Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday sought collaboration from the Federal Government in rebuilding Lagos State following the aftermath of last year’s #EndSARS protests, hijacked by hoodlums, which led to the destruction of public and private properties and businesses in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu said the goal of ensuring Lagos State becomes Nigeria’s investment hub can only be achieved through economic collaboration between the State and the Federal Government. Speaking to journalists after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, Governor Sanwo-Olu said Lagos State Government has started working on how it…
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A screenshot circulating on social networks since at least April 2020 claims that Barack Obama has urged Africans to reject Covid-19 vaccines. This is false: AFP Fact Check found no official trace of any such statement by the former US president. In a recent tweet, Obama said in fact that getting vaccinated against Covid-19 was “one of the most important things” to do. “Barack Obama is asking Africans not to accept the vaccines that will come from America and Europe,” begins the caption of a post that resurfaced on Facebook in December 2020. The claim has been making the rounds…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed Vice Chancellors of universities to resume academic activities on January 18, 2021. It explained that the instruction was given in line with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on the resumption of schools across the country. NUC’s directive was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration) of the commission, Mr Chris Maiyaki, on Friday. In the statement issued on behalf of the NUC Executive Secretary, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, Maiyaki urged the universities to safeguard lives by strictly adhering to the extant safety protocols and the…
At the just concluded annual House of Bishops’ retreat of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion held at the Ibru International Ecumenical Center Agbahra Ottor, Delta State, the house of bishops at its Episcopal synod elected the following: 1. Venerable Oluwagbemiro Fabuluje, Provost of Osun Diocese elected bishop of Oke Osun Diocese to replace Late Bishop Folusho Taiwo. 2. Ven. Obiora Uzochukwu, the Sub-Dean of All Saints’ Cathedral, Onitsha (Diocese on the Niger) has been elected Bishop, Diocese of Mbamili. He is one of our partners at ACNNTV with a weekly program every Sunday by 7pm (WAT). We Say A…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says for the sake of sanity, one must imagine that the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari does not exist. The Literary giant therefore adopted the famous concept of SIDON LOOK by his late bosom friend, the Cicero of Esa Oke, Chief Bola Ige during the Abacha administration. He, however, described the new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, describing it as marvelous and long overdue. Soyinka said this during a recent interview with Kaftan TV which was monitored by our correspondent. Speaking onboard the new train, the Nobel Laureate said he would not like to talk…