archiveApril 8, 2021

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa says religious bodies have important role to play in the fight against corruption He stated this on April 8, 2021 at the EFCC Headquarters in Abuja while opening the meeting of the Inter-faith Anti- Corruption Advisory Committee,...

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has poured glowing tributes to a pioneer trustee of its Board, Innocent Chukwuma, saying 'he brought to bear his capacity for hard work, brilliance and commitment to his cherished pedigree." The organization described the death as "an emotive dagger that pierced through the heart of...

  The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convoke a national youth summit that will serve as an avenue of addressing some of the agitations and concerns of the youths in the country. Already, the PFN, is evolving a mechanism towards empowering and giving...

The Education & ICT Directorate of Remo Growth and Development Foundation, (RemoGDF), wraps up its 2-week Two Hands System of Abacus Mental Arithmetic Training for all Mathematics Teachers across public secondary schools in Remo on Tuesday 13 April, 2020. According to the body, the closing ceremony holds at 10:00 AM...

Gov. Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State says bandits terrorising Nigeria have lost their rights to life under the constitution and must be wiped out. El-rufai made this known during a town hall meeting on national security organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture held in Kaduna with the theme:”...

The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has resolved to continue its ongoing strike until the federal and state governments concede to its demands. NARD made its position known in a communiqué issued at the end of a virtual extraordinary National Executive Council, meeting, signed by Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, its...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)  recorded 110 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,440. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that  the country’s daily new cases continue...

 The World Bank will provide 50 countries with finance to buy COVID-19 vaccines by mid-2021, Mr David Malpass, World Bank Group President has said.Malpass made this known on Wednesday in Washington D. C. during a news  conference  at the ongoing 2021 Spring Meetings which began on Monday. The president said...

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged  countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to do more domestically to increase tax revenues and improve the quality of spending. Ms Kristalina Georgieva,  Managing Director of IMF, made this known in Washington D. C. on Wednesday at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings news  conference. Georgieva...

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 agency that regulates firearms. By this, Biden will be...