archiveDecember 2021

The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has been recognised as the global leader in Bible distribution, with the distribution of 897,116 copies of the English Bible in 2020. Pastor Samuel Sanusi, General Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the society, made the disclosure during a facility tour of the Bible Guest...

  Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday called on youths to join him on Peace Walk, for healing of Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Lagos, during a news conference on the State Government’s position on the recommendations of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on EndSARS, submitted...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent a request to the former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, to come to its Lagos office for further investigations regarding alleged document falsification. Fani-Kayode drove to the agency’s office after his ongoing alleged N4.6billion money laundering case alongside a former Minister of...

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has expressed shock over the Tuesday evening Bagwai boat mishap that led to the death of 20 persons. Ganduje spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Abba Anwar, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano. “Bagwai boat mishap, which so far caused the...

 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that HIV remained a major global public health concern in the last 40 years. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this in a message to commemorate the 2021 World AIDS Day. The theme of the commemoration is: “End Inequalities, End AIDS,...

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, urged road users in the state to strictly adhere to the extant laws and guidelines on road safety as the Yuletide season approaches. Governor Makinde, who was represented by the chairman of the Oyo State Road and Traffic Maintenance Agency (OYRTMA), Dr. Akin...

  Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (NIDB) has said that any nation that does not respect and uphold the rule of law can never develop. Adesina said this while delivering a lecture at the 51st Annual Accountants Conference in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, any...

Canada has banned travelers from Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi over fears of the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, bringing to 10 the number of African countries targeted by Ottawa, according to the AFP. This is just as members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives at plenary yesterday, mandated the...

Lagos State Government on Wednesday rejected the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry that there was a massacre in Lekki Toll Gate during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. To the government, the Justice Doris Okuwobi-led Lagos State ‘Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution of Victims of SARS-Related Abuses and Other...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced additional 105 COVID-19 infections as it detected three of the Omicron  COVID-19 variant in the country.The NCDC gave the figures in its daily COVID-19 report on Wednesday in Abuja. The Centre warned that Nigeria was at risk of registering high incidences...