By Angela Atabo The European Union (EU) has inaugurated the second phase of its education programme – “Expand, Integrate and Strengthen Systems (EISS),” to build the capacity of teachers in Nigeria. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, made this known at the inauguration of the ProgrammeContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Justice Stella Anukam on her re-election as judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for another term of six years. In a statement on Saturday by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said Anukam was re-elected at theContinue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. Biden is “vaccinated and boosted and he is experiencing mild symptoms,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. According to the statement, the positive test came followingContinue Reading
Chinese researchers on Tuesday said they had discovered a new fern species in south China, and named it Cyrtomium adenotrichum. The researchers found 10 wild Cyrtomium adenotrichum on a cliff in Nandan County under Hechi City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This is according to the Guangxi Institute ofContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has honored Dr Mairo Mandara, an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Public Health Physician as the Matron of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria (MWFAAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mandara was given the award for her contributions to youthContinue Reading
Police record more cases of sexual abuse of children in GermanyContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon Dr Yusuf Yakub, the Director-General, Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC), says Nigeria will continue to share its abundant human capital with Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific countries (ACP). Yakub said this on Saturday in Abuja at a reception and debriefing exercise of 14 returning Technical Aid CorpsContinue Reading
UN chief urges leaders of regional bloc to end warsContinue Reading
Dr Yusuf Yakub, the Director-General, Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC), has urged the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) volunteers, deployed to Sierra Leone to uphold discipline and behave as patriotic citizens. Yakub stated this in Abuja on Saturday at a deployment exercise for 18 TAC volunteers to be sent toContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Association for Hajj and Umrah Operators of Nigeria (AHOUN) has called on the Federal Government to set up an inter-ministerial panel to review 2024 Hajj operations. Its National President, Alhaji Abdulateef Ekundayo, made the call at a news conference in Makkah, on the outcome of the justContinue Reading
