South Africa’s tech startup, Afrigen set to Deliver Africa’s First COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine
June 25, 2021 Afrigen Biologics expects a decision in mid-July on partners to produce Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine using the mRNA platform, the South African start-up’s managing director said. The…
Insurgency: Nearly 350,000 killed in Northeast Nigeria – UN
June 25, 2021 Northeast Nigeria’s conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday. The…
FG repairing, restoring, rehabilitating, maintaining 37 bridges across Nigeria – Minister
June 25, 2021 Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing says construction and maintenance of bridges across the country is creating new economies not known to exist in the…
WHY WE DEDICATED A WEEK TO PROMOTE MSMEs, HIGHLIGHT THEIR NEEDS – OSINBAJO
June 25, 2021 The initiative to dedicate a full week to the intensive promotion of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country and highlight their needs is meant…
774,000 jobs: We have paid N24.8bn to 413,630 beneficiaries; FG claims
June 25, 2021 All of these people received N60,000 each and the total we have paid is N24,817,800, actual money given to Nigerians for them to cushion the effects of…
CVR: INEC to commence physical registration July 19
June 25, 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) physical registration will commence on July 19. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at a…
FG fulfils housing promise to Keshi, Siasia, other 1994 AFCON winners 27 years after
June 25, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has allocated a three-bedroom flat each to members of the 1994 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) winning squad, 27 years after the federal government…
Chioma Ajunwa : Nigerians commend Sanwo-Olu for fulfilling housing promise 25 years after
June 25, 2021 When Dr Chioma Ajunwa-Oparah represented the country in the 1996 Olympic Games, some promises were made and very typical of us as a people, we forget. I…
Okowa to Nwaoboshi: It’s either you’re blind or you don’t live in Asaba
June 24, 2021 If anyone says he is not seeing what we are doing, it’s either that they are blind or they don’t live in Asaba. Their attempt to pitch…
Nigeria now self sufficient in rice as local production shoots to 9m metric tonnes annually – RIFAN
June 24, 2021 Nigeria’s local rice production increased from two million tonnes in 2015 to nine million tonnes in 2021. Making the declaration in Kaduna on Thursday, Aminu Goronyo, President,…