Biden Will Announce New CDC Mask Guidance Tuesday, Sources Say
President Joe Biden is expected to announce Tuesday that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for wearing masks outdoors, three people familiar with the expected announcement said. Ahead of his first address to Congress on Wednesday, the President will give remarks on the state of the pandemic on Tuesday. […]
2 More Greenfield Varsity Students Killed By Bandits Demanding N800m ransom
Two more students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, kidnapped over a week ago by bandits have been killed by their abductors who are insisting on payment of N800 million ransom. The remains of three of the students, a male and two females, had earlier been found in a village close to the university. Mr.Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, […]
IPOB: Nigerians React To The Suspension Of Channels TV – Does One Nigeria Still Exist?
More reactions have continued to trail the suspension of Channels TV by NBC. The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has suspended Channels Television with a fine of N5 million for breaching the broadcast code. In a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television signed by the Acting Director-General of the Commission, NBC, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, […]
AU Set To Improve Intra-African Agricultural Trade
The African Union (AU) has set out strategies to construct industrial parks that will improve the manufacturing of agricultural products as well as the supply chain. The AU Commission (AUC) made this known during a forum it organized with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Fund (FAO) recently where it launched the framework to boost […]
NDE Commences Training Of 100 Unemployed Youths In Nasarawa For Food Sufficiency
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nasarawa has commenced training of 100 unemployed youths in sustainable agricultural development for wealth creation and food sufficiency. The acting Coordinator of NDE in the state, Mr. Rotgak Goden-Go’ar, said this on Monday at an orientation exercise for participants of the 2021 Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS), in […]
As Covid-19 Devastates India, Deaths Go Undercounted
India’s coronavirus second wave is rapidly sliding into a devastating crisis, with hospitals unbearably full, oxygen supplies running low, desperate people dying in line waiting to see doctors — and mounting evidence that the actual death toll is far higher than officially reported. Each day, the government reports more than 300,000 new infections, a world […]
FG Defects World Bank’s Claims On Poor Electricity Supply
The Federal Government has defected claims by the World Bank report which indicated that 78% of power consumers in Nigeria get less than 12 hours of daily electricity supply. The government in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr. Ahmad Rufai Zakari, in Abuja, said it was unclear what […]
BNL Threatens Nigerian Military Over The Killing Of ESN’s Ikonso Don
Biafra Nations League, BNL, has threatened fire and brimstone on the Nigerian Army, if (the army) repeats the same attack that led to the death of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s leader, Ikonso Don in Imo State. BNL dared the army and other security agencies to launch similar operations against its members in the Bakassi […]
About 700,000 People Come Down With Malaria Every Year In Lagos – Commissioner
Lagos State on Sunday celebrated the 2021 World Malaria Day. The State Commissioner for Health Akin Abayomi, while delivering his speech disclosed that World Malaria Day (WMD) is commemorated annually on April 25, to create awareness on the global burden of malaria, and to mobilize support for the Roll Back Malaria strategies. The theme for […]
Ikun Diary Farm Will Address Farmers-Herders Crisis In Ekiti, Targets 10,000 liters Of Milk Daily-Fayemi
The news agency of Nigeria reports that the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi visited the 40 years old Ikun Diary farm in company of the general manager of the farm , Mr Herman Kibler, and the state commissioner for agriculture and food security, Mr Olabode Adetoyi. Mr Kibler however said that the stage was […]
