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“…we are gearing up to further engage with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to push through the mass vaccination programme and mandate for our citizens,” the PSC chairman said. The Nigerian government has said it would not relent on the mandatory vaccination policy, especially for civil and public service officers, saying the country is experiencing an increase in case fatality ratio. …

“ASUU NEC members, like many other concerned Nigerians, did not accept the report of the ASUU FUTO congress…,” ASUU president said. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the report submitted by a committee in its Owerri, Imo State zone, on the appointment of Nigeria’s minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Ibrahim, popularly known as Pantami, as …

Bill’s passage assigns an Under Secretary to oversee the Agency, mandates services to rural areas, provides authorities for a new Minority Business Development Grant program and the creation of partnerships with HBCU’s and minority-serving institutions Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, today, announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has been …

President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and marked the major legislative victory at a White House event with lawmakers from both parties. “The bill I’m about to sign into law is proof that despite the cynics, Democrats and Republicans can come together and deliver results. We can do this. We can deliver …

• Patient Spends Between N20, 000 To N150, 000 Monthly To Stay Alive• Country Has Highest Number Of Diabetics In Sub Saharan Africa• Diabetes Kills More People In Nigeria Than COVID-19, TB, HIV/AIDS, Cancer Combined – EMSON• 100 Years After Discovery, Insulin Still Out Of Reach Of Many As the world, today, marks the World Diabetes Day (WDD), experts are …

In Nigeria, financial technology is now all the rage with the proliferation of tech companies riding on the back of the country’s fast-evolving banking system and its vast population of digitally enabled youths to drive inclusion. That space has been made more vibrant by the incursion of foreign fintechs bringing turnkey solutions as varied as mobile lending, e-commerce, payments and …

South Africa’s last apartheid era president FW de Klerk, who died last week, will be cremated at a private funeral on November 21, his office said Sunday. De Klerk, who helped steer the nation to democracy but never fully owned up to the horrors of the apartheid past, died on Thursday aged 85 after a battle with cancer. In a statement, …

The Association of Arewa Community in Igboland has called for support for the emergence of  an Igbo person as president of Nigeria in the 2023 General Elections. Its National President, Alhaji Mohammed Umaru, who made the appeal at a news briefing on Sunday in Umuahia, described the Igbo people as “accommodating”. Umaru harped on the unity of the country and …

The Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, has disowned a publication attributed to him about “Defence Headquarters warning soldiers against overthrowing Buhari’s regime”. Mr Nwachukwu, a brigadier general, in a statement, on Saturday, said the publication, which was riddled with outrageous lies and fabrications, claimed that the “Defence Headquarters has denounced a call for the military to take over power.” He …

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has condoled with the families and colleagues of the late Brig.-Gen. Dzarma Zirkusu and three other soldiers killed on Saturday while battling insurgents. Fintiri, in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, on Sunday in Yola, commended the bravery of the special forces with the support of other troops who repelled the attack by the insurgents. “Gen. …