Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: LASG. Gov. Nasir El- Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday visited Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to commiserate with him and the residents of the state over the mayhem that followed the EndSARS protests. El-Rufai, while speaking at Lagos House, Marina, decried the level of the destruction of public and private property Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: Getty Images, UNAMID. The Federal Government on Thursday called on the private sector to participate in the establishment and running of Correctional Centre skills in the country. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, made the call in Abuja while declaring open a three-day National Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: AutoReportNG. The Management of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), says it has in the last 10 years shored up the Nigerian economy with over 8.5 billion dollars generated from Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). The Director-General of ICRC, Mr Chidi Izuwah disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when he received a delegation of Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: brandspur. Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday closed on a negative posture with a loss of 0.01 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index declined by 0.01 per cent or 2.96 points to close at 30,738.92 compared with 30,741.88 recorded on Wednesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation lost N6 billion to close at Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: REUTERS. Acclaimed Brazilian pianist João Carlos Martins had not played with 10 fingers since he lost the use of his right hand in a 1995 mugging in Bulgaria. But today he has returned to play his favorite Bach sonatas thanks to “bionic gloves” invented by industrial designer Ubiratan Bizarro. “When he showed me Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Image Credits: Getty Images, Alejandro Ragni/AFP/Getty Images. Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona is recovering well from brain surgery and is already pressuring doctors to let him go home, his personal physician, Leopoldo Luque, said on Thursday. “The recovery continues to go very well,” Luque told reporters outside the Buenos Aires clinic where Maradona was staying. Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: AP, USA Today. Top seed Rafa Nadal was forced to save a set-point before overcoming Australian Jordan Thompson 6-1 7-6(3) on Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarter-finals. A day after becoming the fourth player in the Open Era to record 1,000 tour-level wins, Nadal resumed his pursuit of a maiden Paris-Bercy title. Read More…
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