It was an occasion that looks to recognize and celebrate academic excellence over trendy accomplishments, as an alumnus of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Dr Godwin Oziele handed out the sum of fifty thousand naira each as educational scholarship to ten indigent students of the institution.
Concern Medics Foundation (CMF), a group of Nigerian doctors based abroad, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Hospital for Women and Children in Abuja to combat brain drain in Nigeria.
The agreement was signed by Professor Raji Mahmoud, Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, and Dr. Sadiya Gumi, Chairperson of CMF.
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has rejected social media claims suggesting that the Local Government Council elections, set for October 5, 2024, have been postponed.
RSIEC Chairman, Retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, asserted that these claims are false and without merit.
The chairman of the Africa Investment and Trade Summit and Exhibition (AITE), Tunde MacAlabi, has commended the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for fighting relentlessly for Nigeria’s interests in aviation since his appointment a year ago.
“If most of Keyamo’s predecessors had been committed to national interests as the present aviation minister, the Nigerian aviation sector would have been as competitive as that of any of the developed nations”, MacAlabi asserted in a statement in Lagos today.
Former President Donald Trump appeared in a lengthy interview with tech billionaire Elon Musk on X on Monday. According to Musk, the combined views of the interview and related discussions across various accounts have reached one billion.
Musk tweeted: "Combined views of the conversation with @realDonaldTrump and subsequent discussion by other accounts now ~1 billion."
In light of the ongoing crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State, former Governor Samuel Ortom has urged his supporters to lay down their differences.
Recent clashes have occurred between Ortom’s supporters and those backing Senator Gabriel Suswam over control of the party’s structure, leading to factional splits and multiple suspensions within the party.
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has expressed his gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for appointing Dame Didi Esther Walson-Jack as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
In a statement released on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, Fubara lauded Walson-Jack not only for her groundbreaking achievements but also for her role as a representative of Rivers State and the Niger Delta region.
At the Paris 2024 Olympics, several athletes of Nigerian heritage earned medals while representing other countries. These athletes, despite their Nigerian roots, competed for nations such as Germany, Bahrain, the United States, France, Great Britain, and Spain.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun Sector Command has reported that two individuals died in a road accident on the Long Bridge of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The incident occurred at approximately 5:38 a.m. on Monday and involved a Mazda bus (registration number EDE217XB) and a MAN diesel truck (registration number AJL715XA).
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) began the week with a decline, as the All Share Index dropped by 0.72 percent to close at 97,881.75 points.
T ading data for Monday revealed that this decline brought the market’s year-to-date return down to 31.87 percent, the month-to-date to 0.16 percent, and the week-to-date to -0.72 percent.
