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Instant messaging app, Telegram, has launched a video call service as part of activities marking its seventh anniversary.Instant messaging app, Telegram, has launched a video call service as part of activities marking its seventh anniversary.In a blogpost, the company said the video feature was added in response to the need for face-to-face communication as the world goes virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.“2020 highlighted the need for face-to-face communication, and our alpha version of video calls is now available on both Android and iOS.“You can start a video call from your contact’s profile page, and switch video on or off…

Dr Andrew Kwasari, Presidential Aide says at least 2.4 million households will benefit from the FG ’s post COVID-19 stimulus package .To ensure food security for citizens, at least 2.4 million households will benefit from the Federal Government’s post COVID-19 stimulus package, a presidential aide says.Dr Andrew Kwasari, Senior Special Assistant (SSA), to the President on Agriculture, disclosed this in an interview on Sunday in Abuja.Kwasari was speaking against the backdrop of the number of projects anchored by the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Committee (NESC), to secure the economy against the effects of COVID-19.The NESP, set up by President Muhammadu Buhari…

Today, we are celebrating the 80th birthday of our legend, a political educator, philosopher, an erudite scholar, knowledgeable, well informed, cultured, civilized and a symbol of intellectualism. Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, OFR, is a former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, and the only Ijebu son that served twice in the Federal Executive Council. J.M.K is an effective political leader which leadership style focuses on coalition and building. A communicator per excellence, an organizer, a political strategist of no equal. J.M.K’s Intellectual drive and Knowledge combined with his humility is first in excellence and top quality. As a student…

Hon (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu has joined other eminent Nigerians to wish the notable Ogun State political leader, Alhaji Jubril Martins-Kuye OFR, a happy birthday as he clocks 80, August 16, 2020.In a congratulatory message signed by the Media Director, Afolabi Orekoya, Adebutu acknowledged and honoured the former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance describing him as a peace loving man whose devotion to the progress of humanity is not only unquantifiable but legendary.”You have been steadfast in the economic betterment of humanity which have endeared you to the downtrodden. You are a man of exemplary honour and leadership consistency. I join other…

The member representing Somolu Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. Ademorin Kuye; the wife of the Lagos socialite, Sikiru Kunle Atoyegbe, a fabric Marchant, who is also the Iya Egbe Obayori, Chief (Mrs) Morounkeji Atoyegbe; members of Egbe Obayori and others, rolled out drums of encomium for the Chairman/CEO Azukem Group of Company, and the Giwa Egbe Obayori Okunrin Akile Ijebu “Kuye”, Giwa Alhaji Suraju Lasisi, as he marks 41 birthday.Excerpt:★Hon. Ademorin Aliu Kuye poured the encomium on Giwa Azury in a congratulatory message, marking the Giwa’s 41st birthday on 16 August 2020. The congratulatory message which…

Some survivors of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says mental health is key to defeating the virus.The COVID-19 survivors said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja.Ms Mary Adenuga, 29, and a lawyer said that she recovered from the infection having tested positive on July 17. She said that she experienced severe chest pains, extreme fatigue, lack of appetite and a high fever.“After eventually going through with the test, I spent 14 days at home in self-isolation while waiting for the test results.“My worst fear was confirmed when the results…

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has charged the state’s anti graft agency, not to compromise in the fight against corruption no matter who is involved.Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has charged the state’s Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission, not to compromise in the fight against corruption no matter who is involved.Ganduje gave the charge while on a visit to the commission’s office in Kano on Saturday.According to him, the Federal Government cannot alone fight corruption hence the replication of the anti-graft agency at the state and local government levels.He said: “Whosoever falls into the commission’s trap should…

Senegal’s COVID-19 cases surpassed the 12,000-mark, on Saturday, after 160 more cases were reported by the country’s Health Ministry.Out of 1,886 tests conducted in the past 24 hours in two qualified labs, the ministry received 160 positive results on Friday, bring the total number of COVID-19 cases to 12,032 in Senegal.According to the spokesperson of the ministry, Dr Mamadou Ndiaye, the newly confirmed cases contain 67 follow-up contact cases, two imported ones detected at airport, and 91 community transmission cases.Senegal has been reporting more community transmission cases than follow-up contact cases since over a week.This is due to the Tabaski…

The Federal Government says the funds it has borrowed so far are justifiable because they are being used for the development of critical infrastructure that will benefit NigeriansThe Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this at the Obafemi Awolowo terminal end of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project.The ministers were accompanied by the officials of the Nigeria Railway Corporation NRC) the contractor handling the project – China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and a team of journalists.“There is no better way to answer Nigerians as to what we have done with the money we borrowed, than this project…

Train on Abuja-Kaduna routeThe Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday said it was collaborating with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to train its personnel on passenger screening at train stations.NRC’s Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria, said this at the closing ceremony and graduation of the corporation’s screeners, after a training programme.The managing director said that the corporation was passionate about the security of its staff and passengers at railways stations.“We are modernising, and those facilities we don’t normally have in our stations, we are now bringing them in.“We are talking of walkthrough scanners and luggage scanners. We are…