archiveMarch 2021

 Over 300 nominations the third-highest amount to date  have been made for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norway-based award committee said on Monday.The 329 total candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize comprised of 234 individuals and 95 organisations, the Nobel Committee said. Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, members of the pro-democracy movement...

  The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazurike, has warned that Igbos cannot afford another war. Uwazurike, who also founded the Biafra Independence Movement (BIM), said this at a press conference in Owerri on Monday. He also cautioned the leader...

 Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has approved the appointment of Chief Gbenga Ale, as his Chief of Staff (CoS), and Mr Olabode Richards, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). In a media statement on Monday in Akure, Mr Kunle Adebayo, Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Research and...

 Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo assured Ghanaians of the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine to be used for his country’s mass vaccination campaign. In his televised speech on measures to protect people against the pandemic, Akufo-Addo announced the vaccine will be administered in 43 epicenter districts across the country. He said...

The Federal Government on Monday launched the electronic registration platform to enable eligible Nigerians get vaccinated against Covid-19 pandemic. The government said it is employing a T.E.A.C.H strategy, which combines indigenous (traditional) approaches with modern technologically-enabled systems of vaccination, and leverage experiences gained during the polio immunization programmes. The launching...

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday disclosed that it had made some progress with the  Coronavirus (COVID-19) intervention fund allocated to it by the Federal Government.This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affair for the agency, Dr...

 The Federal Government on Monday launched a strategy for the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine in a phased and equitable mannerThe strategy code named: ”T• E• A• C• H” was initiated by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health(FMOH). “T: Traditional...

Twitter Inc (TWTR) said on Monday that it plans to offer 1.25 billion dollars aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due in 2026. The company also expects to grant the initial purchasers of the notes a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional 187.5 million dollars aggregate principal...

 The Ibom Air, an Akwa Ibom owned airline on Monday said it had so far  lifted  no fewer than 500,000 passengers since commencement of operations on June 7, 2019. This is contained in a statement issued  by Mrs Anniekan Essienette, the Group Manager Marketing and Communication, Ibom Airlines Limited, in...

  The total transactions at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped by 13.66 per cent in January, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.The NSE monthly domestic and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) flows obtained NAN on Monday shows that total transactions stood at N232.46 billion (about 590.82 million dollars) in...