Ehimuan unveils mentorship scheme
*Participants to win N1m grant Leadership Coach and Founder, Beyond Limits Africa Initiative, Juliet Ehimuan has unveiled a leading mentorship and leadership development platform. Known as Beyond Limits Initiative, the platform is committed to empowering young professionals and entrepreneurs with training, mentoring, and support. Ehimuan, who is a Director at Google, said “There’s a […]
Govt faults resident doctors over strike
The federal government has faulted the strike action embarked upon by resident doctors saying all their grievances were being addressed. The Minister of Labour Chris Ngige said the doctors had no reason to go on strike because more than half of their demands have been met. He said in a statement that the government had […]
A past reborn: The Pan African Heritage World Museum and our renaissance
The exterior of the Museum By Toyin Falola On September 21, 2020, a new museum, the Pan African Heritage World Museum (PAHWM), will be inaugurated in Ghana. As a member of the academic board of this impressive project, I can attest to its dedicated commitment to the restoration of the dreams of our ancestors, […]
Nigeria’s Olatoni, Film Director, Wins American Award
Nigeria’s film “The New Normal” has won the Best International Narrative at the recent American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The film directed by Teniola Olatoni won the award at the 24th annual festival which was held online from Friday, August 21 through Sunday, August 30. The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is an annual event […]
Russia presents COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria
The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey L. Shebarshin, has presented Covis-19 vaccine from his country to Nigeria. He said the purpose of presenting the sample vaccine was for study, further researches, patronage and application. The Director of Information, Media and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Health, Olujimi Oyetomi, in a statement said the […]
UK court grants Nigeria $10b relief against P&ID
Nigeria has won in its pursuit to overturn a $10 billion judgement awarded against it in a case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID). Ross Cranston, a judge of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, granted Nigeria’s application for an extension of time and relief from sanctions. With this ruling, the case […]
Govt says no new palliative over fuel price hike
The federal government has ruled out any palliative over the recent jump in fuel price. On Monday, the PPMC, the petroleum products marketing and distribution arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), raised the ex-depot price of petrol from N113.70 to N147.67 per litre. However, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), which is […]
Resident doctors to embark on strike Monday
Residents doctors have signified their intention to embark on a strike from Monday, September 7. In a statement by the troika of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba; Secretary, Dr Bilqis Mohammad and Publicity Secretary, Dr Egbogu Stanley, the association said the strike would commence after expiration of the 21-day […]
Petrol price goes up again, now N151.56
The Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has announced new petrol pump price. It is now N151.56 per litre. In a memo dated September 2, 2020, it said “a new product price adjustment has been effected on our payment platform. “To this end the price of premium motor spirit (PMS) is now one hundred and fifty […]
DSS Didn’t Interrogate Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Says spokesman
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it had at no time interrogated Marvin Record boss, Michael Ajereh (aka Don Jazzy) and music rave Tiwa Savage over political postings against President Muhammadu Buhari. An online medium had recently reported that the duo where interrogated two weeks ago in Lagos. It claimed that the interrogation […]
