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In commemoration of the 2020 World Environment Day, CMC Connect (Perception Managers) one of Nigeria’s foremost strategic communications groups announces the launch of an initiative called ‘Plastic Responsibly Nigeria’. According to a press statement signed by Sunkanmi Ogundipe, Associate Group Head, CMC Connect (Perception Managers), Plastic Responsibly Nigeria is committed to causing a major rethink […]
itel Mobile, Africa’s leading consumer-centric smartphone brand, has introduced cutting edge additions to its flagship power series, itel P36 and P36 Pro LTE at her first ever virtual product launch in Lagos. The P36 series consolidates the smartphone for everyone brand’s investments in mobile communication offerings that are budget-friendly, durable, and reliable. The series advances […]
The Minister of State FCT, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has called for stiffer penalties against rapists to check the increasing cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence. Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, in a statement on Sunday, said Aliyu made the call while presenting palliative items to the FCT […]
The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has commended the Nigerian Police for exhibiting high sense of intelligence in various investigations of rape allegations in the country. Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, Convener of COPA, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday. Olajengbesi said […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has begun the construction of a 200-bed Emergency and Infectious Disease Hospital in Katsina State. The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, laid the foundation for the multi billion Naira project, on Saturday in Kaita, Katsina State. The hospital, being built at the cost […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the last 100 days. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, gave the commendation on behalf of the President during a tour of […]
The Minneapolis city council has said it wants to disband the city’s police department, after days of protests over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died after a city police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25. US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of National Guard […]
The Senate on Wednesday 3rd June 2020 successfully screened two nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari as Non-Executive Directors to the NDIC Board Ms. Diana Okonta and Hajiya Ya’ana Yaro. During the exercise, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani commended the President for the nomination of two […]
Pan African Financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has rewarded another set of 100 loyal customers with a total of N10m in the UBA Bumper account draw. The 100 customers won N100,000 each in this month’s edition of the draw which began in January 2020. The virtual and transparent draw which was held at the […]
The Amnesty Int’l has urged President Muhammadu to declare rape a national crisis. The director for Amnesty International in Nigeria, Osai Ojigho said horrific incidents of rape “resonates because even in the spaces that women and girls should be safest from gender-based violence, the home, the schools and now places of worship, it is getting […]