BET announced on Monday the nominations for the 2020 Awards ceremony, which will also mark its 20th anniversary. The awards celebrate the brightest stars across music, television, film, sports, and philanthropy.The nominees announced in the Best International Act Award category are: Burna Boy, Innoss’B, Sho Madjozi, Dave, Stormzy, Ninho, and S.Pri Noir. In the category […]
The Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has revealed that they working on using plasma from the blood of recovered Coronavirus patients to treat people infected with the virus. He revealed this at a news conference to commemorate the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). Ehanire said the plasma of patients who recovered from COVID-19 is called convalescent plasma, […]
There is tension in the air as Christ Embassy, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday rejected the guidelines issued by the state government for reopening of churches, describing them as impracticable and unacceptable. The guidelines were issued by the state government after due consultation with the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, led […]
Over the years, Nigerian civil servants have continued to suffer decline in their retirement benefits over the Federal Government’s delay in implementing the mandatory 18 per cent monthly emolument remittance into employees’ pension accounts, The Pension Reform Act 2014 mandates all employers under the Contributory Pension Scheme to raise the contribution of their workers’ pensions […]
For the very first time since 2017 when tensions with North Korea over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program were at their peak, the US has deployed three of its 100,000-ton naval war vessels to the Pacific ocean, as tensions with China over the South China sea and Hong Kong continue to escalate. The three ships namely […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria on Monday commenced a nationwide strike after the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum. The National President of NARD, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, had in a circular last week said the association found it necessary to take “the painful decision” following the inability of the Federal Government to meet […]
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu, has said the commission would partner the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and the Nigeria Police Force for urgent prosecution of rapists and cases of gender-based violence. Ojukwu, according to a statement on Sunday, said this during a tripartite meeting […]
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration has closed down the popular Jabi Lake Mall for two weeks for violating the presidential ban on public gatherings. This followed a musical show by a popular musician, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, at the mall on Friday in violation of the social restrictions imposed by the government […]