AFDB Bank Chief Appeals For Second Term
The head of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, appealed on Wednesday for a second term in office after a months-long storm over alleged corruption and poor governance that ended after he was cleared in an independent probe. In a speech at the AfDB’s annual meetings, Adesina formally requested a second term as president, […]
WAEC Says Candidates With COVID-19 Not A Death Sentence
Mr Patrick Areghan, Head, West African Examination Council (WAEC), has called on candidates infected with the COVID-19 writing the ongoing examinations not to panic saying “the virus is not a death sentence”. Read Also: WAEC Reacts As Mathematics Question Paper Circulates On Social Media Areghan, who made this known on Wednesday at the end of […]
South Africa’s Annual Inflation Climbs To 3.2%
South Africa’s annual consumer inflation rate climbed to 3.2 percent in July from 2.2 percent the previous month, driven mainly by transport, food and housing prices, official statistics showed Wednesday. Prices are starting to pick up as the economy gradually re-opens after months of tight restrictions imposed to limit the spread to coronavirus. Under the […]
Fires In Brazilian Amazon Cause Extensive Health Damage
Fires resulting from unchecked deforestation are poisoning air millions of people breath, affecting health throughout the Brazilian Amazon, a report said on Wednesday. Fires and deforestation in the Amazon have increased dramatically since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January 2019, according to the report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), the Institute for […]
Minimum Wage: Taraba NLC Threatens Strike
The Joint Public Service Negotiating Council in Taraba on Wednesday gave the State Government a seven-day ultimatum to sign the ₦30,000 minimum wage agreement or face industrial action. The Chairman of the council, Mr Wilfred Kwanchi, gave the ultimatum in Jalingo while addressing newsmen on the plight of workers in the state. Read Also: NLC […]
US Air Force Unveils Flying Car That Could Shuttle Troops
From The Jetsons to Harry Potter, flying cars have been a staple feature of science fiction blockbusters for decades. Now, flying cars are becoming a reality, with the US Air Force unveiling a futuristic ‘flying car’ this week. Barbara Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, said: “The thought of an electric vertical take-off and landing […]
Amotekun Won’t Operate Under Community Policing – Akeredolu
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has vowed that Amotekun Corps will not be subsumed under the Nigeria Police or under the guise of community policing. According to Akeredolu who is the Chairman of South-West Governors’ Forum, the grassroots security outfit was set up by enabling law, hence its role is to complement the conventional […]
CAMA: Niger Delta Youths Condemn And Reject Amended Act
Youths under the auspices of Niger Delta Youth Congress, NDYC, Monday, condemned and rejected the recently signed Company and Allied Matter Act, CAMA 2020 into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, repealing the CAMA Act 1990. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Coordinator, NDYC, Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, describing it as anti-Christian. The […]
Doctors’ Exodus Looms As International Flights Resume This Week
A large number of doctors are set to exit Nigeria once the ban on international flights is lifted this week. This is just as NAN observed from data provided by the United Kingdom’s Medical Council that the number of Nigerian doctors migrating to the UK increased by almost 100 between July and August despite the […]
Shot Jacob Blake Will Need Miracle To Walk Again: Nature Of Injury
Jacob Blake, the African-American shot in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will need a miracle to walk again, his lawyers and family said. Blake, who was shot at close range, has been left paralyzed and is now “fighting for his life.” The lawyers said the bullets shattered some of Blake’s vertebrae, leaving him […]
Ondo 2020: Seyi Makinde Heads PDP Campaign Council
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been appointed as Chairman of the campaign committee for the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State by the National Central Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The 145-member list, released by the PDP on Tuesday, has Bello Matawallen Maradaun as Deputy Chairman and Abdullahi Maibasira […]
Amotekun: Why Yorubas Lost Confidence In Security Outfit – Giwa
The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Tuesday, said the people of South West have lost confidence in the security network, codenamed,’ Operation Amotekun’. Pastor Giwa said Amotekun has been hijacked by politicians contrary to the initial motives. Giwa’s reaction followed the statement made by the Presidency […]