US Flags Off New Education, Culture Programmes In Lagos
In a bid to enhance mutual collaboration, bilateral relationship and trust, the United States has launched three culture and education programmes in Nigeria. Lee Satterfield who is the Assistant Secretary for Culture and Education at the Department of State, made this known at the University of Lagos on Wednesday where she made a foreign policy […]
Tinubu Assures Of National Honours For Slain Soldiers
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the slain military personnel in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, will be conferred with national honours posthumously even as he promised a state burial for them. He gave this assurance yesterday this at the breaking of the Ramadan fast in Abuja […]
Births Crisis: Nearly Every Country To Shrink By 2100 – Study
A new major study has warned policy makers that fertility rates in nearly every country will be too low to sustain their populations by the end of this century. By the year 2100, populations in 198 of 204 countries will be shrinking, with most births taking place in poor countries, the study published in the […]
Elections Have Lost Real Impact In Africa – Ugandan Mayor
The Mayor of Entebbe in Uganda, Mr. Fabrice Rulinda, has lamented that elections has lost its real effect in Africa because Africans have turned elections into investments which is not supposed to be so. Rulinda made this assertion in Abuja ahead of this year’s colloquium organised by Haske Satumari Foundation which will open conversation on […]
Lift Sachet Alcohol Ban Immediately, Reps Tells NAFDAC
The Nigerian House of Representatives has called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to adhere to its resolution and lift the ban on sachet alcoholic beverages and pet bottles. Hon. Mrs Regina Akume who is the Chairman, House Committee on NAFDAC, gave the charge at a news conference in […]
AfCFTA: Nigeria Set To Begin Export To S’Africa In April
Africa’s most popular country, Nigeria will next month begin the formal exportation of locally produced commodities to South Africa, Rwanda, Cameroon and Kenya on the platform of the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the national centre of AfCFTA announced. While some Nigerian companies already export goods to these […]
“I Am No Longer Best Man To Be Irish PM” – Leo Varadkar
Embattled Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar will leave his position as party leader immediately and will resign as taoiseach as soon as his Fine Gael successor is selected, Africa Today News, New York has gathered. Mr Varadkar who announced his resignation on Tuesday, described being the leader of his country as “the most fulfilling time […]
Tinubu Places 3-Month Ban On Foreign Trips For Govt Officials
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has placed a ban on Ministers, heads of agencies, and other government officials working under him from embarking on public funded foreign trips. Africa Today News, New York reports that the ban will be in place for three months in the first instance and will take effect on April […]
Man Utd’s Rising Star Mainoo Earns First England Selection
Kobbie Mainoo, the rising star of Manchester United, has earned his first England call-up in preparation for upcoming friendly matches against Brazil and Belgium. Mainoo’s emergence as one of Manchester United’s brightest young stars is the highlight of his breakthrough season at just 18 years old. With 20 impressive showings in United’s central midfield this […]
BVN, NIN: Catholic Church Urges FG To Work With Patience
The Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan has called upon the Federal Government (FG) to extend the deadline for bank customers to synchronize their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with their National Identification Numbers (NIN). At a press briefing hosted by the archdiocese in Ibadan on Wednesday, Most Rev. Gabriel Abegunrin, the Archbishop of Ibadan, extended the plea […]
NLC Picketing Of Party Secretariats Deemed Unlawful By LP
The Labour Party’s National Working Committee condemned the widespread picketing of its party secretariats by the Nigeria Labour Congress, denouncing it as an abuse of authority. On Tuesday, the NLC called upon its members to mobilize and besiege LP secretariats nationwide, expressing dissent over the party’s forthcoming national convention scheduled for March 27. The circular […]
Suit To Stop Saturday Elections, Exams Thrown Out By Court
In Abuja, a Federal High Court has thrown out a lawsuit brought by Ugochukwu Uchenwa, an elder within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, aiming to halt the scheduling of elections and examinations on Saturdays. The plaintiff maintained that the decision to hold elections and exams on Saturdays encroached upon his rights, underscoring the significance of freedom […]