Time to bring closure to the Digital Switchover process
By Okoh Aihe WHILE trying to take some dispassionate look at the broadcast industry last weekend, my mind kept returning to the village, to the hilarious but affectionate story of one old man whose wife was very sickly. At every opportunity the old man would inform humorously that the wife had been attended to by […]
COVID-19: Benue embarks on mass production of free facemasks for students
By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Government has released funds for the mass production of face masks for distribution to all pupils and students in schools across the state as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19 among students in the state. The Commissioner for Education Prof. Dennis Ityavyar made the disclosure yesterday […]
More photos from Joe Biden’s inauguration as 46th president of the US
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Obaseki woos U.S. Govt, private sector for direct investments in agriculture
To further strengthen the economy of the state, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has engaged the United States government in the oil palm and cassava sub-sectors of the state for the manufacturing of high-value Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG).
Buhari inaugurates National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre in Lagos
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre (NOGEC) Lagos, aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s position as a regional leader in the oil and gas industry. Buhari said the establishment of NOGEC, situated at the Lagos Annex of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), would enhance safety, value and cost efficiency […]
Local content: Okowa tasks agency on transparency
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has charged authorities of Delta State Local Content Agency to enthrone transparency and strict adherence to the enabling law in its operations. The governor gave the charge on Thursday, while inaugurating the Director-General of the agency, Mr Morris Idiovwa, at Government House, Asaba. He said that the agency was the […]
Ebele Obiano’s designer vaccination
By Azu Ishiekwene WHETHER Jean-Jacques Rousseau mis-credited the words to Marie-Antoinette in Confessions or not, Nigeria is happy to supply a modern-day princess who has earned the title of Her Royal Spite-tress without controversy. And unlike Antoinette reputed to have tossed the infamous pate, “Let them eat cake”, out her window when the mass of ordinary people in […]
Buhari is determined to eradicate poverty — DG, NDE
DIRECTOR General of National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Fikpo, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal Government was determined to eradicate poverty and unemployment in the country.
Wife seeks dissolution of 12-year-old marriage over alleged battery, lack of care
A housewife, Ayodele Oluwakemi, on Thursday, prayed an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve her 12-year-old marriage to her husband, Ayodele Ojo, on grounds of incessant beating and neglect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluwakemi, 38, is also seeking the dissolution on grounds of drunkenness as well as lack of rest of mind […]
COVID-19: Ondo First Lady calls on education stakeholders to prioritise hygiene
As pupils, students return to classroom By Gabriel Ewepu The First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu–Akeredolu, has called on education stakeholders in the State to prioritise personal hygiene in line with COVID-19 preventive measures. Anyanwu–Akeredolu gave the advice as schools in the State resumed on Monday, January 2021 for academic activities, and also warned […]
COVID-19: Mixed reactions trail schools re-opening
Some of the girls are pregnant — Educator By Victoria Ojeme One of the sectors hampered since the COVID-19 pandemic started in December 2019 is education and to a large extent, children have been affected especially as they have been forced to stay at home for more than nine months. In the process, lots of […]
Access Bank partners Africa Fintech Foundry on 2021 Accelerator
program MONEY MARKET Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) in partnership with Access Bank has commenced procedure for the 2021 Accelerator program. The group said it has opened up its registration portal for the 2021 Accelerator program. The ‘Accelerator’ program seeks to fast-track the growth of the best start-ups operating within the African technology ecosystem. The programme […]
Ilorin Rainstorm: Kwara disburses N92.5m to victims
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Kwara State Government on Wednesday began the disbursement of N92.5m to 2,300 victims of the recent rainstorm in Ilorin, the state capital, with victims in each of the three categories getting between N25,000 and N100,000 in preloaded ATM cards. The exercise will hold for about one week. Addressing newsmen during the […]
Police confirm killing of POS operator in Abia
The Police in Abia State has confirmed the killing of a Point of Sale, POS, operator identified as Mr Victor Igbokwe, in Aba.
Housing problems: FG must partner with estate developers, says De Joe, property guru
In the words of Iloduba Tochukwu Joemartins, Chief Executive Officer of Lagos-based Joe Best Estate Development and Property Limited, private sector-driven real estate is the solution to Nigeria’s housing challenges. The country currently has a 17 million housing deficit and requires no less than 700, 000 houses annually to bridge the gap. “Private real estate […]
Train passengers are complying with Covid-19 protocols – District Manager
The District Manager, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Jerry Oche, has said that train passengers are complying with Convid-19 protocols. Oche disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos in an interview with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to him, the NRC management ensures that all passengers and employees of the corporation […]
