A pastor, who is to perform a deliverance on a family in Anambra State, died in his sleep hours before the exercise, Vanguard has reported. It was gathered that the pastor was invited to Anambra from Warri, Delta State. A member of the family, who pleaded anonymity, said that...
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The National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS), on Saturday called on the Federal Government to ensure that killers of Ms. Laetitia Dagan, were fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law. The National President of NCWS, Mrs Gloria Shoda, said in a statement in Abuja,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the increasing signs of transmission of COVID-19 outside China indicates a narrowing of the window of opportunity to contain the virus outbreak globally. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, gave the warning on Saturday during the Emergency Ministerial meeting on COVID-19 organised...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for a review of the Nigeria’s curriculum of higher education to be focused more on technology and creativity. VP Osinbajo raised the concern on Friday at the Fifth Convocation Lecture of the Federal University, Duste, Jigawa State, according...
There is no more playing the ostrich, burying one’s head in the sand while all the other parts of the body are exposed. There is no more pretending that all is well, when the country is on fire. The worst type of sickness is living in self-denial, pretending that...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected the sum of $292.34 million into the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS). The apex bank’s Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor made this known in a statement on Friday. Okorafor said that the Bank also intervened with the sum of...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Zenith Bank Plc has reported impressive result of N208.8 billion profit after tax (PAT) for the year ended December 31, 2019, as the first Nigerian Bank to cross N200 billion mark. This is according to the bank’s audited financial report for the 2019 financial year announced...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has urged Nigerians to love, tolerate and live peacefully with one another. Tallen made the call on Thursday in Abuja, at the 5th International Conference on Love and Tolerance: tagged “Countering Violent Extremism for Peaceful Coexistence” organised by...
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, and new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs Olusola Idowu, during a meeting with a team from TRIFECTA INTeg. Services on Thursday. Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba (middle), and new...
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba (middle), Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, Professor Muhammed Bello Abubakar (left), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Mrs Olusola Idowu and Director General, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, Dr Folarin Gbadebo-Smith...
The Kenyan government will disburse Ksh1.3 million ($13,000) for the upkeep of Kenyan students in Wuhan, the Chinese city that is the epicentre of the Covid-19 virus epidemic. In addition, Ksh500,000 ($5,000) worth of provisions from the Chinese government is also being processed. The move follows anxious appeals from...
The Nigerian star of upcoming movie Namaste Wahala has told fans that filming has wrapped ahead of its release on 24 April, according to bbc.com. Ini Dima-Okojie plays opposite Indian actor Ruslaan Mumtaz in a “love story that cuts across the cultures of two countries”. “Nollywood featuring Bollywood? This...
A new research has revealed that Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa are at high risk of suffering from the deadly coronavirus, while Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya will all need support to detect and handle imported cases of the epidemic. The Lancet medical journal, in a...