The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games has begun in Tokyo, with a blaze of white and indigo fireworks officially kicking off the quadrennial international sporting event being held under the unprecedented circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach were followed by a small delegation carrying the…
The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has awarded 800 road contracts since it came on board six years ago. Fashola spoke on Thursday at the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the presidential communication team at the presidential villa, Abuja. He said the work done consists of…
A state High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has issued a garnishee order on bank accounts belonging to the All Progressive Congress (APC) after the party failed to pay more than N30 million professional fees to two lawyers who represented it in the election tribunal. The court had in 2017 ruled that the APC…
The French and German Governments have donated towards the United Nations World Food Programme (UN/WFP) humanitarian projects in the North-east. A statement on Thursday by the two Embassies of the two European countries in Nigeria said that €400,000 has been donated to support humanitarian projects in Nigeria’s troubled North-east Nigeria. The statement read: “On behalf…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has said that it would continue to train hotel managers as over 2,000 hotels have been registered in the state to ensure the safety of tourists and other customers in the hospitality sector. Speaking in Uyo on Thursday during a two-day “Hotel Managers Conference 2021” organised by a Lagos based…
Social Networking- Family Reunion, creating social amenities in his village Atorin Town, refurbishing of Ogedengbe compound and the schools named after him. Ogedengbe Legacy and Foundations consist of people from diverse religious, political, racial, professional, and methodological backgrounds. We enjoy those who are open minded and interested in synthesizing the best ideas on alleviating poverty,…
Today was awesome as the leadership of All fulfilment organization presented some gifts item to mother who just bore a triplet at Mother and Child Care Center General hospital Epe.Among the gifts items are bag of rice, pack of diaper and many more , this was done to assistthe parents so as to cope with…
A women advocacy group, Lady of Africa Empowerment and Advocacy Foundation, LAEAF has called on government to ensure the right of girl child is protected amidst rampant cases of domestic sexual abuses of young girls. While reacting to increase in cases of sexual abuses of teenagers, the founder of the group, Princess Oluwabukola Fasuyi, said…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday took delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the U.S. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, announced this in a statement in Abuja. According to Gabkwet, the aircraft arrived Kano, at about 12.34 p.m. He added…
