News
Page: 4
Hundreds of Isoko Youths in Delta State, under the auspices of Isoko Development Union Youth Wing, IDUYW, earlier today, Wednesday June 9, reportedly blocked the Ughelli/Iyede Express Road, protesting over what they described as refusal by Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC to pay them social security funds. The protest reportedly prevented […]
Federal Government on Thursday declared Monday, June 14, 2021, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. Aregbesola in the statement urged Nigerians to reflect on the nation’s country challenges and support the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari towards resolving them. He appealed to Nigerians to drop all forms of agitation […]
In the presence of Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the documentary film Courage about the protests in Belarus is scheduled to celebrate its premiere this Friday at the Berlinale. Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, has also been announced for a panel discussion relating to the film about the protests in […]
Former Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has won Mongolia’s presidential election, National News Agency, Montsame reported, citing preliminary results. Khurelsukh won with 99.3 per cent of the polling stations counted, the candidate of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) secured about 68 per cent of votes, Montsame reported. The election authority was due to announce the […]
Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has appointed Mr Festus Ovie Agas as Chief of Staff, Government House. This was revealed in a statement on Wednesday by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Chief Patrick Ukah. “It is hereby announced for the information of the general public, particularly Deltans, that His Excellency, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned the Nigerian youths to behave themselves and ensure the nation is secured if they want jobs in the country. Buhari noted that no investor can invest in an unsecured environment, a situation he quite agreed is currently bedeviling the Nation at the moment. President Buhari, in an interview on […]
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its 65 days industrial strike with effect from Thursday, following an agreement reached between the union and the federal government. This was announced on Wednesday in a statement issued by Mr Abdullahi Yalwa, National Publicity Secretary of ASUP and made available to newsmen in Bauchi. […]
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s Public Debt Stock is N33.107 trillion (about 87.239 billion dollars), as at March 31, 2021. A statement obtained from DMO’s website says that the total public Debt Stock comprised of the debt stock of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), 36 State Governments and the Federal Capital […]
German football club VfB Stuttgart say that their Congolese forward Silas Wamangituka has been playing under a false name and age. The player’s real name has been revealed as Silas Katompa Mvumpa, and he is actually 22 years old, one year older than previously thought. Katompa Mvumpa had recently informed the club that he […]
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has tested 2,180,444 samples for the Coronavirus as the country records 102 additional infections. The NCDC announced the new figures on its official website on Tuesday. The public health agency noted that the additional infections brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 166,918. […]
Crown FM Onitsha