US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as first Black chief of Pentagon
The US Senate confirmed retired general Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense on Friday, the second cabinet nominee of new President Joe Biden to gain approval and the first African American to lead the Pentagon. Austin sailed through with overwhelming support from both Biden’s Democrats and opposition Republicans, who voted 93-2 in his favor. The […]
Tension as Igboho defies Makinde’s order, heads for Ibarapa
Tension has now gripped residents of an agrarian town of Igangan, Ayete in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State as a self-acclaimed Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho remained adamant on the eviction order he gave to kidnappers masquerading as Fulani herders in the area.
NHIS gets new spokesman
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Prof. Mohammed Nasir Sambo, has approved the deployment of a new Head of Media and Public Relations for the scheme. He is Mr. Emmanuel Ononokpono, who until this development, was the NHIS State Coordinator in Akwa Ibom State. A statement, Friday from […]
The Okiki Foundation 3rd Year Anniversary and Silver Jubilee celebration of Its founder
Giving back to society is in fact vague and misty in nature. There are so many strata of people who make up the whole population of a nation. But they are different from each other. Some are affluent and some are mere stragglers of survival.
Edo govt to trains teachers on COVID-19 ahead of schools resumption
By Gabriel Enogholase – Benin Edo State Government has concluded plans to train teachers across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state on coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention protocol ahead of school resumption in the state. Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Health, Dr. Osawonyi Irowa, disclosed this to journalists in Benin yesterday during a press […]
CBN insists on foreign currency Diaspora remittances
…Threatens to withdraw licences of recalcitrant operators By Emma Ujah The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has insisted that all Diaspora remittances be paid to beneficiaries in foreign currencies, not Naira. The bank’s position was contained in a circular to all Authorised Dealers and International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs), issued Friday by the Director of […]
