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NIGERIA
COVID-19: Osun Records Five Deaths in 24 Hours
By Yinka Kolawole
Five persons have reportedly died from COVID-19 related complications in Osun.
According to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, published on...
Improved Diaspora Remittances Will Boost Economy, Says Emefiele
By James Emejo
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said the ongoing reforms to increase diaspora remittances into the...
Google Workers to Form Global Union
Google employees from across the globe are forming a union alliance, weeks after workers at the search engine giant and other units of its...
EEDC Commences Free Meter Roll-out
The Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) has commenced mass meter roll-out to its customers under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). The NMMP is...
POLITICS
LIFE & STYLE
Garlands for Sahara Group at Silver Jubilee
As Sahara Group gears to celebrate its 25 years of global expansion and operational efficiency, Chiemelie Ezeobi reports that its sustainable economic, social, and...
Abumet Nigeria Appoints Belinda Ajoke Disu Chairman
Abumet Nigeria Limited has appointed Mrs. Belinda Ajoke Disu as Chairman of its Board of Directors with effect from January 1, 2021.
She replaces Dr....
Igboho: Make Our highways, Forests Safe again, Says Ojudu
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, Hon. Babafemi Ojudu, has insisted that farmers should be able to carry out their...
Limitation Bar: Applicability to Payment of Pension and other Terminal Benefits
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria Holden at Abuja On Friday, the 5th day of June, 2020
Before Their Lordships
Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta
Olukayode Ariwoola
John Inyang Okoro
Amina...
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Deworming: One Sure Answer to School Enrolment and Retention
About 582 LGAs have been confirmed to be endemic to worms- one leading factor militating against school enrolment. With 2021-2022/2025 being pegged by the...
DEPRESSION AND INFERTILITY (Part 1)
By Dr. Kemi Ailoje
The society at large places passionate premium on procreation in any family setting such that in most cases, the woman’s place...
Onuesoke Foundation Kicks Off COVID-19 Awareness Campaign
...Distributes 100,000 face masks, sanitisers
By Sylvester Idowu
A group under the aegis of Onuesoke Foundation has commenced awareness campaign for the prevention and eradication of...
AHA Urges Africa to Find Solutions to Healthcare Challenges
By Rebecca Ejifoma
The CEO of Advantage Health Africa, Abimbola Adebakin, has urged Africa to find solutions to its healthcare challenges especially with the current...
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Commissions Armoured Shield Isolation Centre in Lagos
By Rebecca Ejifoma
In its effort to bridge the gap between preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu,...
SPORT
EDUCATION
Unilag VC Tasks New DLI Students on Focus, Discipline
By Funmi Ogundare
The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has appealed to the newly admitted students of its Distance Learning Institute (DLI)...
Schools’ Resumption: Ensuring the Safety of Nigerian Varsities Amidst Covid-19
With the directive by the federal government that schools across the country, should resume despite the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic which has...
NAS Distributes Uniforms, Writing Material to Pupils in A’Ibom School
By Okon Bassey
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) also known as Pyrates Confraternity has distributed 100 uniforms and writing materials to Government Primary School...
Basic Education: UBEC, NASENI Collaborate on Schools Infrastructure
By Kuni Tyessi
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi has said the commission will collaborate with the National Agency...
THISDAY STYLE
BACKPAGE
Rawlings: A New Generation Statesman
By Tom Ikimi
High Chief Tom Ikimi, as Foreign Minister of Nigeria, meets with President Jerry John Rawlings in Accra in 1996
Jerry John Rawlings, the...
EDITORIAL
WORKERS AND UNPAID SALARIES
The times call for prudence in the management of resources
On the first working day of 2021, magistrates from the 18 local governments in Cross...
Column
Issues in Akeredolu’s ‘Ultimatum’
THE ADVOCATE BY Onikepo Braithwaite Onikepo.Braithwaite@thisdaylive.com
Governor Akeredolu’s ‘Ultimatum’
When I heard that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, learned Senior Advocate of Nigeria, had issued an ultimatum for...
