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Relationships and interactions are important aspects of how we define ourselves as human beings. Physical interactions and connections are a big part of forming these bonds.   But many people around the world have been forced to limit their physical contact and communication as part of the efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic.   For some, […]

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has assured that the Benin City River Port Project is on course, as the screening of the project’s transaction advisor, to coordinate the various stakeholders to deliver the project, intensifies.   This is amid work on the dualisation of the Ekehuan link-road to the port, which connects the […]

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai says the military will continue to engage in kinetic approach in dealing with banditry in Zamfara while supporting non-kinetic approach of the state government. BurataI stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Bello Matawalle at the Zamfara Government House in Gusau on […]

The West African sub-regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidature of Nigeria’s two-term former minister and erstwhile Managing Director (Operations) of the World Bank, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the period 2021 – 2025. The endorsement is […]

Poor knowledge of capital market operations has been identified as the reason May capital market cases in court are lost on technicalities. Acting Chairman of the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST) tribunal Hon Jude I. Udunni lamented to journalists in Abuja that the “capacity of litigants and counsels need to be developed because of the […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the proposed reopening of airports for commercial flight operations may be delayed further as most of the planned guidelines set by the agency are yet to be met by most service providers at the airport. This was according to a  a data released by the NCAA […]

Situation Update The COVID-19 pandemic continues to gain infection traction in the North East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, since the first index case was reported on the 18th of April 2020 in Borno State. With over 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the region, […]

The  American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has  commended  the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) for offering assistance to it in the investigation and prosecution of six Nigerians involved in Business  Email Compromise( BEC)  and wire fraud in the United States of America. United States Attorney,  Joe Kelly  and Special FBI  Agent,  Kristi Johnson, in […]

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has approved N200m fund for the Kaduna State Women Empowered Programme (KADSWEP) to support women at the grassroots in their entrepreneurial activities. Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, made this known in an interview with reporters in Kaduna. Hajiya Baba said that the programme, […]

The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has directed all commanders/GOCs, officers and men of the Nigerian Army to ensure that the charge given by the President and Commander in Chief of the Army is fully implemented so as to speedily crush Boko Haram terrorism and the myriad of security threats facing the […]