Paris, April 14, 2021 Paris St Germain (PSG) reached the Champions League semi-finals despite a 1-0 home defeat by holders Bayern Munich, on Tuesday, as they progressed on away goals. This was after a 3-3 aggregate result in a thriller that was on a knife edge until the final whistle. …
Read More »Chelsea see off Porto to reach semis despite Taremi stunner
Seville (Spain), April 14, 2021 Chelsea hung on to reach the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 aggregate win, despite Mehdi Taremi’s stunning overhead kick in added time handing Porto a 1-0 victory in the quarter-final second leg on Tuesday. The substitute had been responsible for his side’s only …
Read More »Defamation: Olukoya, MFM win again as London Court slams perpetual injunction, cost on Maureen Badejo
A U.K. High Court of Justice, Strand, London, (Queen’s Bench Division) Tuesday, April 13, granted a perpetual injunction restraining Maureen Badejo from publishing further defamatory words against or concerning Dr. Daniel Olukoya, his family and the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Collins Edomaruse has said in a statement. …
Read More »COVID-19: Stop spreading rumours, get vaccinated – UNICEF tells Nigerians
By Aderogba George Yola, April 13, 2021 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Nigerians to get vaccinated against the novel Coronavirus instead of spreading rumours about the efficacy of the vaccine which is to prevent the virus. Mrs Elizabeth Onitolo, UNICEF Specialist, Communication for Development (C4D), made the …
Read More »COVID-19 variants biggest threat to U.S. economic recovery – Official
New York, April 13, 2021 Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank president, has said variants of the novel coronavirus were the biggest risk for the U.S. economic recovery. “The biggest risks that I see to the recovery are these variants,” Kashkari told the Economic Club of New York. He mentioned …
Read More »French Minister to meet with young Nigerians in creative industry
By Chinenye Offor Abuja, April 12, 2021 Mr Franck Riester, French Minister of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness to Nigeria will meet with young Nigerian entrepreneurs in cultural and creative industry to provide support for the sector. The Press Officer to French Embassy in Nigeria, Onyinye Madu, disclosed this in a …
Read More »MPR, CSS Group, partner to boost Mbaise Agriculture Sector – Begin high level segment talks on training, internship, establishment of Food Reserve Center
New York, April 12, 2021: The Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), a non-governmental organization with offices in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria and New York, USA, has announced a landmark understanding to develop the Mbaise Agriculture sector in partnership with the CSS Group of Companies – one of the largest mechanized Agribusiness …
Read More »Corruption is not in the African blood says US Professor of Sociology, Akil Khalfani
Professor of Sociology at Essex County College, New Jersey, United States of America (US), Dr. Akil Kokayi Khalfani, has dismissed the pervasive notion that corruption is in the African blood, stressing that there are concepts that testify to the fact that this is a false depiction of the true African …
Read More »Ijaw Diaspora Community celebrates Ambassador Ben Okoyen
The Ijaw Diaspora Community, Saturday April 10, 2021 held a Virtual Celebration party & Send Forth ceremony in honor of their illustrious son, Ambassador Benaoyagha Okoyen. Ambassador Okoyen is moving from being Consul General of Nigeria in New York, United States of America (US) to resume as Nigeria’s Ambassador to …
Read More »How RCCG’s Pastor Adeboye beat bribe-seeking Aviation personnel
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for drastic action against corrupt practices in all facets of Nigeria. The renowned cleric made the call on Saturday during a special meeting with all ordained ministers of the mission at RCCG, Region 21, Oyo …
Read More »Prince Philip’s funeral to be held on April 17: Buckingham Palace
London, April 11, 2021 The funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh will be held at Windsor on April 17, with no public access nor public procession beforehand, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said on Saturday. The event is to be a “ceremonial royal funeral”, rather than a state funeral, which “very …
Read More »Prince Philip: Gun salutes to mark his death; Island tribe will wail for man they worshiped; Children pay tribute to him as royal family’s ‘rock’; He’ll be remembered globally – AU body
London, April 10, 2021 Gun salutes are to take place across Britain, in Gibraltar and from vessels at sea on Saturday to mark the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Saluting batteries will fire 41 rounds at one round every minute from midday (1100 GMT), the …
Read More »Manhattan Borough President, African Consuls General bid Amb. Okoyen farewell
President, Manhattan Borough, New York, United States of America (US) Gale Brewer, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, joined African Consuls General in New York to eulogize and bid farewell to Nigeria’s outgoing Consul General in New York. The occasion was the Valedictory meeting of the African Consuls Group (ACG) called by …
Read More »When RCCG Dominion Cathedral, New Jersey, USA celebrated 24th Anniversary
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Dominion Cathedral, Orange, New Jersey, United States of America (US) on Sunday, April 4, 2021, celebrated the 24th Anniversary of its inception. The Guest Minister at the Celebration Service was Pastor Femi Olawale, Deputy Continental Overseer, Canada, The Americas and the Host is Pastor (Dr.) …
Read More »IOM donates computer to NIDCOM for Diaspora mapping
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Migration department of the United Nations, has donated a computer for data management and mapping to Nigerians in Diaspora Commission. Representing the Organisation, Mr Chukwuemeka Anene said the donation was necessitated by the outcome of the National Migration Working Group that was set …
Read More »Biden to take executive actions to reduce gun violence
U.S. President, Joe Biden Washington, April 8, 2021 President Joe Biden plans to announce Thursday an effort to limit so-called ghost guns — weapons sold without serial numbers or other identifying information — and to nominate a figure from a major gun control group as director of the federal …
Read More »Stakeholders advocate Living Strong With Iron
Experts and stakeholders have called for concerted action to address the challenge of iron deficiency in Nigeria. The call was made at the launch of ‘Live Strong with Iron’ (LSWI) campaign in Abuja to mark the World Health Day 2021. According to the Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2018, Nigeria …
Read More »UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid’s Vinicius scores twice to stun Liverpool
Madrid, April 7, 2021 Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr scored twice as they punished a sloppy Liverpool side to win 3-1 at home in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg match. The 20-year-old Brazilian fired the 13-times European champions into the lead in the 27th minute at the Alfredo …
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Mbaise Policy Roundtable holds Agriculture Youth Empowerment Conference
New York, USA, March 28, 2021: The Mbaise Policy Roundtable (MPR), a non-governmental organization with offices in Owerri Imo State, Nigeria and New York, USA, will convene a Zoom conference on Agriculture to educate and empower the unemployed and underemployed youths particularly of Mbaise, Imo State and indeed the South East of Nigeria. …
Read More »Okonjo-Iweala, Ekeinde, Agboola, among Forbes Africa’s 100th innovation, icons’ list
By Alex Enebeli- Enugu, April 6, 2021 The Director General of the World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Omotola Ekeinde, Burna Boy, were among those that made the Forbes Africa’s “100 Innovations, Inventions and Icons from Africa list”. The global media company and American business magazine, Forbes also named Chimamanda …
Read More »COVID-19: Why states were directed to halt vaccination halfway – FG
By Abujah Racheal Abuja, April 6, 2021 The Federal Government has explained why it asked all states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they used half of the doses allocated to them. Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, gave the explanation at Tuesday’s media …
Read More »NNPC signs $1.5billion contract for rehabilitation of PH Refinery …To award Warri, Kaduna Refineries rehab EPC in June
The drive by the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to boost in-country refining capacity was bolstered on Tuesday with the signing of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) contract for the rehabilitation of the 210,000 barrels per day capacity Port Harcourt Refinery in Alesa-Eleme, Rivers …
Read More »US clerics cry out against injustice at program on Jesus Christ as a social justice crusader
The program “Last Words…from a SOCIAL JUSTICE perspective!” organized by the Interfaith Action Movement (I AM), which held on Saturday, April 3, 2021 was a glorious eye-opener concerning the role of Jesus Christ as a social justice crusader during His earthly ministry. Addressed by leading clerics speaking on different topics …
Read More »2023 election: Why I want to be Nigeria’s president – Nwankwo
By Emmanuel Afonne Abuja, April 5, 2021 A United States of America (U.S)-based Mechanical Engineer, Mr Godswill Nwankwo, has declared his intention to contest the seat of the country’s president in the 2023 election. Nwankwo made his intention known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of …
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