By Cecilia Ologunagba U.S. bishops on Thursday hailed the election of former Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first pope born in the U.S.A. Cardinals elected the newly titled Leo to the supreme pontificate with white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel signaling theContinue Reading
By Ikenna Osuoha The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, says the creative sector in Nigeria is the second largest employer of labour for citizens. Abbas stated this in Abuja while declaring open public hearing on the bill for an Act to provide for Establishment of National Institute forContinue Reading
By Peter Okolie The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, on Thursday inaugurated a block of 30-room transit accommodation for airmen of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) at Owerri, the Imo capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the facility is located at theContinue Reading
By Ebere Agozie The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, says the ministry has recorded considerable improvement in the prosecution of crimes under its purview. Fagbemi disclosed this at the Quarterly Stakeholders Engagement with the theme `Access to Criminal Justice’ on Thursday in Abuja. HeContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen ECOWAS President, Dr Omar Touray, has decried the deplorable state of infrastructure at the Nigeria-Bénin Republic Seme border, in spite of the huge investment in them by ECOWAS. The President stated this during an official on-the-spot assessment visit to the Nigeria–Lagos Seme Border, which isContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya The Niger state Road Maintenance Agency (NIGROMA) has commenced the repairs of bad portions of Minna township roads to ease movement. Alhaji Farouk Audi, Managing Director of the agency, disclosed this during the flag-off of the third phase of the ongoing repairs in Minna. AccordingContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Mémounatou Ibrahima and other stakeholders have decried the high fares of traveling by air within West Africa, saying such was inimical to subregional economic growth. They made this known at the opening session of a Delocalised Meeting of ECOWAS Parliament’s Joint Committee onContinue Reading
Development Human development progress worldwide has slowed to its lowest level in 35 years, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a report released Tuesday. While Türkiye maintained its place in the “very high human development” category with a Human Development Index (HDI) score of 0.853, the global trend pointsContinue Reading
By Tiamiyu Arobani The World Health Organization (WHO) says on Tuesday that more than 30-year difference in life expectancy between the richest and the poorest countries highlights global health inequities. The global health body stated this in its ‘World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity’ launched onContinue Reading
By Deji Abdulwahab The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Tuesday announced the arrival of its 36-member advance team, comprising staff and medical personnel, at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Madina. The team is in Saudi Arabia ahead of the first set of Nigerian pilgrims scheduled toContinue Reading
