Japan to halt all new entries from abroad next week: ministry

Japan will halt all new non-resident foreign arrivals coming from overseas from Monday until late January, Tokyo said Saturday, as the country reported its first cases of a new strain of the coronavirus. Japan currently restricts entry for foreigners from most countries over fears of the virus, requiring all visitors to undergo mandatory quarantine upon […]
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Air Peace’s ambitious fleet expansion

By Chidiebere Nwobodo Greatness is a repeated recycles of excellence. If it can be conceived, it can be achieved. In the spectrum of life, the bridge between one end of an idea and the other end of accomplishment, is sheer resilience epitomized in eagle-eyed vision and laced with grace. Air Peace Airline under the leadership […]

Gov Fintiri signs Adamawa N140bn 2021 budget into law

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa on Saturday signed the state N140 billion 2021 budget into law. Speaking at the ceremony in Yola, Fintiri said that 52 per cent of the budget was for capital expenditure, while 48 per cent was for recurrent expenditure. According to him, the budget is the first of its kind in […]

Kaduna to spend N4.6bn on upgrading, equipping general hospitals

The Kaduna State Government plans to spend N4.6 billion on upgrading and equipping of General Hospitals across the state in 2021. This is contained in the breakdown of the N9.1 billion allocated to the Ministry of Health for capital projects in 2021. The approved budget document showed that N2.0 billion was allocated for the construction […]

Sam Ndah-Isaiah and the unfinished pledge of Nation-Building

By Amb Godknows Igali The news filtered stealthily nationwide, in the wee hours of Friday, 11th December 2020, that Samuel Ndanusa Isaiah, better known as SAM, the extraordinarily good-humored pharmacist, writer, politician, and publisher of award-winning national newspaper – “Leadership” was gone. Completely credulous, bewildering, and incomprehensible. The institutive query in the hearts and on […]

Ndigbo deserve independent Ohanaeze — World Congress

By Dennis Agbo As the election for a new set of leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo gains steam, the World Igbo Congress, WIC has advocated for an independent executive that will be free from encumberances. The group said that it was with only an independent Ohanaeze leadership, devoid of dictatorship from state governors and other political […]

Russia tops 3 million Covid-19 infections

Russia on Saturday passed three million confirmed coronavirus infections, as authorities hold out against reimposing a national lockdown while the country is battered by a second wave. Official figures showed that a total of 3,021,964 cases have been detected, with 54,226 deaths. In the past 24 hours, 29,258 new infections and 567 deaths were registered […]

Christmas: Uzodimma urges Imo people to observe COVID-19 safety measures

  Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma has urged Nigerians to observe COVID-19 safety protocols as they celebrate the birth of Christ. Uzodimma gave the advice on Friday in Owerri in his Christmas message to Imo people. He urged them to pray for the healing of Nigerians who had contracted the virus. He advised Imo residents to […]

Bauchi: We inherited N27bn retirement arrears, says Gov Mohammed

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Friday said that his administration inherited the sum of N27bn naira in pension arrears from his predecessors. Mohammed, who disclosed this in Bauchi when the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), paid him a courtesy visit to mark the 2020 Christmas celebration, explained that despite all the challenges, pensioners […]

Alozie calls for peaceful coexistence among Nigerians at Christmas

By Gabriel Olawale The Director General of Campaign Stream, Mr. Alozie Alozie, has urged Nigerians to live peacefully among themselves while wishing everyone a merry Christmas celebration. Alozie made this call in his home town, Ugwunabgo in Abia State on Thursday on the occasion of the 78th birthday celebration of his mum. Speaking further, the […]

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