– Chelsea right back Reece James and Everton forward, Dominic Calvert-Lewin have been called up to the England squad for upcoming international fixtures. – Ozil offers to pay full wages of gunners Mascot Gunnersaurus after he was let go by the club as he had been made redundant as club makes cuts. – Seattle coast…
In a tweet, the United Nations Refugee Chief stated that he had tested positive for COVID-19, after he led the first 2 days of the agency’s main annual meeting in person. In his tweet, “I am engaging with UNHCR’s Executive Committee from home as I have to isolate after testing positive to #COVID-19, I only…
The President of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) has criticized the President Buhari’s administration over its handling of the country’s economy. Prof. Sarah Anyanwu, President of the NES, stated this during a visit with her members to the Senate Minority Caucus. She further expresses grief over the exclusion of economists from the National Economic Management…
The Nasarawa State Government in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics will conduct census of industrial and commercial business across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state. This is aimed at ensuring efficiency, effectiveness in their operations and proper monitoring. The Commissioner, Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning, Haruna Adamu Ogbole, explained that…
The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov on Tuesday 6th October resigned from office after series of post-election protests. Opposition groups since after election has taken control of parliament, protesting election results which they believe was rigged. It will be recalled that the country’s parliamentary election took place on Sunday. The Parliament has appointed Sadyr…
The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has approved a new salary scale and retirement age for teachers across the country. This announceement came on Monday, 5th October during the World Teachers’ Day. This new development was announced by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. The President increased the number of service years from 35…
The World Health Organization has fiercely warned European countries about what it called ‘pandemic fatigue’ which it says will threaten the ability of the continent to fight the corona virus. Speaking on the issue, WHO Europe Director Dr. Hans Kluge said, “although fatigue is measured in different ways, and vary in levels per country, it…
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, October 8 present the 2021 budget to the joint sitting of the National Assembly. This statement was contained in a letter addressed to National Assembly and read by the Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Tuesday at the resumption plenary. It will be recalled that the Federal Executive Council…
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says the Federal Government of Nigeria spent 540 billion naira in subsidizing electricity in 2019. According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Vice-Chairman, Sanusi Garba, who spoke during an interview, stated that the amount spent on electricity subsidy should be channelled to the health sector. He further added that…
In this interview with Excel Magazine International, the Senatorial election candidate of Okigwe federal constituency, Imo state, Barrister Charles Onyirimba who is also a Lawyer by profession speaks about his decision to contest as a member of the Nigerian Senate under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, why he deserves to be elected and lots…