The Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. This follows the resignation of the founder, Streak, the former national team skipper and coach, from the Trust’s operations. The academy will remain operational, carrying its mandate of cricket development countrywide, as provided for in their mission statement. Streak fell from grace this week […]
Uyo — Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has blamed government officials and some stakeholders in the Niger Delta region for the past failures of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to deliver on its mandate. Akpabio, who is the supervisory minister of the NDDC, also identified corruption, weak governance and institutional weaknesses, […]
The new national dress was endorsed by President Mnangagwa who sees it fostering a sense of patriotism, national identity, sovereignty and pride among Zimbabweans. First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa officially launched the national fabric in Harare yesterday at the provincial level and the event was embraced by many people. The function was attended by Vice […]
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Friday said since the COVID-19 vaccination programme was officially rolled out on March 15, 2021 in Nigeria, 8,439 mild Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) had been reported. It also said 52 cases of moderate to severe incidents of AEFI had been reported. The executive director of NPHCDA, […]
Political activists and civic organisations sponsored by the MDC Alliance to engage in illegal demonstrations dubbed “The Winter Jest” over the Independence Day weekend have been told that security services are on high alert and will enforce all the laws, including the Covid-19 anti-gathering health regulations. Some local and international organisations are reportedly providing funds […]
Abuja — The federal government has stressed that the 25 million Nigerians to be electrified through the ongoing N240 million Solar Home System project have to pay some fair bills. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, according to a statement, made this clear at the recent launch of 100,000 Solar Home System in Jangefe community, Kazuare Emirate, […]
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, on Friday disclosed that the ports in the country had attained 70 per cent digitalisation. Bello made this known at a news conference on the first quarter activities of the council in Lagos. He said that the 70 per cent digitalisation was lower than 90 […]
Deputy President William Ruto has sensationally claimed he is considering dumping Jubilee because the ruling political outfit is currently managed by drunkards. In an explosive interview on Citizen TV on Thursday night, an emotional DP also all but confirmed his political association with President Uhuru Kenyatta is over while explaining he will be banking on […]
Tomorrow, the nation celebrates Independence Day. It is good that we are youth who grew up in an environment that has already been made perfect for us. No need to adjust or adapt to the environment, everything was made perfect for us. We found Zimbabwe with her beautiful nature, valleys, mountains and fruits that feed […]
Plans are underway in Seychelles for the construction of a new Drug Rehabilitation Centre on the site of a previous centre which burned down 10 years ago. The construction of a new rehabilitation centre for addicts will be possible through a budget allocation of $1.7 million financed by the government of the United Arabs Emirates. […]
Zimbabwean surgeons have been authorised to help separate conjoined twins from Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon following international endorsements of the country’s processes. The appeal from the two countries follows the successful operations carried out at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital early this year and another in 2014. Minister of Health and Child Care, Vice President Constantino […]
Lagos State topped other states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020, realising a total of N418.99 billion in the year. This is indicated in the National Bureau of Statistics’ Published Internally Generated Revenue for State level for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020. It showed […]
Tomorrow, Zimbabwe will mark yet another milestone, the 41st Independence Anniversary, and what a journey it has been since April 18, 1980. Zimbabwe became an independent State after a liberation war that removed the racist Rhodesian government, which had made blacks second class citizens in their motherland. Now, the country is free, the people are […]
Parents of abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State, have indicated their resolve to negotiate with bandits for the release of the students, citing loss of confidence in government’s effort occasioned by its seemingly lethargic approach to the impasse. They have, therefore, dared the state government to arrest them […]
Maiduguri — Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has donated branded Tinubu rice to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State. The gesture, is to cushion the hardship faced by thousands of IDPs during the Holy Month of Ramadan fasting. The 10,000 bags of 15kg which is to be distributed […]
The national dress plays a symbolic role in the preservation of national values, culture and identity, as seen yesterday during the provincial launch of the national fabric spearheaded by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa. Unlike other countries in the region, Zimbabwe was among the few without their national dress, hence the First Lady’s intervention which was […]
Abuja — Few years ago, any economic pundit that thought of the possibility of a privately-owned petroleum refinery that would have the capacity to meet the needs of Nigeria’s downstream sector, and still export to neighboring countries, would have been tagged a dreamer; hallucinating in the reveries of fantasies. Even if the prediction came out […]