Barely two years after SHI-MCI FZE fabrication and integration yard, a joint venture company of Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria Limited (SHIN), was certified as International Standards Organisation (ISO) 9001:2015 and ISO 29001:2010 compliant, the company has obtained ISO14001:2015 and ISO45001:2018 certifications. SHI-MCI yard located in Lagos had grabbed global attention in the offshore oil industry […]

Egypt said Sunday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of four Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit allegedly due to lack of oxygen, amid a public outcry. “The prosecutor’s office in Al-Husseiniya (in the northern Sharqiya province) summoned the director of Al-Husseiniya hospital to question him over the deaths of four people due […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo will on January 5, open his defence at the Federal High Court, Abuja,  in the ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against him. The trial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed,  adjourned the matter on Monday for Obaseki to open his defence on Jan. 5, after […]

The Enugu State Ministry of Education says all schools in the state will resume on January 18, 2021. The Commissioner for Education, Professor Uchenna Eze, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu on Monday. Eze noted that the decision was reached at a meeting between the ministry and major stakeholders in […]

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has sworn in four new commissioners into the State Executive Council and charged them to be diligent and contribute to the development of the state. The swearing-in ceremony was performed on Monday at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo. Emmanuel urged the newly-sworn in commissioners to shun self aggrandisement […]

FOLLOWING Federal Government’s New Year ‘gift’ through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, of 50 percent hike in electricity tariff effective from January 1, 2021, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Tuesday, condemned and rejected the increase in all ramifications.

Millions of Kenyan pupils returned to school on Monday for the first time since classes were dismissed 10 months earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mask-wearing students had their temperatures checked before entering school to repeat their lost academic year, in what was both a relief and a concern to their parents. “As a parent […]

Kwara Government says it has recorded 44 more COVID-19 cases, while 101 patients, who tested negative twice have been discharged. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman for the Technical Committee on COVID-19, made this known in a statement on Monday in Ilorin. ALSO READ: Despite Covid-19, we executed initiatives to deepen […]

A media company in Nigeria, Trivalence Media (TRC), has launched a platform, Lanre Writer, for website owners in Africa to hire freelance writers. Trivalence Media during the official launch noted that there is a need for a platform like Lanre Writer (www.lanrewriter.com) during a time like this that there is a dearth of competent writers. […]

Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera has won an outright election victory after a tense first round of voting in the country, the electoral commission announced on Monday. The December 27 presidential election, which coincided with legislative polls, took place as a coalition of armed rebel groups renewed an offensive that left thousands unable […]