In a flurry of diplomacy across two continents, President Joe Biden met with Germany’s new leader Monday and vowed the crucial Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline will be blocked if Russia further invades Ukraine. Russia’s Vladimir Putin retorted that the U.S. and its allies are the only ones talking invasion. Putin and French President…
Russian President Vladimir Putin described Monday’s talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Kremlin as useful, substantive and business-like, and said that some of Macron’s ideas could form a basis for further joint steps. The French leader travelled to Moscow for talks amid an East-West standoff over a Russian military buildup near Ukraine and…
he House of Representatives Committee on Safety Standards and Regulations, has promised to ensure that safety standards and regulations are observed in public and private institutions. The committee Chairman, Rep. Ibrahim Hamza (APC-Kaduna) in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday said the committee would beam its searchlights on all institutions…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for accelerated social investments to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country.The Officer in Charge of UNICEF’s Enugu Field Office, Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, made the call in Enugu, on Sunday, at a media dialogue organised by UNICEF, in collaboration with the Broadcasting Corporation…
The Federal Government, on Monday, received two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. The handover of the vaccines was done at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), National Strategic Cold Store, Abuja. The EU ambassador, Mr Samuela Isopi, who presented the vaccines, said the…
No fewer than 175 employees of APM Terminals Apapa, have graduated as Lean Practitioners since the beginning of the Lean Academy in 2019. Mr Martin Kjeldsen, Way of Working (WoW) Project Manager, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, on Sunday. Lean thinking is a transformational framework that provides a…
North-East Women for Peace, a non-partisan group, has commended the Nigeria Armed Forces for the sustained raid on Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the region. The group gave the commendation in a statement by its Coordinator, Mrs Fatima Bindir, on Monday in Abuja. Bindir said the renewed synergy between the three services…
Nigeria’s Presidency on Sunday faulted a report on security challenges in the country, published in the January 31, 2022 edition of Financial Times of London Newspaper, saying banditry has been caged to the level that no territory in the country was under terrorists control.In another breath, the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd),…
Five days after a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility belonging to Shebah Exploration and Production Company Limited (SEPCOL) exploded in Warri, the company on Sunday announced that three crew members aboard the ship had been found alive. A statement by the company signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Ikemefuna Okafor, indicated that one…
