By Sola Ogundipe WORRIED by persistent attack on schools, students and teachers in Nigeria, Save the Children International, SCI, has said that children in low income countries have lost 66 percent more of their lifetime schooldays during the pandemic compared with their peers in the rich countries.According to the Global Coalition to Protect Education from […]

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has said that the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus as the dominant strain in the country, requiring Nigerians to keep all the prescribed protective measures in place and increase testing

Africa Capitalworks (“ACW”), a Sub-Saharan Africa-focused private equity company, announces a significant equity investment in Dorman Long Engineering Limited (“DLE”) of Nigeria.

UNESCO Laureate Professor Bashiru Aremu and Vice Chancellor, Crown University Intl. Chartered Inc. Americas, partners in Asia, Africa and associates worldwide has been appreciated for his immense contributions during the book launch titled “How to Succeed as an  Entrepreneur in Africa.”

By Chioma Obinna News of the death of Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, came to most Nigerians as a rude shock. More confounding was the report that such a high profile stakeholder  that was so close to the president, had died of COVID-19 complications.Abba Kyari was not alone. Many notable Nigerians […]

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Monday in Abuja said that women must help one another  to achieve the desired emancipation of women in all ramifications. UNESCO’s Director- General, Ms Audrey Azoulay, made the assertion during her visit to Nigeria for the 33rd Session of the International Coordinating Council of the […]

The Edo state government has confirmed the death of a 33-year-old pregnant woman at Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin and 15 other persons across other COVID-19 facilities. Head of the state’s Coronavirus Case Management, Dr Ebomwonyi Osagie, who disclosed this at the daily press briefing on the virus, however, said that the victims were not […]

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos, on Monday said it had arrested 16 suspected pipeline vandals at Abagbo segment of the NNPC pipelines. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, in a statement, said that the arrest was made on Friday by the ship’s Task Force at Atlas Cove after a credible intelligence […]

Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week for first the time as U.S president. The White House said on Monday that Bien would travel to New York on Tuesday next week to speak at the assembly’s General Debate. Republican Donald Trump, Biden’s predecessor, was a harsh critic of […]

Two men, Anyi Chukwudi, 29 and Francis Sunday, 21, appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Monday for allegedly stealing a Huawei Y9S mobile phone. The Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the accused allegedly committed the offence on Sept. 6, 2021 around 05:30 p.m. at Mayfair, Ile-Ife. Osanyintuyi said that the duo […]