Year: 2021
Spiritual Attack: Authorities Shut Down Benue School
Citing spiritual attack, Universal Basic Education (UBE) Junior Secondary School located in the Nyinma area of Makurdi Benue State has been shut down. The students were sent home today, Monday when seven of them were hit by the attack. Reports say that four of the female students were attacked on Friday while the other three […]
Keep ReadingBREAKING ! Ghana’s President 1st to Receive Covax in the World
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo today, March 1st, became the first person in the world to receive the coronavirus vaccine from Covax. Covax is a global scheme to procure and distribute vaccinations for free to poor countries. Richer countries are moving at lightening speed to vaccinate their citizens while many poor countries are still awaiting their […]
Keep ReadingAnother African Woman Shatters the Glass Ceiling (video)
Another African woman is making waves, this time, in the medical world as she breaks yet another glass ceiling. Dr Njideka Udochi, has been named the 2021 Family Physician of Year by the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians (MDAFP). Dr Udochi is younger sister to the newly appointed Director General of the World Trade Organisation, […]
Keep ReadingPetrol Price to Crash Soon – SSA to President Buhari
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang has announced that the price of petrol will crash soon. He told newsmen over the weekend that the presidency has taken drastic steps to to reduce the pump price. Speaking at the Correspondents’ Arena in Uyo, Enang said that the Federal […]
Keep ReadingUnrelenting ! Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Slays in Ankara First Day at Work
Despite the gender and racial discrimination that greeted her in a country where her office is based, unrelenting Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala resumed work in her signature Ankara outfit today. The new World Trade Organisation’s Director General is set to hit the ground running irrespective of the apathy that greeted he appointment in certain White demographics. Still […]
Keep ReadingRacial and Gender Discrimination Greet Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Geneva
The newly appointed Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala resumes work today in Geneva, Switzerland and is already dealing with racial and gender discrimination. On the 11th of February, ‘Donnerstag‘, a Swiss newspaper published an article titled “This Grandmother will become the new boss of WTO.” Protesting the article, Linda Klare-Repnik, […]
Keep ReadingLagos – Ibadan Expressway to be Completed in 2022 – Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has promised Nigerians that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed in the first quarter of 2022. Fashola said this during a radio interview with ‘Bond FM’ today, Sunday the 28th February. He said that the delayed completion of work is due to the inability of the government […]
Keep ReadingStudents of Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe Regain Freedom
The students of Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe, Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State have regained their freedom. An official of the state government confirmed the development to Channels Television today, Sunday 28th February. However, the number of those released, their condition and other details are yet to be confirmed. The school girls […]
Keep ReadingChibok Residents Contribute Ransom to Save Kidnapped Pastor
The residents of Chibok town have contributed money towards a ransom aimed at saving Pastor Bulus Yakuru who was kidnapped by Boko Haram. Pastor Bulus Yakuru of the EYN Church of the Brethren was allegedly abducted on the 24th of December when Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram stormed Temi village. Yakuru has been in […]
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