U.N. rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, to make respect for human rights central to the social network after he sacked around half the company’s employees. Reports of Musk laying off the platform’s entire human rights team were “not, from my perspective, an encouraging start,” Turk said in an […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB), has drawn 31 billion dollars in investment interest from African and global investors. In a statement issued by the Communication and External Relations unit of the AfDB, President of the bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said this at the 2022 Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Market Days. The forum ended on Friday. […]
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Kogi, has opened the portal for recruitment of ad hoc staff for 2023 national Census. The Federal Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Prof. Jimoh Isah, said this at a news conference in Lokoja on Saturday. Isah said prospective applicants as ad hoc staff for the census could now access […]
The Federal Government has explained the rationale behind the payment of half salaries to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had embarked on strike on February 14. Following a series of discussions with the government, coupled with a court order, the university lecturers ended the eight-month-old strike and returned to their classrooms on […]
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has hoisted Nigeria’s national flag at the World Travel Market (WTM), holding in the United Kingdom from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9. Mrs Susan Akporiaye, NANTA’s National President, stated on Saturday that the hoisting was strategically done to herald the hosting of the event. She said NANTA […]
Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has blamed “activist groups pressuring advertisers” for a “massive drop in revenue” as the company makes sweeping job cuts in an effort to save money. The billionaire owner of Tesla tweeted that “activists” raising concerns about how Twitter is moderated are “trying to destroy free speech in America”. […]
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, criticised the planned redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The revered cleric expressed displeasure that the Federal Government is concerned with the redesigning of naira notes despite the falling value […]
Prof. Ray Ozolua, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, University of Benin has won a competitive and highly coveted May & Baker Professional Excellence and Service Award in Pharmacy for 2022. The university made the announcement in a statement issued by its Public Relations Unit on Saturday in Benin. The award was presented to the don in […]
Nike has suspended its sponsorship deal with Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving after he promoted on Twitter a documentary which contained anti-Semitic material. Irving is serving at least a five-game ban from the Nets after he initially defended having shared a link to the film. Irving, 30, later apologised, claiming he is “learning” from what […]
The Chairman of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Bello Shehu, says no Nigerian legislator or minister earns more than a million naira in a month. He said this while denying the notion that the review of the remuneration the RMAFC has embarked on is to increase the salary of politicians and political […]