springboard to help launch these creative minds to the rest of the world. Access Bank through the Avant-Garde series on CNN has taken up the mantle to do just that.
Six workers rescued from underground cigarette factory in Spain
Spanish police have rescued six workers who were left trapped and gasping for air in a counterfeit cigarette factory located in a bunker four metres (13 feet) underground, police and Europol said Thursday. Both Europol and Spanish police said it was the first underground counterfeit cigarette factory discovered in the European Union. Police found the […]
