Joe Biden’s presidential victory has been confirmed by Electoral College, meaning he will be the next US president. California, the most populous state in the US, delivered its 55 electoral votes to Mr. Biden on Monday afternoon, officially taking him over the 270 votes needed to secure the White House. When all of the states finish voting, […]
A new research is claiming that sleeping with a dog in your bed is good and much better than sharing a bed with a human. According to a study conducted by Christy L. Hoffman, from Canisius College in New York, the sleeping patterns of dogs closely mirror those of humans. The study involved 962 women […]
The presidency has stated that it won’t succumb to threats hinged on restructuring of the country. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu in the tweets he shared on Friday December 11 stressed that some comments linked to restructuring are ” unpatriotic outbursts which are unhelpful and unwarranted.” He added that the presidency will not take any decision against the […]
The stolen mace at the Ogun State House of Assembly has been recovered in Lagos State, the police said on Friday. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, the mace was recovered around the Abule Ado area of Lagos. “The police operatives attached to Trade […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation has partnered the European Union to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young women entrepreneurs from 54 African countries in 2021. This was contained in a statement released Thursday by the Foundation, titled, ‘The Tony Elumelu Foundation and European Union Partner to Transform Economic Empowerment of African Women’. “The partnership will […]
Little Rory van Ulft, seven, from Ottowa, is just four foot tall and started weightlifting just after her fifth birthday after she was scouted at a gymnastics class. She was recently crowned USA weightlifting under-11 and under-13s Youth National Champion in the 30kg weight class, making her the youngest US youth national champion in history, […]
The International Monetary Fund on Friday said Nigeria’s output would recover to its pre-pandemic level in the next two years. It said this was part of the conclusion of an IMF staff team led by Jesmin Rahman after conducting a virtual mission from October 30 to November 17, 2020, in the context of the 2020 […]
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021, a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. The statement quoted Okonjo-Iweala as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the […]
The Lagos State Government says the use of residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres or burial sites is not allowed in the state. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Burial prohibited on residential premises – LASG’ on Wednesday. The statement quoted the Executive Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Mrs Ade Adeyemo, as […]