Nigeria took part in a special tribute to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US. The National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen Babagana Monguno (Rtd), represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the event which also attracted other global leaders. The Head, Strategic Communication, Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security…
Mr Cui Jianchin, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, says he is in talks with Chinese owned Banks to establish operations in Nigeria. This, the envoy said, is to boost Nigeria’s economy and expand trade relations between the two nations. Cui made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing Journalists during the commemoration of the…
Fourteen states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have announced 513 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to figures released on Wednesday morning by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,(NCDC). The NCDC added that the 513 new cases, bring the total number of infections in the country to 202,704 additional 513 COVID-19 infections, on Tuesday indicates…
A rare earthquake rattled southeastern Australia on Wednesday morning, shaking buildings, knocking down walls and sending panicked residents running into the streets of Melbourne, the country’s second-biggest city. The magnitude 5.9 seism struck at about 9:15am (23:15 GMT on Tuesday) near the rural town of Mansfield in the state of Victoria, about 180 km (112…
Constructed in the 14th century, the Ubud Monkey Forest in Bali is older than Indonesia. The original mission of the 10-hectare (25-acre) site, which is home to three temples, lush forests and hundreds of monkeys, was conservation and prayer in accordance with the Hindu principle of ‘tri hata karana’: harmony between humans, god and the…
Unstoppable rivers of molten rock flowed towards the sea after a new vent in the Cumbre Vieja volcano blew open on La Palma on Tuesday, closing in on a densely populated area of the Spanish island. The rivers of lava, up to six meters (nearly 20 feet) high, rolled down hillsides, burning and crushing everything…
“The customer is king” is a longstanding mantra that portrays the customer’s relevance and importance to any business and gives the seller or service provider the assurance of better service delivery. Consumer protection, the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace is taken very seriously…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday topped the table of COVID-19 infections in the country, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 393 cases and six COVID-19 related deaths. The agency, which disclosed the figures on its official website on Tuesday morning, indicated that the additional infections were an increase on the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 1,182 suspected cases of cholera had been recorded in 13 states, within one week. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Monday, in Abuja. According to Ihekweazu, the centre’s epidemiological report for week 36 — Sept. 6 to 12,…
