FG To Electrify 200 Healthcare Centres, 104 Unity Schools – Power Minister
April 22, 2021 The Federal Government has concluded plans to embark on a programme to electrify 200 Primary Healthcare Centres and all the 104 Unity Schools across the country. The…
Nigeria administers about 1.13m shots of AstraZeneca, as Lagos inoculates over 200,000 residents in phase 1
April 22, 2021 No fewer than 1.13 million shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the 36 States of the Federation and the FCT. The National Primary Health…
SANWO-OLU LAUNCHES $20 MILLION ‘LAGOS CARES’ PROGRAMME FOR YOUTHS, WOMEN
April 22, 2021 Lagos State Government has rolled out a $20 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (Lagos CARES) Programme to support livelihood for poor and vulnerable households…
Insurgency: The Army needs funding, equipment before we set timeline – Ndume Tells FG
April 22, 2021 The Chairman, Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, Senator Ali Ndume has asked the Federal Government to fund the Army before setting a timeline to tackle insurgency. He…
Lagos vaccinates over 250,000 persons, announces date to begin 2nd dose
April 22, 2021 Lagos has announced that a total of 257,756 eligible people have received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Lagos State. In a statement on…
IGP Withdraws Senior Police Officers Attached to EFCC
April 21, 2021 The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the withdrawal of senior police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Those affected…
ITTF: Nigeria’s Mustapha Becomes World’s Best boys’ U-11 Cadet Player
April 21, 2021 Nigeria’s teenage table tennis sensation Musa Mustapha has been ranked the world’s best player in the boys’ U-11 by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Mustapha becomes…
U.N. rights chief says George Floyd murder case shows scale of systemic racism
April 21, 2021 The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday welcomed as “momentous” the verdict in the George Floyd case which she said had highlighted how much remains to…
Death of Ada Jesus and what you must know about kidney disease
You have heard that popular comedienne, Ada Jesus (real name Mercy Mmesoma Obi) died Wednesday morning after a prolonged battle with chronic kidney disease resulting in kidney failure, but what…
Netflix beats earnings estimates, but subscriber growth slows
Netflix has beaten Wall Street Q1 earnings estimates, but shares tumbled in after hours trading because the streaming service failed to add as many new subscribers as analysts had projected….