By Jerome-Mario Utomi TO buttress the imperatives of Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, practice to the nation, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, former Governor of Lagos State and now the Minister for Housing and Works while commissioning the Ajose Adeogun Street, a road executed by Zenith Bank limited, in September, 2008, remarked as follows: “We recognise that […]

The National Advisory Council, NAC, of the Asiwaju National Students Support Organisation, ANSSO, has constituted national, zonal and state executive committees for the organisation.

FC IfeanyiUbah of Nnewi on Sunday, lost their Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) MatchDay 3 by 1-0 against Dakkada FC of Uyo inside the main bowl of the FC Ifeanyi Ubah Stadium. A 29th-minute goal scored by Nnamdi Mejuobi in his first start for Dakkada turned out to be the only goal and talking point […]

By Sola Ogundipe The Feminist Womanifesto and the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria, NRHJN, have charged the Ogun state government to thoroughly investigate an alleged case of sexual harassment by Miss Barakat Melojuekun, against the state’s Commissioner of Environment, Mr. Saheed Abudu Balogun, In separate open letters, the two organisations called for justice […]

By Luminous Jannamike  ABUJA – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, on Tuesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to the cries of Nigerians. CBCN President, Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, stated this while speaking at the funeral of Emeritus Bishop of Orlu Diocese, the Most Revd. Gregory Ochiaga said that Buhari must not ignore the […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu said that the Federal Government will empower 13,000 unemployed youths to participate in the maintenance of public works for the three tiers of government. The Minister said this at the official flag-off of the extended special public works programme (ESPWP) in Abakaliki, Ebonyi […]

The investment will allow West Africa’s fastest growing C&I solar provider to accelerate its regional expansion. Daystar Power, a leading provider of hybrid solar power solutions to businesses in West Africa, today announced a Series B investment of $38 million. The round was led by the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), the Danish development […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it was reviewing its adopted technologies for elections, with the view of introducing new ones to improve conduct of the elections ahead of 2023. The INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity Department (VEP), Mr Nick Dazang, disclosed this at a workshop for the department on […]

By Sola Ogundipe Recently, the World Health Organisation, WHO, in its Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation, SAGE, issued its policy recommendations for the rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use – the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. According to SAGE, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is safe and effective and there are […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the continued closure of schools in “too many countries” on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said this was in spite of increasing evidence that schools were not drivers of the pandemic. UNICEF also pointed out “overwhelming evidence” of the impact […]

Mrs Rita Okungbowa, who appeared before the Edo Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses, has told the panel how she had not seen her husband for eight years, since he was arrested by the disbanded operatives. She said that SARs operatives had invaded their house and whisked her husband away […]

By Victoria Ojeme and Fortune Eromosele The federal government has finally, announced the posting of Ambassador-Designates to Nigerian Missions abroad. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the posting of Ambassador-Designates to Nigerian Missions abroad, maintaining that the list includes […]

The police in Ekiti on Tuesday arraigned a 26-year-old commercial motorcycle rider who allegedly refused to remit N2000 daily to the owner of the motorcycle. The police charged Tafa Oluwaseyi with unlawful conversion of money and stealing, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court. The defendant, who has no fixed address, however, pleaded not guilty to the […]

THE Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, in the University of Abuja, staged a peaceful protest Tuesday, to draw attention to what they referred to as federal government’s injustice to them.

The Edo government says it has recorded 18 new cases of COVID-19, as active cases being managed at the state’s isolation and treatment centres rose to 215, according to a statement by the state’s COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi. The statement, issued on Tuesday, in Benin, quoted him as saying that out of the […]