India has recorded more coronavirus-related deaths in one day than ever before as 3,780 people died in the past 24 hours, India’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Confirmed new infections reached 382,000 in India in the same period, which means that in absolute numbers India is the country most affected by the pandemic after the […]

By Olu Fasan Take any cross-country global ranking, Nigeria is at,or near, the bottom of it. The latest is the inaugural Chandler Good Government Index, CGGI, published last week. The index ranked countries according to government capabilities and effectiveness. So, how did Nigeria perform? Well,woefully! Out of the 104 countries surveyed, Nigeria ranked 102nd, beating only […]

The Association for the Promotion of African Studies (APAS) will hold its 2021 Virtual International Conference on May 25, 2021, with the theme: “African Ideologies and Innovative Trends and Advances: Honoring The Past And Shaping The Future”. Meanwhile, the Association’s President, Prof. Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, OSA, in a press statement released on Wednesday in Jos, […]

The Lagos State Government says it supported a total of 1,835 businesses affected by the EndSARS protest mayhem with the sum of N939.98 million

The impending industrial strike action of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) may have been halted as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has said that the payment of areas owned by them would commence on Friday, May 7, 2021.

Manufacturers in Nigeria have been urged to make use of test laboratories of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for testing, analysing and certifications of  essential products in the country.

Octo5 Holdings Limited has said that its flagship Ocean Bay Estate is a launchpad for the development of similar unique housing communities across Nigeria to help bridge the housing deficit. This is even as it assured that all complaints by residents of its flagship Ocean Bay Estate were being assiduously handled to perfect their living conditions.

By Steve Oko Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji, has pledged more commitment towards the promotion of press freedom both in the state and the country at large. Orji who made the pledge in an interview with our Correspondent after receiving the” Distinguished Friend of the Media” award by […]

The people of Oghiora community in the Okporua Ruling House of Udu have condemned the declaration by a monarch that they were strangers in Udu and so not entitled to any valid claim to legitimate ownership of landed property in the area.

The Italian Trade Agency, ITA, Monday, wooed Nigerian agric produce exporters following demands of fruits and vegetables in the European market