As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 on the education sector, Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with Honourable Fatima Mohammed (FAMO) foundation has provided succor to over 300 affected private school teachers and small medium enterprises (SMEs). The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, have continued in the shutdown of schools…
The federal government said President Muhammadu Buhari’s assumption of office in 2015 prevented Nigeria from becoming a failed state, after a long stretch of rapacious and rudderless leadership. In a statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister said President Buhari came into office at…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has enjoined Nigerians to hold the All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible for the burning of the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Akure, Ondo state last week. The spokesman of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Abuja…
The Lagos State Government has announced that only JSS3 and SS2 students will be allowed to resume school on Monday, September 21, 2020. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Folashade Adefisayo, in a statement on Sunday through the Head, Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi while also revealing plans…
The leadership of health workers under the platform of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has decided to embark on a nationwide strike commencing from midnight of Sunday, 13 September 2020. The group has instructed its members throughout Nigeria to withdraw their services from midnight of Sunday, due to the Federal Government’s inability to meet…
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has pledged technical support to Kogi State in its efforts to establish a robust waste management system. This promise was given by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, while receiving the Kogi State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Victor Adewale Omofaiye, and his…
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has confirmed that Harry Maguire will remain the teams’ captain despite his Mykonos arrest in Greece. Harry Maguire, 27, was handed a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days following an altercation outside a nightclub on the island of Mykonos last month, but the manager sees no…
A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has forfeited a sum of N250 million to the Federal Government. This was made known by a statement released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday. The commission, however, did not reveal the name of the former Managing Director in the…
The Ogun State Government has pledged its unalloyed commitment to the fight against trafficking in persons. This was contained in an address that was delivered by the Deputy Governor of the State, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele on Friday at the inauguration of the Ogun State Taskforce Team on Human Trafficking. Engr Salako-Oyedele, who was representing the…
Following the announcement of STRAIN earlier in the year, the yet-to-be-released Nigerian movie has won the award for the Best International Film 2020 at the Urban Film Festival in Miami USA. STRAIN is a family drama feature film about a family that suddenly discovers that their young son has the sickle cell disease. It is…