archiveSeptember 21, 2023

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been awarded the ‘Symbol of Peace’ among recipients of the maiden edition of the ‘100 Most Notable Peace Icons in Africa’ honour. He was presented the award by the ‘100 Most Notable Peace Icons in Africa’ project team at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation on Thursday...

  Former Head of State of Nigeria, General Abdulsalami A. Abubakar, has expressed optimism that Nigeria can surmount all her present challenges and come out a better nation. Abubakar made the assertion Thursday at the launch of the Book titled,”The Making of Modern Nigeria”, published by The Sun Publishing Company...

Nigerian sprinter, Tobi Amusan, has been hailed by the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) after her impressive victory in the 100m hurdles at the recent Diamond League meet in Oregon, USA. Amusan claimed the title in a time of 12.33 seconds for her third consecutive Diamond League triumph. It was a...

The World Bank announced its commitment to reposition Nigeria’s irrigation farming for sustainable economic development and food security on Thursday in Abuja. It announced the commitment when its team on Sustainable Power and Irrigation in Nigeria/ Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria, SPIN/TRIMING, project officials visited the Minister of Water Resources...

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday confirmed that it has exhumed the corpse of the late Afrobeats musician, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba popularly known as Mohbad. The Lagos Police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a post on X (formerly Twitter) with autopsy set to commence. “Exhumation completed. Autopsy to...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has postponed the 293rd meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). No reason was given by the apex bank which made the announcement in a press release by the CBN spokesman, Abdulmumin Isa. Isa said a new date will be communicated. The MPC, which...

  The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) has called on government at all levels to be more alive to their responsibilities by ensuring that every state and community has one form of local physical development plan or the other. Mr Omotayo Awomosu, the Chairman of NITP, made the call...

The Osun state government said its attention has been drawn to a threat of legal action by an Ibadan based legal practitioner, Mutalubi Ojo Adebayo, to sue the state for non-payment of allowances owed judicial officials by the previous administrations. The State Government in a press statement signed by its...

  The Society for Quality Healthcare in Nigeria (SQHN) has called for adequate funding for healthcare facilities in Nigeria to improve the quality of their service delivery. Dr Abiodun Wright, the President of SQHN, made the call at a media briefing heralding the organisation’s Annual Conference in commemoration of World...

African governments showcase their commitment to and progress towards addressing the learning crisis that has left 9 out of 10 African children unable to read a sentence with understanding by the age of ten. The Harvard Club New York played host to a landmark event, the Human Capital Africa (HCA)...