Month: December 2023

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo led Anambra State Government for emphasizing private sector-driven development while also pledging the Federal Government’s support in addressing ecological challenges being faced by the state. The Vice President also noted […]

Social critic, Reno Omokri, says he now has a change of heart over his view that Christmas is a pagan holiday and should not be observed. Omokri, a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is well known for expressing controversial […]

No fewer than 18,059 persons, including 795 children infected with HIV/AIDS, are receiving treatment in Borno. The Executive Secretary of Borno State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (BOSACA), Hajiya Falmata Alhaji-Bukar, made this known to the News Agency of […]

The US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has slammed PwC China with a $7 million dollar fine as it alleges that the company failed to detect or prevent extensive cheating by its staff during internal training exams in mainland […]

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 86 pips to 7.1104 against the dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed […]

Nigeria has made laudable progress in the response to HIV/AIDS in the last two decades towards ending the epidemic by 2030, the Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Thursday during a media conference to mark […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the names of those appointed into its Standing Committees on Establishment, Finance, Publicity, Intergovernmental, Conflict and Resolutions. The Finance Committee has several billionaires included into it. They are the Chairman and founder of […]

A helicopter of the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday morning. Confirming the development was NAF spokesman, Edward Gabkwet.  He said  all those onboard survived but they had minor injuries.  The helicopter […]

A High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Usman Adamu, his brother, and one Gidaddo Idris to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping. They were tried and convicted of kidnapping one Abubakar Ahmad sometime in […]

Hamas on Thursday released eight Israeli hostages in Gaza under a last-minute extension of a truce deal and Israel freed 30 Palestinian prisoners as negotiators sought to renew the pause in fighting again. Israel identified two women who were released […]