By Ayomide Otitoju Three months ago, I declared an end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency, although I said that it remains a global health threat. Since then, the number of reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths globally has continued to decline. However, the number of countries reporting data to WHO has also declined significantly….
Zenith Bank Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat for the development of the SMARTAfCFTA Portal, for trade promotion within the African continent. The bank said in a statement that, the SMARTAfCFTA Portal had the capacity to provide information like trade indicators, market trends, custom tariffs, trade…
Nine bodies have been found in the smouldering ruins of a holiday home for disabled people that caught fire in eastern France, a chief firefighter says. Two more people were missing and feared dead after Wednesday’s blaze.“We are looking for the bodies of those who could not leave the building,” Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Hauwiller, who…
The Director-General of World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said yesterday that President Bola Tinubu was committed to improving the lives of Nigerians.She also said as the person at the helm of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, she would, alongside her team, do her best to support Nigeria at this difficult time. Okonjo-Iweala stated…
Facts have emerged on the circumstances surrounding the death of founder of Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju Lagos Pastor Taiwo Odukoya.Odukoya, according to the church, died in the United States of America (USA) on Monday at 67. Though the church didn’t disclose how he died, The Nation gathered the respected preacher had health issues mainly…
President Bola Tinubu has not ruled out military intervention, the presidency has said, ahead of a West African coalition’s crisis summit in Abuja on Thursday. Tinubu, who also chairs the bloc ECOWAS, still believes diplomacy is the “best way forward” to resolve the crisis, according to his spokesman. So far efforts by ECOWAS and the…
A gunman opened fire in central Tel Aviv and killed an Israeli police inspector before he was shot dead by a responding officer. Amateur video circulated online of police and civilians on Saturday running through the cafe-lined streets in the seaside metropolis.Police identified the gunman as Kamel Abu Bakr, 27, from a village near the…
France will support efforts by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to make the military coup in Niger fail, the French foreign ministry said on Saturday. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna met with Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou and the Niger ambassador in Paris on Saturday.Earlier, Colonna said the coup leaders in Niamey had until…
The Lagos State Police Command, on Saturday, said three persons have been arrested over the unfortunate death of a medical doctor, Vwaere Diaso, at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos-Island, last Tuesday.Spokesman for the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, told Channels Television that the the three suspects are currently at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti. “Three…
