The Lagos State Government has no plans to seal up any school for not complying with the Jan. 4 resumption date. According to the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, in a statement on Sunday, the government had no plan to seal any schools, as this would be counter-productive to learning. She Read More…
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Lagos govt, others working toward Africa’s largest ICT business park
By Stellamaris Ashinze, News Agency of Nigeria The relocation of Ikeja Computer Village in Lagos to Katangowa, Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area has been in the pipeline for so many years. Because of the huge expanse of the new computer village estimated at N40 billion, many people are wondering whether the relocation is realistic Read More…
About 200 dead in attacks in northwest Nigeria, residents say
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 8 (Reuters) – An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military airstrikes on their hideouts this week, residents said on Saturday. Residents gained access to the villages on Saturday after the military captured Read More…
Baby lost in chaos of Afghanistan airlift found, returned to family
In pictures above: Hamid Safi, a 29-year-old taxi driver who had found baby Sohail Ahmadi in the airport, cries as he hugs Sohail before handing him over to his grandfather Mohammad Qasem Razawi in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 8, 2022. Picture taken January 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier Read More…
No concessions, no breakthroughs: Russia, U.S. cast pall on Ukraine talks
In picture above: Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov sits into a car after talks with U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Moscow, Russia October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov The brinksmanship between Russian and the United States has become more intense as Russia said on Sunday it would not make concessions under U.S. Read More…
AFCON: Cape Verde beat Ethiopia for good start
Abuja, Jan. 9, 2022 (NAN) The Blue Sharks of Cape Verde defeated Ethiopia 1-0 to earn their first victory at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) since 2013. Julio Tavares’s 45th minute goal was all Cape Verde needed to see off the East Africans in a Group A match at the continental showpiece which began Read More…
Forest stun Arsenal out of FA Cup as Grabban nets late winner
Arsenal were the worse off for it when they faced Nottingham Forest in the English FA Cup third round on Sunday. They suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Championship side Nottingham Forest. Forest striker Lewis Grabban came off the bench to grab an 82nd-minute winner and set up a fourth-round clash against Read More…
Cameroon rally past COVID-hit Burkina Faso to win AFCON opener
Garoua (Cameroon), Jan. 9, 2022 (NAN) Hosts Cameroon on Sunday had to rely on two penalties to pull up a comeback win against Burkina Faso in the opening match of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Yaounde on Sunday. Captain Vincent Aboubakar converted two penalties as hosts Cameroon came from behind to beat Read More…
Why the tail wags the dog
A wagging tail is usually found at the rear end of an excited dog, but a wagging dog in front of a static tail? Only in Nigeria, where the barrack mentality of military dictatorship has been smuggled into the unitary constitution to reduce the people to subjects and their elected local leaders to paper tigers. Read More…
Expert hails Buhari for introducing tax on sugar carbonated beverages
Enugu, Jan 8, 2022 (NAN) A Development Economist, Dr Chiwuike Uba, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for introducing tax on sugar carbonated beverages to check the excessive consumption of such products in the country. Uba, who is the Chairman of Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF), gave the commendation on Saturday while giving an economist’s perspective of Read More…