Rapper DMX has died one week after suffering a “catastrophic cardiac arrest”, his family has said. The 50-year-old, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been admitted to intensive care in New York on Friday 2 April and was initially placed on life support. Earlier this week, family, friends and fans had held a vigil […]
By Monday Ijeh The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammad Dingyadi, has inaugurated the Police Public Complaints Committee (PPCC) to handle complaints against police personnel in the country. Inaugurating the committee on Wednesday in Abuja, Dingyadi said the committee was a specialised institution created to deal strictly with complaints against police personnel. He said the […]
The Lagos State Government will be diverting the traffic on Adegbola Street from Sunday 11th April, 2021 for 15 months. This is to enable the construction of Ikeja Overpass for the Red Line Project of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit. Commissioner for Transportation Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement, explained the diversion was in line […]
By Folasade Akpan The World Bank will provide 50 countries with finance to buy COVID-19 vaccines by mid-2021, Mr David Malpass, World Bank Group President, has said. Malpass made this known on Wednesday in Washington D. C. during a news conference at the ongoing 2021 Spring Meetings which began on Monday. The president said that […]
By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has recaptured 48 fleeing inmates of the Owerri Custodial Centre. The recaptured inmates escaped from the facility on Monday, when gunmen invaded it, releasing about 1,844 inmates. The NCoS Spokesman, Mr Francis Enobore, disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria […]
By Folasade Akpan The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to do more domestically to increase tax revenues and improve the quality of spending. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of IMF, made this known in Washington D. C. on Wednesday at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings news conference. Georgieva also assured […]
By Alex Enebeli The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Omotola Ekeinde, Burna Boy, were among those that made the Forbes Africa’s “100 Innovations, Inventions and Icons from Africa list”. The global media company and American business magazine, Forbes, also named Chimamanda Adichie, Davido, Wizkid, Olugbenga Agboola, and Mr Eazi, […]
By Itohan Abara-Laserian The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says Mr Oscar Onyema has completed his tenure as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after a 10-year period. Mr Olumide Orojimi, NSE Head of Corporate Communications, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, that a closing gong ceremony was held on April 1 to honour Onyema. […]
By Aisha Cole The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has deployed newly recruited female water guards to jetties and terminals within the state inland waterways. Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, LASWA’s General Manager, said in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday that the move was to ensure efficient operations. He said that the agency’s operational outreach was […]
By Ismaila Chafe The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday in Abuja decorated Mr Usman Baba as the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baba, a Deputy Inspector-General of Police was on Tuesday appointed as acting Inspector General of Police by President Muhammadu Buhari. Baba’s appointment was announced […]