Edo State deputy governor, Phillip Shaibu has boosted the preparations of the State’s athletes for the National Sports Festival with a N2m donation. This is just as Edo State has threatened to send back any delegation that fails to adhere to COVID-19 protocols. Rt. Hon. Shaibu announced the donation while addressing Edo State Sports Council […]

Government ministers from the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UK, Nigeria, and Kenya, came together to discuss how the world can bridge the geographical gap in vaccine distribution. The Chair of the Executive Board at WHO, Group Medical Director of International SOS, Director-General of the Red Cross, Regional Director of IATA in Africa & Middle East […]

In their bid to ensure Ado Ekiti delegates support Hon. Bisi Kolawole to become the candidate of the party and the winner of the 2022 gubernatorial election in Ekiti, Ado Local Government PDP has constituted various committees.

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – Origins report – The United States and 13 allies voice “shared concerns” over a World Health Organization-backed report on the origins of Covid-19 and urge China to provide “full access” to experts. The EU says separately the report, which concluded that Covid-19 probably passed to […]

Delta State’s plans of sweeping all the sprints medals at the National Sports Festival starting on April 2 in Benin City, has been dealt a blow. Top Nigerian athletes like Blessing Okagbare, Divine Oduduru, Raymond Ekevwo, Itseoritse Itsekiri and another foreign-based preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games have told the Delta State Sports Commission, […]

The WHO’s chief, long accused of complacency towards Beijing, hardened his tone Tuesday, urging further investigation into a theory Covid-19 sprang from a laboratory leak. The director-general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also rebuked China for sitting on key data. The theory that the new coronavirus may have escaped from a lab […]

The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 55-year old man, Abdulraheem Jimoh, for allegedly defiling a 12-year old girl at Mayegun area of Alagbado, Ilorin. NSCDC Public Relation Officer (PRO) in the state, Babawale Zaid, paraded the suspect before newsmen, on Tuesday, in Ilorin. Zaid said the […]

The Police Command in Ondo State says it has synergised with Amotekun corps and other security agencies to provide adequate security for residents during the Easter celebrations. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Tee Leo-Ikoro, made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. NAN reports that […]

By Cynthia Alo WORRIED by the non -avail ability of structured platforms to enable millions of Africans at home and in diaspora, have personal and group funding platforms, a Lagos-based technology firm, Xerde Limited has launched MyTudo, a social financial platform to provide solutions to social funding. The app also drives digital transformation. The app […]

By Prince Osuagwu AHEAD of 5G deployments in Nigeria and other African countries, network backbone provider, Ericsson has launched a new network programmability tool, called 5G Core Policy Studio, to enable communications service providers, CSPs to capture 5G revenue easily. The tool handles the central management of all core network policies and is fully integrated […]

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, Tuesday, disclosed that Nigeria’s dairy product importation stands at $1.5 billion

The federal government on Monday launched a mobile app and Identification Number (NIN) Slip for Public use.

Starsight Energy, the leading West African Commercial and Industrial (“C&I”) solar power provider, is delighted to announce market-leading performance in 2020 despite the economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Starsight’s managed sites grew by 88% and revenue grew by a record 74%. Starsight Energy is now one of the continent’s largest independent energy and […]

A new TV series that mirrors the typical African society and its pressing needs was screened recently at Blue Pictures Cinema, Onikan, Lagos.

By Dayo Johnson, Akure Aggrieved players and officials of the Ondo state owned Football Club, the Sunshine Stars have protested against the alleged plan of the state government to sell the club. They staged a protest to the Governor’s office in Akure, the Ondo state capital, lamenting that the governor Rotimi Akeredolu-administration had neglected their […]