While many families and individuals across the world would look back with nostalgia at the yarns suffered during the Covid-19 era, Nigeria pharmacist, Mr Vast Emordi has said that he was encouraged to go through the phase by the award as covid -19 hero, given to him by the Fct council of the Nigerian union of journalist, NUJ. Headed by Emmanuel Ogbeche. The pharmacist who heads a chain of businesses under the name: Vastovers group also congratulated comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche on his recent appointment as the chief press Secretary to the Crossrivers state government. He described Ogbeche as a consummate journalist and one who identifies and encourages people to do great works for society.

 I grew up making life more harder on myself even though, life is a mixture of hard and good. There are times I never believe in myself. I never did, because I thought I was nothing. And this made me think less of God. Yes! I hated God. I was holding grudges against him for making me a disability out of poliomyelitis. I was that little girl that hated the  hearing of God’s name in my ears and I could shoot you if I’d had a gun when the name is been mentioned. The funny part of it, is that the same God I was hating was the same God I ran to when I got rejected, laughed at, made jest of and looked down on. I knew there was/is God, but I found it hard to let him in because, I felt if truly there is God, he wouldn’t have allowed it to happened to me at the first place. But I was wrong! Very wrong! I never accepted the fact that I am a beautiful lady. In fact, I hated that word, “beautiful” I took it as an insult because, I thought I was not beautifully upright or something like th...

  Eloho Efemuai is passionate about empowering thousands of people across the globe with radio and new media as a strong tool for the cause. She’s a  worship leader , ordained pastor coach, radio broadcaster & and founder of UK based Radio HeartsongLive, the first radio station owned by a female of African origin to be on DAB. Eloho’s mantra has always been to help many rediscover and unlock the potential in them, and over the years, she has given her best living the reality of her belief. Her normination in National Diversity Awards 2023 is a pointer to her courageous and unmatched contribution to humanity. Eloho has set the pace, bridging the gap, supporting fellow women in Faith to see themfully exploring the greatness in them. National Diversity Awards is a prestigious award honouring positive role models & entrepreneurs across different backgrounds and ensuring equality and diversity. The annual event is held in different venues across the United Kingdom. Voting l...

 As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark International Workers’ Day today, organised labour and the civil society coalition, under the aegis of Citizens’ Democratic Movement, have urged the country’s judiciary, especially judges of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, to help safeguard democracy by doing justice to all the election petitions brought before them. The movement, comprising several civil society and youth organisations, insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had seriously damaged the country’s democracy with its poor showing at the elections. They also vowed to name and shame corrupt leaders. Co-conveners of the movement included Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Comrade Shehu Sanni, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo, Professor Udenta Udenta, Salisu Mohammed, and Olawale Okunniyi. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was represented by its president, Joseph Ajaero, and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had its General Secretary, Nuhu Toro, in attendance. Nigerian workers...

No fewer than 39 out of the 58 senators elected across the various political parties in Northern Nigeria met Sunday night and resolved that their region must produce the  Senate President in the 10th National Assembly. A ranking senator from the North-west revealed the information to THISDAY Monday morning strictly on conditions of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of their discussion. The senator said the senators-elect maintained that the north deserves the number three position in the country because the region delivered the highest number of votes for the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election. He said his colleagues also agreed to hold an expanded meeting that would involve all the 58 elected senators from the three geopolitical zones of Nigeria in the second week of May. The elected federal lawmakers, he added, would engage their counterparts from the Southern part of the country on the need to support their aspiration. Part of ...

 The Alumni Association of the National Defence College, an umbrella group for retired military officers who served at the Defence College, is leading the talks for the use of tech as a game changer in tackling insecurity. Nigeria’s quest to develop a viable military industrial complex started with the establishment of the Defence Industries Corporation in 1964, a facility that went into decline after the Nigerian Civil War. With the increasing use of technology in security management especially Artificial Intelligence as force multipliers Nigeria seems to be at the threshold where it will have to deploy more technology in combating the evolving security challenges. AI is already used in other climes in many facets of security including, crime prediction, fraud detection and prevention. Russia and China are taking the lead in AI technology. In tackling the security challenges in Nigeria, troops are sometimes overstretched.’Experts have said to entrench the use of technology in figh...

 The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that the Returning Officer in the Adamawa State Governorship election will announce the resumption of the Collation of result in the coming hours. The Commission disclosed this at the end of a meeting held over the controversial decision of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Abuja. The Commission at the end of the meeting in Abuja also called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately commence an investigation and possible prosecution of the activities of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari. The Commission added that it will inform the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as the appointing authority to draw attention to the unwholesome practices and activities of the suspended REC for further action. At its meeting today, 18th April 2023, the Commission discussed matters arising from the Adamawa Governorship election and decided to: 1. Write to the Inspector-General of Police...

All the candidates converged on the International Conference Centre, Abuja to sign a pact towards a peaceful poll. Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ensured the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu did not sleep on Wednesday when the candidates of 18 political parties were in Abuja to sign a pact towards having a peaceful election this Saturday.  

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  WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, introduced a resolution encouraging respect for human rights and encouraging continued democratic progress in Ethiopia. Congressmember Bass was joined by Congressman Chris Smith, who serves as Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa.   “Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spearheaded significant and commendable reform measures following his selection in April 2018, including releasing thousands of political prisoners, inviting exiled political opposition back to Ethiopia, negotiating a peace agreement with Eritrea, lifting bans on over 200 websites and improving media freedom.   “However, I have become concerned about the recent unrest in the country as well as this administration’s involvement in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations and want to urge those involved to maintain a neutral position that seeks an equitable and ...

Atiku Care Foundation appoints Nigeria's Bloggers-Community organiser, Jenny Chisom as National Director, New Media. This news broke at about 8pm, Sunday on the official facebook page of the foundation, as signed off by the Director general of the federation, Amb. Abdul bin Abbas with lots of congratulatory messages on going.

Across the world, the Coronavirus has not only become another disaster to wipe us all out of the earth but has also put the spotlight on the level of competence of our political leaders. In Africa, the case is not different as governments are putting in draconian measures to halt the spread just like their counterparts in Europe and Asia. With the eminent role health ministers are playing in fighting this global pandemic, I delved into a special finding to uncover the female faces leading the battle and definitely deserve commendation for the works, they have put in so far albeit sorrowful to know that, their works are faced with several challenges because of the under-resourced facilities they manage and how they will be risking their lives in the battle against the virus.

1.          The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) and West African Institute for Trade and Agricultural Development (WAITAD) observe that the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic has gradually enveloped the global economy and the populations in fear, resulting in automatic and unwitting declaration of ‘State of Emergency’ on the Health sector by several Governments across the world where the disease has killed many and impacted negatively on the economies. We note that where many deadlier diseases which have even taken more lives have failed to attract respect and attention, the corona virus has seamlessly been saluted and gained more prominence with heavy budgetary allocations accorded thereto as a way of appeasing, pacifying or assuaging its ravaging popularity. 2.          NANTS and WAITAD further note that COVID-19 has caused a serious depletion in the revenue of many countries, especia...

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