The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), says it is implementing infrastructure projects worth 11.5 billion dollars in West Africa. Ms Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Director-General, West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office of the Bank, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Akin-Olugbade said that 39 per […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it received safety information from the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non food products (RAPEX) that a cosmetic product, Placentyne Hair Lotion, has been banned. The information is contained in a public alert with No. 0033/2022, signed by the Director-General of the […]
Russia is on the brink of its first debt default since 1998 as the Sunday deadline to make a $100m interest payment seems certain to be missed. Russia has the money and is willing to pay, but sanctions make it impossible to get the payments to international creditors. The Kremlin has been determined to avoid […]
NDLEA has arrested a suspected drug kingpin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos for allegedly behind attempts to export 40 parcels of Methamphetamine to London. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated in Abuja on Sunday that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after three weeks of painstaking investigation and tracking […]
Serena Williams admits that she didn’t know how or when she would return to tennis but insisted retirement had not been on her agenda during her year-long absence. “I didn’t retire. I just needed to heal physically, mentally. I had no plans. I just didn’t know when I would come back. I didn’t know how […]
An IT support firm, Zoho Global Technology Company, has launched a platform to help small businesses transform digitally. The platform tagged: Zoho Africa Digital Enabler coincided with the opening of the company’s first office in Nigeria late on Friday in Lagos. The company is based in based in Tamil Nadu, India. The company’s President, Mr […]
Prof Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director (CMD) Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), said institution would streghten its collaboration with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to fight COVID-19. Bode spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sideline of the NCDC visitation to LUTH in Lagos on Saturday. He said since Dr Ifedayo Adetifa […]
Kizz Daniel’s recently released the video of his mind-boggling and party-popping “Buga” and social media has been flooded with inventive skits, jigs, and rhythmic twists since the debut of the blockbuster song. “Buga” was produced by Reward Beatz and co-produced by Blaise Beatz, Young Willis, and Micky Geetarist. Buga’s mellow calm didn’t simply revolutionize, but […]
Russia said on Saturday its troops have killed “up to 80” Polish fighters in “precision strikes” in eastern Ukraine. “Up to 80 Polish mercenaries, 20 armoured combat vehicles and eight Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed in precision strikes on the Megatex zinc factory in Konstantinovka” in the Donetsk region, the Russian defence ministry said […]