No spectators will be allowed to watch the Olympic matches at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium and the Sapporo Dome, the Tokyo 2020 Organising committee announced in Tokyo on Saturday. The organisers had on Thursday decided to host all the Olympics without fans at venues in Tokyo and the three surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and…
By Ruth Oketunde The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Abuja and District Society, on Saturday in Abuja, inaugurated its new executive committee with Alhaji Abdulrasheed Balogun emerging as its 11th Chairman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 14-member committee is expected to lead the society from 2021 to 2022. Speaking…
By News Agency of Nigeria NAN Nigeria is a signatory to the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Water, which entitles its citizens to sufficient, affordable, safe, and acceptable water for personal and domestic uses. While 75 per cent of the urban population is served by improved water supply, often people will collect water…
By Nabilu Balarabe Gov. Mai Mala-Buni of Yobe and Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has promised to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in Kwara. Mala-Buni stated this in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, on Saturday in Damaturu. The statement said the governor…
The Federal Government approved the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in November 2020, and deposited the instrument of ratification on Dec/ 15, 2020, thus becoming the 34th State Party to ratify the treaty. AfCFTA is projected to benefit the country by creating larger market access, free movement of labour, goods,…
By Ismail AbdulazizRelief came to communities in Kogi State as the Transport Division of the Dangote Cement Plc rolled out a plethora of community intervention activities to mark its ‘Sustainability Function’ for 2021. Dangote Cement had doled out billions of Naira in its ‘highly structured’ community relations schemes over the years, one of which is…
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says his ministry is working with ministries of finance, budget and national planning to lower interest and lending rates to reduce housing deficit in the country. Fashola made the assertion at the third edition of Lafarge Africa Plc Quarterly webinar – Concrete Ideas….
According to reports, Katsina United star forward Samuel Nnoshiri has agreed deal to join Spanish side Real Oviedo.Nnoshiri and his management held talks with the club last week and latest reports suggested that deal has now been agreed.The reports stated further that he will put pen to paper for two-year and half year deal with…
Nasarawa united in form striker Adamu Hassan has stated that the NPFL title race has turned into calculation for teams in the top quadrant of the league stressing that at this point teams monitor each other and wish others bad results.Adamu who netted in his side’s third consecutive game in Thursday’s 3-1 Aiteo cup round…
