The Edo Government on Monday said that the state has in the last 72 hours, recorded 103 new cases and three more deaths from the COVID-19 in the second wave of the pandemic. The state’s COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi, disclosed this on Monday during a virtual meeting of the state’s COVID-19 Task Force. […]

THE first E-Commerce Summit organised by the Isoko Development Union Youth Wing, IDU-YW in partnership with Konga.Com and the Emerhana Foundation with over 150 Isoko youths affiliated to the flagship online shopping giant Konga

Unknown gunmen on Sunday killed a police officer in a church in Ughelli, Delta. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta Command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday in Warri. “Yes, he (police officer) followed his principal (not named) to the church,” the PPRO said. An eyewitness said that the gunmen […]

A group of civil rights advocates concerned about national unity, peacebuilding and protection of human rights has written an open letter to the National Assembly faulting the composition of new service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Zimbabwe is set to sign with China a citrus export deal that will give local farmers direct access to a market worth 500 million dollars annually. The country’s agency for export development and promotion, ZimTrade, said on Monday that it was negotiating with Chinese authorities on behalf of the government and called the deal “farming […]

The Federal Government has begun the verification of employees of non-core Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja. Mrs Anne Atta, the Director, Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known on Monday in a statement issued by Mr Abdulganiyu Aminu, […]

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, yesterday said that the boasting of Senator Rochas Okorocha, that Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, can’t recover Eastern Palm University from him was an insult to Imo people. 

Afro-Tech Girls, a non-profit organization focused on encouraging and empowering females in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), recently hosted a conference, in partnership with IHS Nigeria, to commemorate   the International Day of Women and Girls in Science themed ‘Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19.’ The conference, which […]

While he is recognised globally as a social entrepreneur for his advocacy and work for inclusion and empowerment of African Canadian, the executive director of Social Economy through Social Inclusion (SETSI), Victor Beausoleil continues to sustain his reputation as an author of renown, acclaimed for life-changing, vision-defining books. “I have written 14 books and published […]

India is developing about 20 more vaccines against the coronavirus and plans to roll them out in the coming months, the Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan, said on Monday. Earlier in the day, Indian Ambassador in Moscow Venkatesh Varma said that the country might approve the use of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the next […]