archiveApril 2021

  hosts 7th Omi Tuntun Ramadan lecture commends residents for living in peace, harmony Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has declared that the prayers of the Muslim clerics will continue to make Oyo State peaceful and safe, urging them to continue to pray for the government. The governor stated this...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 35 new recoveries from the COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 154,441.The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The agency said that the recoveries were registered from isolation centers across the...

General Rev. Apostolic Mother Mary Fehintola Fagbemi, who died on April 8, 2021, will be buried in Lagos on Thursday April 22. Born on October 10, 1939, her parents were Baba Oluso Benjamin Akinadewo Adekahunsi, the founder of Oke-Igbala Olu Missionary Society, Cherubim & Seraphim Church, Ondo City, and Holy...

  The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has revealed that an application developed by a young Nigerian has been bought by Apple for $1 billion. Pantami, who did not give details of the deal, however, expressed optimism that the sky is the limit for indigenous young...

The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request of $1 billion external loans to finance federal and state government priority projects in the revised 2020 budget. The approval, contained in the report of the committee of the Upper Chamber on Local And Foreign Debts, is part of measures aimed at...

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has pledged the support of the Federal Government for positive initiatives from all stakeholders in the Nigeria project. He said this on Tuesday when he received in audience the new Executive Committee of the FCT Branch of University of Lagos Alumni Association led by...

 The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) says its 54th National Board Meeting scheduled for April 26 to April 30, in Eket, Akwa Ibom will be declared opened by the  Gov. Udom EmmanuelThe BSN’ Manager, Media and Public Relations, Mr Benjamin Mordi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos....

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered Deposit Money Banks (DNBs) and Bureau De Change (BDC) operators to, henceforth, accept old and lower denomination U.S dollars as legal tender. The apex bank gave the order in a circular signed by its Director of Currency Operations Department, Mr Ahmed Umar....

The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported zero COVID-19-related death for the ninth consecutive days as the nation’s fatality toll remains 2,061. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country last registered a COVID-19-related death on...

 Washington responded with calm determination as former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges of murdering George Floyd, ending a trial that has put the country on edge as it confronts the realities of racial injustice and police violence. As jurors delivered their verdict following three weeks...