By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Feb 3, 2022 Futureview Asset Management has offered investment tips for building an efficient portfolio due to speculative higher inflationary pressure following the Federal Government’s retention of petroleum products subsidy. The Managing Director, Futureview, Mrs. Ugochi Nnodi, disclosed this in a statement made available to the …
Read More »CNN president resigns over affairs with colleague
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Feb. 2, 2022 CNN’s top boss, Jeff Zucker, on Wednesday resigned from the network after he didn’t disclose a romantic relationship with another senior executive at the company. Zucker has been at the helm of the affairs of the cable network for nine years. He …
Read More »Africa re-connects By Mazi Gerald Oluchi Ibe
(In celebration of the Black history month!) For the purpose of this soliloquy, we will describe descendants of former slaves in the United State as Black Americans while their cousins who arrived as immigrants these 20th and 21st centuries as African Immigrants, just to draw a distinction. Why is there …
Read More »Mbaise worldwide adopt agriculture as tool for youth empowerment, mitigation of insecurity
Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), a global public policy and business advisory Council focused on the development of Mbaise and Imo State, in Nigeria, has resolved to adopt agriculture as a strategic pathway to empowerment of youths and mitigation of insecurity in the rural areas and as tool to tackle the …
Read More »Nigerian, Sawyerr, becomes UN Force commander for Abyei
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Feb. 1, 2022 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr of Nigeria as the Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Sawyerr succeeds Maj. Gen. Kefyalew Amde Tessema of Ethiopia to whom the …
Read More »U.S. Embassy begins no-interview-visa-renewal services
By Busayo Onijala/Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Feb. 1, 2022 The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of no-interview-visa-renewal services with a view to assisting non-immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria who have qualified to renew their visas. The U.S Mission in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement by its Public …
Read More »Norwegian lawmakers reveal nominees for 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Feb. 1, 2022 Norwegian lawmakers who had a track record of picking winners of Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, announced names it nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Among the nominees were British nature broadcaster, David Attenborough, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Belarusian dissident, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Also …
Read More »U.S. federal prisons on lockdown after deadly clashes at Texas penitentiary
Moscow, Feb. 1, 2022 The U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) introduced a temporary lockdown on federal jails nationwide, following mass brawl at a high-security penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas that left two people dead. Earlier in the day, a fight broke out between several inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont in …
Read More »Nigerian student dies in Ukraine; Dabiri-Erewa, NiDCOM boss, visits family
Lagos, Tuesday February 1, 2022. Filled with so much emotions and grieve, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has visited the Agboluaje family in Ebute Metta, Lagos State to console them over the loss of their son, Fadlullah Agboluaje. Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa who described the death …
Read More »MAGGI Cooking Show moves to South West: ‘O Ta Lenu!’
Nestlé Nigeria’s Maggi cooking show is sizzling in the South West of Nigeria. ‘O Ta Lenu’, the third in the series of Maggi cooking shows retains the same MasterChef style which MAGGI introduced as ‘Muna Kwarya’ in Northern Nigeria and ‘O setigo’ in Southern Nigeria last year. O Ta Lenu …
Read More »Dangote’s Executive Director decorated as “Light of Arewa”
Long queues as UK embassy resumes visa processing in Lagos
Applicants at the UK Visa Application Centre at Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way, Maryland on Monday By Oladele Eniola Lagos, Jan. 31, 2022 Thousands of visa applicants on Monday besieged Lagos offices of VFS Global, United Kingdom (UK) Visa Application Centre, following resumption of visa application processing by the British mission. The …
Read More »FC Barcelona sign Traore on loan from Wolves
Berlin, Jan. 30, 2022 Adama Traore has joined FC Barcelona on loan until the end of the season, in spite of the Wolverhampton Wanderers’ winger previously appearing close to signing for Tottenham. Traore came through Barca’s youth system before leaving for Aston Villa in 2015, and will now return to …
Read More »NIMASA DG receives Deputy Chief of Mission and Consul General, Philippine Embassy
We’re set to return B737 MAX aircraft to the skies first week of February – Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines has announced the return of the B737 MAX aircraft in its fleet to the skies for commercial activities. A notice to this effect by the Airline said, “following months of rigorous monitoring and painstaking preparation, we are pleased to inform you that we are set to return the …
Read More »British PM under pressure as ‘partygate’ report due within days
London, Jan. 29, 2022 Boris Johnson could finally get sight of the highly anticipated “partygate” inquiry as early as this weekend, after police insisted, they had not delayed its publication. Reports circulated of a potential outside challenger for the Tory leadership as the wait continued for the official investigation by …
Read More »Coup: ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso, calls for immediate release of ousted President; UN chief welcomes decision
By Cecilia Ologunagba, New York; Ismaila Chafe, Lizzy Okoji, Abuja, Jan. 28, 2022 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies, following the coup d’etat carried out late Sunday that toppled the democratically elected government of President Roch Kabore. The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of …
Read More »Ohanaeze Ndigbo disclaims summit by National Peace Movement of Nigeria
Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has dissociated itself from a 2-Day South East Peace Summit purportedly being organised by the National Peace Movement of Nigeria in collaboration with Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. A statement by Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide said that the apex Igbo organisation “did not give approval …
Read More »Nigeria, Diaspora -based experts speak on current trends in sickle cell disease management today, Friday, Jan. 28 (See log in details below)
The Federal Medical Centre, Abuja and Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) will Friday, January 28, 2022, present a public enlightenment program on the sickle cell disease. The program, which is part of their monthly Collaborative Grand Round has as theme “Current Trends in the Management of Sickle …
Read More »Diaspora: Nigeria, UK to further harness potential for development
Abuja Wednesday, Jan. 26 2022 Nigeria and the UK have taken greater steps towards strengthening their age-long relationship for development, through the Diaspora. This was stated when the British Deputy High Commissioner, Ms. Gill Atkinson and the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr. Jonathan Bacon paid a courtesy visit to …
Read More »11 Council areas in Akwa Ibom hit by tropical diseases – Dr. Uwah
Dennis Udoma Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health has said, 11 council areas of the state are endemic to what it called “tropical diseases”. The State Coordinator of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the State Ministry of Health and Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Aniekeme Uwa …
Read More »DMO lists $4bn, oversubscribed Eurobond in FMDQ exchange
Patience Oniha, Director-General, DMO By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Jan. 26, 2022 Debt Management Office (DMO) says it has listed its 2021, 4 billion dollars Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Eurobonds on the FMDQ Group Securities Exchange. This is in a bid to build investors’ confidence and also secure their investments. …
Read More »Obi urges govts to invest in education to stem poverty, insecurity
By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Jan. 26, 2022 Former Gov. of Anambra, Peter Obi has urged all tiers of government to see investment in education as a veritable tool in the fight against poverty, insecurity and other societal ills. This is contained in his message to mark the 2022 International Day …
Read More »How we discovered Rivers’ aircraft secretly abandoned in Germany by Amaechi – Wike
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said the Rivers State government has through intelligence discovered one of the State-owned Legacy 600 aircraft, that was flown to and abandoned in Germany since 2012 by the Governor Chibuike Amaechi led administration. The governor said it was unconscionable for the immediate past administration to …
Read More »Israeli experts recommend fourth vaccine dose for everyone over 18
Tel Aviv, Jan. 25, 2022 An Israeli Government panel of experts on Tuesday recommended expanding eligibility for an extra vaccine booster to everyone aged 18 and up. The recommendation for a fourth dose applies to any adult so long as at least five months have passed, either since receiving an …
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