The Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed concern over the COVID-19’s delta variant, which he called “the most transmissible” mutation to date. Ghebreyesus told journalists at a regular briefing on Friday that delta co had been identified in at least 85 countries and is “spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations”. “As some countries […]

Standard Chartered Bank (Nigeria) has launched a sophisticated Wealth offering that gives clients access to additional liquidity to meet their investment needs within the Bank. Tagged ‘Leverage Lending’, it is a variant of the Bank’s Wealth Management lending solution which allows clients to access funds by borrowing money to invest in approved securities in addition […]

By Femi Aribisala Have you ever been to an expensive wedding that was a no holds barred affair?  The champagne was ordered custom-made from France.  The wedding cake was a three-story building.  Forget about the wedding, but tell me, what happened to the marriage? One year later, they got divorced.  What a waste of money.  […]

The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Saturday pleaded with the fiftheen thousand youths who benefitted from the N4 billion empowerment funds of his government not to disappoint him (Uzodimma).

NIGERIA has been struggling with insecurity for over a decade. Against reasonable expectations six years ago when President Muhammadu Buhari was voted in, things have worsened. Compared with a number of other hotspots around the world in December 2020, however, Nigeria was not even among the three riskiest places.  According to global medical and security specialists, […]

The Federal Government says it had no immediate plan to ban the importation of gas cylinders as part of its LPG expansion and implementation plan. Mr Dayo Adesina, Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Gas in the office of the Vice-President, made the disclosure in an interview with  Newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. He said that […]

By Akano Tirimisiy When Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, was appointed as the chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, there were questions as to how a sitting governor will combine running a state and the party. But today, Buni has proved cynics wrong as he combined both duties effectively […]

The Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing Company has won the special recognition award at this year’s Healthcare Excellence Award 2021which held in Lagos on Saturday night.

The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yusuf Zalani has been ordered by the Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to immediately recall all members of the State House of Assembly, he placed on suspension.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned the inaugurated local government area chairmen of its Niger chapter. The party in a statement issued by its National Vice Chairman, North Central, Mr  Theophilus Shan, in Abuja on Friday said the inauguration was not authorised by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC). “PDP alerts members and the […]

FOUNDING Leader and former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, Saturday, said the party is waxing stronger in the State with the defection of the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi to the APC.

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has endorsed the idea of the All Progressives Congress (APC ) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, vying for the Nigerian Presidency in 2023. The Olubadan expressed his support while receiving members of the Tinubu Vanguard, a support group for Tinubu’s presidency project in Ibadan on Saturday. READ ALSOTinubu will make […]

Environmental and Energy Economist at Alma Mater Europaea ECM Maribor, Slovenia, Abdulrasheed Zakari, has emphasised the potential of Africa’s cultural heritage in promoting environmental sustainability.

By Douglas Anele Northern (that is, muslim Fulani) political domination would not have been possible without the northernisation of the military which began in earnest after independence. It was implemented by the Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa, and other northerners who occupied the four most senior posts in the ministry of defence: Inuwa Wada (defence minister), […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has said that it would invest “heavily” in the domestic manufacturing of vaccines and in African the healthcare system