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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has complained that Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was operating against the law establishing it to the displeasure and detriment of member states for two years running. The governor frowned at the unacceptable situation and urged the Federal Government to constitute a substantive board for the commission without […]
The Canadian government has banned travellers from Nigeria and nine other African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The country earlier announced a ban on South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Namibia. In a statement on Tuesday, it said it was expanding the travel ban to Egypt, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday has announced that Nigeria has now reported three cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. A statement signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, partly reads, “The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control conducts case and genomic surveillance for inbound international travellers arriving in the […]
Singer and entrepreneur Rihanna has been awarded a national honour from her homeland Barbados as the Caribbean country celebrated becoming a republic. Rihanna, who grew up in the island nation, witnessed the historic ceremony that broke Barbados’s centuries-old ties with the British monarchy and swore in its first president Dame Sandra Mason, ending […]
Deputy President Of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said that all other tribes in Delta State should join hands with the Urhobo Nation, irrespective of political affiliation, as Delta Central will produce the next Governor of Delta State Come 2023. The Delta Central Senator who made the call at the 90th LECTURE Of […]
Michael Carrick will stay in charge of Manchester United for their clash against Arsenal this week as interim manager Ralf Rangnick awaits his work visa, the Old Trafford club said on Tuesday. Rangnick on Monday agreed to join United from Lokomotiv Moscow, where he was the head of sports and development. But he will […]
Barbados ditched Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever president and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after the first English ships arrived at the Caribbean island. At the strike of midnight, the new republic was born, shortly after Queen Elizabeth’s royal […]
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter, says he has resigned from his role at the company Dorsey announced his resignation in a Twitter post on Monday. In his exit note, Dorsey said Parag Agrawal, the company’s chief technical officer will replace him as the new CEO. “I’ve decided to leave Twitter […]
Twitter on Monday announced the appointment of Parag Agrawal as the new chief executive officer (CEO), replacing Jack Dorsey. Before the appointment, Agrawal was the chief technology officer of the company. Dorsey also announced his resignation from the social media platform he co-founded in 2006 — an announcement that caused a stir on the […]
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the restrictions imposed on travellers from southern African countries due to the emergence of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant, Omicron. Guterres, in a statement on Monday said, people of Africa should not be blamed for the immorally low level of vaccinations available in the continent. […]
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