European Union(EU) Donates $14.5m For COVID-19 Vaccines Rollout In Nigeria – Ketil Karlsen
European Union (EU) has announced the donation of $14.5 million unspent from the basket fund to support the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Ambassador Ketil Karlsen announced this yesterday in Abuja while briefing journalists as part of activities commemorating […]
FG To Initiate DOS In 13 States This Year– Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed the Minister of Information and Culture, says Digital Switch Over (DSO) will be initiated in 13 states before the end of the year. The minister, who stated this on Thursday at the inauguration of DSO – transition from analog to digital terrestrial television in Lagos, assured that the process would be speedy […]
Nnamdi Kanu Responds To Threat Made By MACBAN Over The Death Of Herdsmen In The Southeast
The leader of the Indigenous of Biafra, IPOB Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Thursday night replied to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, over its alleged threat that it will avenge the death of every herdsman killed in South East by IPOB. Mazi Kanu in a late statement released with a dragon logo, at […]
FG Dedicated To Solving Housing Inadequacy – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Raji Fashola, says Federal Government is dedicated to solving the housing inadequacy in the country. Fashola said this in Ibadan on Thursday during an inspection tour of the Federal Government Housing project, situated on the Ibadan-Oyo Expressway. He said that the Federal Government was determined to do something […]
Biden Pleads For Unity, Warns Of Chinese Threat In Speech To US Congress
US President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, pleading with Republican lawmakers to work with him on divisive issues and to meet the stiff competition posed by China. Pushing a vision of more government investment funded by the wealthy, the Democratic […]
China Launches Key Module of Space Station Planned for 2022
China has launched an unmanned module containing living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media reported. The module, named “Tianhe”, or “Harmony of the Heavens”, was launched on the Long March 5B, China’s largest carrier rocket, at 03:23 GMT on Thursday […]
Covid: Turkey Enters First Full Lockdown Thursday
The streets are crowded, the shopping centres busy and the traffic heavy. Some flock to the main bus terminal to get out of Istanbul, while others are trying to stockpile alcohol amid news of a “booze ban”. This is the mood as Turkey prepares later on Thursday to enter its first full lockdown of the […]
Biden’s Declaration: America’s Democracy ‘is rising anew’
President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night that “America is rising anew” as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend the social safety net on a scale not seen in decades. In his first address to Congress, he pointed optimistically to the nation’s emergence from […]
Insecurity: House of Representatives Sets Up 40 Man Committee
The House of Representatives yesterday inaugurated a 40-man committee to brainstorm and find solutions to the myriads of security problems facing the country. This is just as the member from Kabba-Bunnu/Ijumu federal constituency of Kogi State, Hon. Yusuf Tajudeen urged President Muhamadu Buhari to invite mercenaries to help the country in the fight against terrorism […]
INEC Announces Date For 2023 General Elections
Independent Electoral Commission, INEC has announced the date for the 2023 general elections. The Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made this known on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organized by the Senate Committee on INEC. He said, “By the principle […]
