Since November 15, 2021, when the Reports of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel were submitted to the Lagos State Government, a good number of my colleagues, friends and admirers prevailed on me to refrain from further public pronouncements on the activities and reports of the Panel since the government was studying the said reports. Upon the…
Facebook, Instagram and the widely-used WhatsApp messaging service are gradually returning to normal after an hours-long global outage that disabled the Facebook-owned social media platforms for some six hours. In a post on rival platform Twitter on Monday evening, Facebook confirmed its apps were coming back online and apologised to users for a blackout that…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continues to rise, as 74 new cases were recorded by the NCDC on Sunday. The NCDC said on its website on Monday morning that the additional 74 infections brought the total of infections in the country to 206,138. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
Mr Olayinka Subair, Pfizer Nigeria’s Country Manager and Cluster Lead, West Africa, says patient advocacy within the pharmaceutical work is critical to ensure safety of patients’ lives. Subair made this known in a statement by Ms Oluwayemisi Mafe, Pfizer Corporate Affairs and Communications Lead, West Africa, on Monday in Lagos. According to him, Pfizer, a…
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Monday, suspended its nationwide strike for six weeks to give the Federal Government (FG) time to implement its demands. Dr Godiya Ishaya, the National President of NARD, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Ishaya said that the association reviewed…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that 31.7 per cent of youths in Nigeria lack access to bank loans to finance their businesses due to high interest rates.The bureau said this in its National Youth Survey for 2020, obtained from its website in Abuja on Monday.According to it, the report is a collaborative effort…
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says if young Nigerians fail to bid for elective offices at the 2023 general elections, they cannot win. Osinbajo made the observation through President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide Omoworare. Omoworare represented Osinbajo at the opening of a two-day retreat for young legislators at the…
rading in the domestic stock market resumed on Monday bullish with a gain of 0.05 per cent on investors’ interest in Eterna and 22 others. Precisely, the benchmark index rose by 21.88 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 40,243.05 from 40,221.17 achieved on Thursday. Accordingly, month-to-date and year-to-date returns stood at 0.1 per…
The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday confirmed 11 Commissioners nominee sent to it for screening by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The House also cleared and confirmed the nomination of Justice Joe Acha, as the Chief Judge of the State. The House Committee on Rules, Business and Government House, led by the Majority Leader, Henry…
