FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers: 22 Eagles train as CAR arrive
Twenty-two players were at the Super Eagles camp in Lagos by Tuesday ahead of their 2022 FIFA World Cup African Qualifiers Day 3 encounter against the Central African Republic (CAR). Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said in a statement on Tuesday that only Netherlands-based goalkeeper Maduka Okoye was being expected after 23 were invited. “Team...
Bill seeking 6 fresh law school campuses scales 2nd reading
A Bill seeking to create six additional campuses for the Nigerian Law School has scaled second reading at the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the bill by the sponsor, Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi) during plenary on Wednesday. The bill is entitled: “A bill for an act to amend the Legal Education (Consolidation ETC) Act by establishing...
Buhari, Jonathan parley in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The agenda of the meeting was unknown to newsmen, while no official statement has been issued on the outcome of the meeting as at time of filing this report. Jonathan, who is ECOWAS Special Envoy to the Republic of...
WHO endorses first malaria vaccine for children
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease for children at risk. The vaccine is geared towards children, in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high transmission. The recommendation to begin using the RTS,S vaccine, is based an ongoing pilot programme set up by...
Buhari to ExxonMobil: Invest more in Nigerian assets
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged operators in the petroleum industry to take advantage of the new Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to promote their investments in the oil and gas sector. The president made the call at an audience with a team from ExxonMobil Corporation led by Liam Mallon, its President on Upstream Oil and Gas, at State House Abuja, on...
Lucky customer to get Access Bank’s N100,000 monthly salary for 20 years
As part of efforts to promote savings culture and reward its loyal customers, Access Bank Plc is set to reward one lucky customer with N10 million in its DiamondXtra December mega draw. The Executive Director, Retail Banking, Access Bank, Mr. Victor Etuokwu, disclosed this in a statement made available on Wednesday in Lagos. Etuokwu also said that another lucky customer would...
Google pledges $1bn to support digital transformation in Africa
Chief Excusive Officer of Google and Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, on Wednesday announced a plan to invest $1 billion over five years to support digital transformation in Africa. Pichair made the announcement at Google’s first ever Google for Africa event, held virtually and livestreamed. He said that the investment would include the landing of the subsea cable Equiano which would enable faster...
2023 power shift: APC, PDP at a crossroads
By guile and intrigue, the ghost of power shift agitation is back to life again and kicking. Both the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are now unsettled by the unsettlement of the nagging question of where the next president would come from after the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent President...
Excellent leadership doesn’t come by accident – Osinbajo
My knowledge of politics As a matter of fact, when I came into politics, I really thought I knew all that could possibly happen in politics, having been in one way or the other involved. I can assure you that the past few years has taught me that there is so much that you cannot even be taught in any...
Nigeria not a failed state, but a fragile state – Agunloye
Nigeria at 61 After confirming that the English word “Congratulations” actually means “expressions of pleasure or joy,” I concluded that it would not be appropriate for me as National Chairman to announce that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has congratulated all Nigerians on this year's anniversary of October One Independence. This is because, rather than call for expressions of joy...
