Jennifer Etito bags Africa Royalty brand influencer of the year
One of Nigeria’s fast rising social media influencer with multiple certifications and notable records of excellence in the Industry, Jennifer Etito has been honoured with the prestigious Africa Royalty Brand Influencer Award of the Year. According to our Reporter Jennifer Etito was presented the few hours ago, which she received in the company of her […]
USSD CODE, CBN, Banks, Telcos and the coming of anarchy
By Okoh Aihe I DO not like the word, anarchy. The word serves a full dose of what is happening in our land, a chaotic state of disorderliness where nobody seems to be in charge, where everybody seems to smell imminent perdition and yet unable to do something about it. Where students disappear at school […]
Nigeria the beautiful
By Rotimi Fasan NIGERIA, the beautiful land richly blessed and endowed with human and material resources, will survive. But right now, the country is in the hands of her wicked children who are determined to take from her all the riches and goodness she possesses. Nigeria is like a nursing mother being violently suckled by […]
Chinese vaccines reach Congo as polls approach
The Republic of the Congo took delivery Wednesday of 100,000 doses of Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines, 10 days before a presidential vote in the country heavily indebted to Beijing. Donated Sinopharm vaccines “prove that China remains alongside developing countries to fight Covid-19 together,” Chinese ambassador Ma Fulin told reporters at the airport in capital Brazzaville. Oil-producing […]
UNICEF chief says $1bn more needed for COVAX COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The UNICEF on Wednesday urged countries to contribute more money to help poor countries to access Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, saying around $1 billion was needed.
VIDEOS, PHOTOS: NLC, organised labour unions storm National Assembly in protest over minimum wage
NLC, organized labour unions storm National Assembly in protest as a bill seeking the removal of minimum wage from Exclusive Legislative List to Concurrent List
A country led by the blind and deaf
By Owei Lakemfa THE story of 14-year-old Habiba, a student of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, is heart-wrenching. Bandits raided her home three months ago, killing her uncle and abducting her father and elder sister. Then on February 26, 2021 bandits invaded her school, abducted her and 316 other girls aged between 12 […]
Royal family contests Harry and Meghan’s racism claims
Britain’s royal family has begun a fightback against racism claims made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, indicating the couple’s comments will not go unchallenged as the country divides into partisan camps. A keenly awaited statement from Queen Elizabeth II issued Tuesday was conciliatory towards her grandson and his mixed-race spouse, after their explosive […]
NIMASA: Providing leadership in difficult times
By Edward Osagie Just as Life’s roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, so it is with the Nigerian maritime sector as the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic proved to test the character of its managers. When President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the new leadership at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, […]
Why FG should revisit cryptocurrency ban, by Blockchain association
By Prince Osuagwu The Blockchain Association of Nigeria, SiBAN,has called on the federal government to revisit the ban on cryptocurrency activities in Nigeria. The group said the need to critically look at the decision again becomes imperative considering that many people feel the decision was more out of fear than a proactive industry regulatory attempt. […]
UK urges Iran to release all dual nationals
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday told Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani to free all dual nationals, including one woman who faces further court action despite her sentence having ended. “The Prime Minister raised the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other British-Iranian Dual Nationals detained in Iran and demanded their immediate release,” Johnson’s Downing Street […]
