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Each time I read of killings by gunmen in the South East, I go into the doldrums. I get mortified by the sheer waste of precious lives, the wantonness, malevolence and viciousness of it all. And I mean killings on both sides. The innocent law enforcement agents, mowed down in …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Sept. 29, 2022 Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is committed to ensuring that all targets set by the Federal Government within the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) space are met, an Aide has said. Tola Johnson, Special Adviser to the President on Small and Medium Enterprises in …

By Victor Adeoti Osogbo, Sept. 29, 2022 The Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has lauded the Supreme Court judgment affirming him as the authentic Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the July 16 election. Adeleke, in a statement by his spokesperson, Mr Rasheed Olawale, on Thursday in …

  By Chijioke Okoronkwo Lagos, Sept. 28, 2022 The Vicar of the All Saints Church, Anglican Communion, Yaba, Lagos, Ven. Femi Fatile, has prayed for God’s blessings beyond human imagination for Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo. The cleric offered this prayer at a Service of Songs for late Pa Michael Taiwo, …

Members of the Abia State University Alumni Association (ABSUAA), North America Chapter had their second annual convention and fundraising event, September 16 to 18, 2022 at William Bolger Center, Potomac MD, United States of America (USA). The highly successful event was targeted at achieving “Operation Light Up ABSU” with solar …

The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has pledged to partner with the Bayelsa State Education Development Trust Fund (BEDTF) in the execution of some projects in the state’s public schools. Prof Mondy Gold, President of IDC stated this when he led other principal officers of the council to engage the BEDTF …

 Lagos, 26 September, 2022: The momentum has continued to rise for the sixth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) as more corporate partners have lent their support for the event scheduled for Thursday, October 6 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja-Lagos. The chairman, 2022 Conference Committee, Mr. Ken …

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians living in the United States for the exemplary roles they are playing in their different areas of endeavour, urging them to continue in that line to earn the respect of their hosts. Speaking Saturday at the Townhall Meeting With Nigerians In The Diaspora, in …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated two eminent Nigerians, renowned printmaker, painter and sculptor, Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya, and equally renowned industrialist, educationist and philanthropist, Ibadan High Chief, Bashorun Kola Daisi as they turn 90. The President, according to statements by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser (Media & Publicity), joins family, friends …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept. 22, 2022 First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has advocated mandatory inclusion of peace education in curriculum of basic education of schools in Africa to promote the culture of peace in the continent. Buhari made the call at an event in New York …

On Saturday, September 24, 2022, all roads will lead to Doubletree Newark Airport Hotel, 128 Frontage Road, Newark, New Jersey 07114, USA. The occasion will be the first post COVID-19 Biennial Fundraising Gala of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA), New Jersey Chapter. The Gala, starting at 7:00PM, …

 By Temitope Ponle Abuja, Sept. 20, 2022 The President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina would join other world leaders for the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. This is contained in a statement issued by the Communication and External Relations …

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), has emerged the Most Valuable Brand in Nigeria for a record 5th year in a row at the outcome of the 2022 corporate brand evaluation, conducted by the leading brand and marketing research firm, TOP 50 BRANDS NIGERIA. Dangote emerged top with an aggregate score of 83.7 …

By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Sept. 20, 2022 Access Bank Plc has rewarded its customers with millions of naira, smartphones and other prizes in the first phase of the AccessMore Mega Reward Scheme. Head, Marketing and Communications, Access Bank, Mrs.  Chioma Afe, said in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday that …

Lamido Sanusi, the Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor as a key speaker at a session on “Transforming Education through Grassroots Innovation: A Localised Teacher-Led Approach’’ on the margins of the 3-day Transforming Education Summit at the ongoning UN General Assembly in New York.   By Cecilia Ologunagba New …

Lamido Sanusi, the Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor as a key speaker at a session on “Transforming Education through Grassroots Innovation: A Localised Teacher-Led Approach’’ on the margins of the 3-day Transforming Education Summit at the ongoing UN General Assembly in New York. By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, …

Dakar, Sept. 19, 2022 Ghana President’s office, on Monday, declared the end of a Marburg virus outbreak, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, that was confirmed in July. Ghana’s Marburg outbreak was the second in West Africa. The first ever case of the virus was detected in 2021 in …

By Peter Okolie Owerri, Sept. 17, 2022 The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has advised politicians and voters to refrain from vote-selling and buying during the 2023 general elections. The group made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of its Second Plenary meeting at Orlu, near …

By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, Sept. 17, 2022 The Big Tent Coalition on Saturday said it had inaugurated a national Policy Review and Futureview Team to drive issues-based campaign for the Labour Party candidates in the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the coalition comprises political …

Nigeria is a conglomerate of different ethnic nationalities and one major problem hindering moves to achieve unity in the midst of this diversity is the language barrier. This is the position of Kunle Elegbede a Nigerian based in Houston, Texas, who insists that one of the major mistakes made in …

Chairman, Senate Committee on Industry, Senator Tokunbo Abiru has commended Dangote Sinotruk West Africa for its impressive commitment to Nigeria’s economic development through investment in a vehicle assembly plant in the country. According to him, with Dangote Sinotruk West Africa, Nigeria’s path to self-reliance in vehicle assembling has begun. “We …

By Edith Nwapi Abuja, Sept 13, 2022 The Court of Appeal, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the against terrorism charge filed against him by the Federal Government. The appellate court announced that its …

Ancient African Formula Foundation, organizers of the ‘Faces of Africa Fashion Show’ have announced that proceeds of the one-day fashion event will be used to build a school in Africa. The Faces of Africa Fashion Show will take place on September 24, 2022, by 5pm at the NJIT Campus Center, …