Youmna Khoury gets candid about her achievements
Youmna Khoury is a young, passionate dubai based entrepreneur, who hails from Lebanon. She started out her love for business by opening up a small saloon where she learned and came across more things that she liked such as contact lenses, lashes and hair extensions. She then opened up her own line of such beauty […]
Bauchi gov signs into law bill to establish Oil & Gas Academy Alkaleri
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, on Wednesday, signed into law, a bill establishing the Bauchi state Oil and Gas Academy, Alkaleri, and two other bills. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the other bills signed into law by the state governor were, a law on Tree Planting and Conservation, and the repeal […]
Identification: CBN directs banks, others, to accept travel documents, refugee ID card
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks and other financial institutions to, henceforth, accept Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRCTD) and Refugee Identification Card, as means of identification for financial transactions. The directive was given by Dr Kevin Amugo, Director, Finance Policy Regulation Department, on Wednesday, in Abuja, through a memo to the […]
COVID-19 pushed 150m into poverty in 2020 – World Bank
*One in 10 persons suffers hunger By Adesina Wahab Over 150 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in the year 2020 as a result of the negative effects of the COVID-19 on global economy, making them to join hundreds of millions of people living below poverty line, a report by the World Bank has […]
LGBTQI: Group berates President Biden over belligerent attitude towards Nigeria, other nations
The Centre for Africa Culture, Rights and Citizens Protection (CACRP) has expressed concern over U.S President Joe Biden’s “belligerent attitude” towards Nigeria and other nations opposed to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI). According to the centre, Biden’s threat of sanction to Nigeria and these countries is a disregard for their democratic institutions and sovereignty. […]
Wole Soyinka’s house was not attacked — Son
…It’s a case of stray cow – Police By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Dr Olaokun Soyinka, one of the children of the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Wednesday debunked rumour on social media about the alleged attack on his father by Fulani herdsmen. The young Soyinka said in a statement he circulated on social […]
