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Electoral Reform – A civil society organisation under the umbrella of Center for Advancement of Civil Liberties and Development has kicked off an awareness and sensitization programme tagged “Electoral Reform Advocacy”. The programme is aimed at galvanising the public towards reform by creating awareness on the current deficit in the electoral process. Addressing journalists on […]
Caroline Flack, the former host of the hit British reality show “Love Island,” has died, her family confirmed Saturday. Flack, 40, died by suicide and her body was found in her east London flat Saturday, a lawyer for the family told PA Media.”We can confirm that our Caroline passed away today, the 15th of February,” the family’s […]
Soyinka – The lecture organised by a Yoruba Intelligentsia group, the Voice of Reason Advocacy for Social Development Foundation, will be chaired by Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), Noble laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, as a special guest of honour. According to a statement by a member of the Publicity Committee for the event, Chief Olufemi Kufo, […]
Nigerians – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali-Pantami, released a statement on Wednesday, directing the National Communication Commission, NCC to revise the Policy on SIM Card registration and usage. Ali-Pantami instructed the NCC to ensure that Nigerians should only be allowed to own a maximum of three SIM cards. The revision of […]
John Mikel struggled to hold back the tears as he outlined the vile racist abuse he and his family had been subjected to. The former Chelsea star, 32, was targeted by Fenerbahce fans after Trabzonspor’s 2-1 Super Lig win on Saturday. And he spoke to Turkish TV to slam the shocking abuse, some of which was aimed […]
Trump – The US has announced it is expanding its curbs on immigration to include six more countries, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar will now be blocked from obtaining certain types of visas. People from those countries will still be able to visit the US […]
Democrats – Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnel alongside his Republican senate colleagues were seen on Friday night looking joyful while the Senate Democrats looked dejected after senators voted 51-49 to not call witnesses on Friday. The narrow vote came after Republican senators said they did not need to hear more evidence, and pressed toward acquitting […]
Kobe Bryant’s sisters have broken their silence following the NBA star’s death. Sharia Washington and Shaya Tabb released a touching statement, almost a week after their brother, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other victims died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. “On behalf of our family, we join Vanessa, Natalia, Bianka and Capri in grieving the loss […]
NHIS – to reduce bottlenecks and fragmentations in service delivery, Nigeria’s Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has unveiled the “Health Insurance Under One Roof”. The Executive Secretary of NHIS, Mohammed Sambo, shared the strategy with the leadership of the State Social Health Insurance Agencies at a recent meeting in Abuja, according to a statement by the scheme’s spokesperson, […]
Nigeria – Promoters of the Vision 20:2020 had envisaged that Nigerians would wake up to the New Year 2020 in fanfare and heavy fireworks to celebrate the country’s achievement of becoming one of the 20 best economies in the world. This was topmost among the goals of this grand national development plan that grabbed public […]