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The Presidential Steering Committee, PSC,  on COVID-19 in Nigeria has warned political parties across the country against the non compliance with non pharmaceutical protocols. The warning was issued on the heels of the recent confirmation of more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in several States and the continued rising number of infections and […]

The members of the Osun State National Committee of the All Progressives Congress APC Ward Congress have applauded the peaceful conduct of the exercise in the entire State. The delegates also extolled members of the ruling party for their high level of compliance towards ensuring smooth, free, fair, credible and acceptable congress across the 332 wards in […]

The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Osun, Mr Gboyega Famodun said the party would be adopting a consensus system at the party ward congress on Saturday. Famodun made this known at the “Osun APC Congress Committee Stakeholders’ Meeting on Ward Congress” at the Government House in Osogbo. The party caretaker chairman, who […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has expressed optimism that the new technology introduced into the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR had positioned it to better deliver on its mandate. The Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said this when he led a delegation of the National Elections Commission of Liberia to the CVR physical […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state on Saturday adopted consensus arrangements in picking its leaders at the ward congresses held in the 193 wards across the state. The exercise which attracted large turnout of party faithfuls in many centres visited by VON saw APC members participating in the exercise under a peaceful atmosphere […]

The efforts of a range of academics across Africa have produced a new anthology of articles about sport on the continent. It’s an important book because it’s a subject that’s been largely neglected.   Sports in Africa, Past and Present engages with the core themes that have emerged from a series of conferences. Chapters provide […]

The Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule said that his government is invoking the no-work-no-pay rule for striking civil servants in the state. This was part of the resolutions taken at an emergency expanded security meeting, which was held at the Government House, Lafia the State Capital. The emergency meeting was convened at the instance of […]

 President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the First Lady’s Conference Room, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Among those physically attending the meeting are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari. Few pictures […]

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund UNICEF has urged the Kano State Government to continue to sustain the various social policy, and programmes put in place to enhance the well-being of children and women. This was contained as part of a communique issued at the end of a one day Partnership and Network Strengthening Meeting with Kano media held […]

ORHIONMWON – The newly elected executives of Orhionmwon chapter of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) were on Tuesday inaugurated at the council secretariat, Abudu, Edo State. The inauguration which took place inside a packed legislative chambers of the council, put to end a pre-election crisis that stalled the ceremony for more than a […]