COVID-19: Total highlights interventions in Nigeria, urges others to emulate
Total E&P Nigeria Limited, yesterday, highlighted its various interventions, targeted at assisting the Federal Government and other stakeholders to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic in the country.
A look into the future, by BHM Group’s consultants and advisers
BHM’s Ayeni Adekunle, ID Africa’s Femi Falodun, 14 others write about where our world will be by 2025 As the world continues to grapple with an unprecedented pandemic, increased insecurity, extreme hunger and poverty, questions about the future of our world continue to arise. 16 consultants and advisers from one of Africa’s leading media and […]
Vanguard IWD: Shun all forms of stereotypes, stakeholders task women
By Ebunoluwa Sessou & Esther Onyegbula Nigerian women have been challenged to be more involved in decision making and shun all forms of stereotypes hindering them from their aspirations. The charge was given at this year’s Vanguard International Women’s Day commemoration event held at the Radisson Blu, VI and attended by different women from […]
Africa’s vaccination campaign threatened as India suspends AstraZeneca exports
*Nigeria vaccinates 325,514, Ghana 470, 000, Rwanda 345,000 By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale Nigeria’s vaccination programme encountered a hitch on Thursday as India suspended all major exports of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from the Serum Institute of India, SII. The suspension by India came as the European Union met on Thursday to consider […]
Excitement as Titan Trust Bank pays customers N5 for every dollar
Customers of Titan Trust Bank Limited, have expressed utmost excitement as the lender pays an extra N5 for every dollar received into their domiciliary accounts or as cash over the counter. Adaeze Udensi, Ph.D, the bank’s executive director, said the decision aligns with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s ‘Naira 4 Dollar’ scheme to encourage […]
SECESSION THREATS: Unelected jokers can’t declare sovereignty — Akeredolu
Accuses Akintoye of grandstanding for relevance Sunday Igboho can’t speak for Yoruba—YCE As Yoruba leaders conduct referendum on self-determination, restructuring By Dayo Johnson & Ola Ajayi, with agency reports CHAIRMAN of the South West Governors’ Forum, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, vowed not to allow agitation for secession in any part of the […]
Nigeria created, saved over 2m jobs through ESP — Presidency
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Presidency yesterday said Nigeria has created and saved over two million jobs through the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP, which began in June last year. The ESP, chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, designed the N2.3 trillion ESP as the country’s response to the economic challenges of the COVID-19 […]
Bandits open fire on traders in Benue market, kill one, injure 13
…Parents to el-Rufai: Negotiate with bandits before they kill our children …Troops kill two, recover AK-47 rifle …Bandits kill 9 in Birnin-Gwari, Giwa LGAs in Kaduna …CSOs oppose payment of ransom to bandits, kidnappers By Peter Duru, Gabriel Ewepu & Ibrahim Hassan Parents of the 39 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando […]
Afreximbank, NEXIM plan $50m project preparation fund for Nigerians
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) said they are mobilizing up to $50 million project preparation funds for investments in Nigeria.
Senegal again postpones local elections
Senegal’s government said Wednesday it had again postponed local elections due to take place this month, the third such delay for polls that were initially set for 2019. No new date was given for the vote for municipalities and local districts. The cabinet has approved the postponement and extended the mandates of those currently in […]
Again, bandits kill nine in Birnin Gwari, Giwa LGAs in Kaduna
Bandits in Kaduna state have killed nine peasants in separate attacks spanning Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas of the state.
Lagos denies compromising FG’s COVID-19 vaccination protocols
… Says allegation of malpractices at Falomo, sale of vaccine untrue, unfounded By Chioma Obinna The Lagos Government Thursday night denied compromising the vaccination protocols rolled out by the Federal Government even as it said the allegations of malpractices at Falomo centre and sale of vaccines were untrue and unfounded. Reacting to these and more […]
Germany to require Covid-19 tests on flight arrivals starting Sunday
People flying to Germany must undergo coronavirus testing in a regulation that enters force at midnight (2300 GMT) on Sunday, the German Health Ministry says. The announcement was made so that airlines and passengers have time to prepare themselves for the new requirement, the ministry says. Germany is attempting to contain a severe third wave of […]
NDDC saga continued
LAST week, I congratulated the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for finally commissioning the long-awaited Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, headquarters – a building that had been inexplicably uncompleted for 24 years.
Okupe was right on feelings of north killing of Sardauna – Arewa leader
Igbo can’t get 2023 presidency alone BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME Leader of Arewa in the South, Alhaji Musa Saidu has berated those who criticized Chief Doyin Okupe for saying that the North was still bitter over the brutal murder of the Sardauna of Sokoto in the 1966 coup. Alhaji Saidu who spoke to the Vanguard said […]
Mass Metering : Senate Lampoons NERC over 13% performance
By Henry Umoru, Abuja The Senate yesterday expressed dismay on the absmal performance of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ( NERC), on Mass Metering Project in the country despite N33.4 billion already released by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Senator Gabriel Suswam, PDP Benue North East led Senate Committee on Power, which gave the […]
