May 28, 2021

DreamsAlive: Making US Nursing Recruitments Easier

DreamsAlive: Making United States Nursing Recruitment Easier

A new and better avenue has come up for qualified nurses, nursing school graduates and Laboratory Scientists who are seeking temporary or permanent employment in the United States. The DreamsAlive Health Consult initiative is currently making things easy for the nursing and laboratory science sector employment seekers.

The DreamsAlive Health Consult initiative, through her website, has released a few guidelines and steps for Nurses and Laboratory Scientists who are searching for an opportunity to work in the United States. The offer is open to qualified candidates from all African countries.

With their numerous support structures, prospective employees would be able …

NDDC: Akpabio Appeals To Protesting Ijaw Youths For Peace

NDDC: Akpabio Appeals To Protesting Ijaw Youths For Peace

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has appealed to the protesting Ijaw youths to sheath their swords and allow peace to reign.

Recall that the Ijaw Youths Council had on Thursday staged a nationwide protest, shutting down all the NDDC offices in the country in demand for a constitution of substantive NDDC board members.

The Minister, according to a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Anietie Ekong and issued to our Correspondent in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Friday, immediately met with the angry youths and appealed for calm.

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We’ve Paid Dissolved N-Power Batches – FG

We’ve Paid Dissolved N-Power Batches – FG

The Federal Government has said that all the outstanding payments to the dissolved Batches A and B beneficiaries of N-Power programme have been paid.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

She also revealed that the ministry is set to conclude the new enrollments of one million beneficiaries under Batch C of the social investment programme which began in early 2020.

She explained that the one million new batch would be in phases with two streams …

Nigeria Needs A New Constitution – Niger Delta Congress

Nigeria Needs A New Constitution – Niger Delta Congress

The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has presented its position to the Senator Betty Apiafi-chaired Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

The organisation demanded a new constitution for Nigeria and insisted restructuring will pave the way for economic and political autonomy for the Niger Delta.

A statement by Ovunda Eni, the spokesperson of the congress in Rivers, said the NDC, among other recommendations, called for the removal of 45 items from the Exclusive Legislative list.

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These include the Police, arms …

Latest India Cyclone Kills Nine, Thousands Left Homeless

Latest India Cyclone Kills Nine, Thousands Left Homeless

Thousands of people were homeless after a cyclone battered Covid-ravaged India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing nine people including four children.

Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they are becoming more frequent and severe as climate change warms sea temperatures.

Barely a week after Cyclone Tauktae claimed at least 155 lives in western India, Cyclone Yaas forced the evacuation of more than 1.5 million people in the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha.

The storm hit on Wednesday with torrential rain and howling winds gusting up to 155 kilometres (96 miles) an …

Cameroon Friendly Good Test For Super Eagles - Rohr

Cameroon Friendly Good Test For Super Eagles – Rohr

Rohr said it becomes imperative to keep his wards in shape, following the postponement of the first and second matchdays of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, adding that Cameroon is an ideal fixture to bring out the best in his side.

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Macron's Speech ‘More Valuable Than An Apology’ - Kagame

Macron’s Speech ‘More Valuable Than An Apology’ – Kagame

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has hailed a speech by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron recognising France’s role and responsibility in the 1994 genocide.

‘His words were something more valuable than an apology. They were the truth,’ he told a joint press conference after the two leaders met in Kigali.

Macron said he ‘recognises’ France’s role which included backing the former genocidal regime in Rwanda and ignoring warnings of the impending massacres which left some 800,000 mostly Tutsis dead.

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His highly anticipated speech did not contain a formal apology, but he went …

NNPC Seeks To Acquire 20% Stake In Dangote Refinery

NNPC Seeks To Acquire 20% Stake In Dangote Refinery

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed interest in purchasing a 20 per cent minority equity stake in Dangote Refinery, Lagos, reputed to be Africa’s biggest oil refining facility and the world’s largest single-train plant.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) integrated refinery, expected to process a variety of light and medium grades of crude, including petrol and diesel as well as jet fuel and polypropylene is owned by Nigeria’s Dangote Group and is worth about $15 billion.

It is designed to produce up to 50 million litres of petrol and 15 …

Akufo-Addo, Buhari, Meet Behind Closed Doors

Akufo-Addo, Buhari, Meet Behind Closed Doors

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met behind closed doors with his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The agenda of the meeting was not disclosed to State House correspondents at the time of filing this report.

Akufo-Addo, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was speculated to have come to discuss issues concerning the sub-region with the Nigerian leader

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The Ghanaian leader also used the opportunity of the visit to …

AGF Malami Reveals Alleged Financiers Of Sunday Igboho

Repatriated Fund Goes To CBN, Not AGF’s Office – Malami

Amid allegations flying around that a whopping N2B was paid to his office from the repatriated Ibori loot, the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has come out to defend himself saying that recovered funds are not channelled to his office.

Malami said that the Federal Government has a designated account at the Central Bank of Nigeria for all recovered assets to be domiciled.

There had been the widespread accusations that the AGF’s office benefitted to the tune of N2B from the recently repatriated money from the United Kingdom for undisclosed services.

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We’re Targeting At Least 3M Children For Free Feeding - Buhari

We’re Targeting At Least 3M Children For Free Feeding – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, stated that his administration was expanding the homegrown school feeding programme by targeting additional three million children for a free daily meal.

The President made the disclosure at an event to mark the 2021 Children’s Day celebration organised by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Social Development Secretariat in Abuja.

Represented by the FCT Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello, the President said the menace of out-of-school children was being given attention through a comprehensive programme where the affected kids are enrolled in school and supported to continue their education wherever they are.

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Governor Uzodinma: The Chief Executive Thief Of Imo State

Governor Uzodinma: The Chief Executive Thief Of Imo State

Two weeks ago, many critical observers were shocked when Governor Hope Uzodinma came out to read the riot act to his appointees where he assured them that ‘looting’ would attract consequences in his administration; the irony of his determination to rid the State of graft was just too amusing knowing fully well that the Omuna born former Member of the House of National Assembly is the epitome of the rot itself; the exact reflection of what is entirely wrong with Nigeria. To be more succinct, if anyone should be credited with anti-graft comments, Uzodinma should never be considered.

Given Uzodinma’s …