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Pennsylvania’s two-month-old coronavirus exposure notification app can now be used by mobile phone users as young as 13 as health officials work to stop the virus’ spread in schools around the state, officials said Monday. The app, named COVID AlertPa, had previously been limited to people 18 and over. “By expanding the age range, middle- and high-school students will be able to add their phones to the fight and help in contact tracing that occurs in their schools if a positive case is identified,” state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said at a virtual news conference. A parent or legal…

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s move to give nationality to thousands of children born to Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers. The first children, out of some 10,000 children whose citizenship applications have so far been accepted, received their long-awaited Iranian identity document – known as a ‘Shenasnameh’, last month. According to the Government of Iran, nearly 75,000 children at risk of becoming statelessness are eligible for Iranian citizenship under a new nationality law, which was amended in 2019 to allow children under 18 years to apply for the identity documents. During…

Lagos Traffic Radio has recognised seven members of Staff for their creativity and innovative ideas towards the actualisation of the modest achievement of the organisation in the year 2020, issuing them Letters of Commendation. The General Manager of the Station, Mr. Tayo Akanle, who announced this at the November Staff Forum held over the weekend, presented the Letters of Commendation to the Officers, charging them to do more. Akanle thanked the officers for supporting the Mission, Vision and Core Values of the Station by adding value through their unique contributions which enhanced smooth commuting of listeners in the State. He…

Leading Nigerian pasta brand, Crown Premium Pasta, has unveiled top Nollywood actress and movie producer, Chioma Akpotha, as its brand ambassador. The actress, who has won notable awards including the African Movie Academy Award, was unveiled by Crown Flour Mill Limited, the makers of Crown Premium Pasta, at a contract signing event held on Sunday, November 15, 2020, in Lekki, Lagos.  She said, “Like all other amazing brands under Crown Flour Mill Ltd, Crown Premium Pasta is a healthy and great quality product made to delight every family. There’s truly nothing greater than getting to be a part of something…

Honourable Tele Ogunjobi has been conferred with the Waziri Musulumi of Ijebuland by the League of Imams and Alfa’s of Ijebu Land on Sunday 29th, November, 2020. According to the Secretary of the League of Imams, Alhaji Ejalonibu, he said “today, 29th of November, 2020 marks another step in the history of Islam in Ijebuland as Asiwaju Oloruntele Abdul-Rasheed Ogunjobi and Alhaja Tawakalitu Omowunmi Ogunjobi were presented a letter of honor of the titles of the Wazir Musulumi of Ijebuland and Otun Iya-Adinni of Ijebuland (Muslim)” The presentation of letter to the first Waziri of Ijebuland was led by secretary…

Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has lambasted the United States, United Kingdom Ambassadors to Nigeria and the International Criminal Court (ICC), over their silence in the recent massacres in Obigbo, Rivers and Borno States. Kanu lamented that these nations and the international organisations have maintained grave silence in the face of extrajudicial killings around the country. In a statement through Kanu, Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, Kanu said nobody appears to care about those being killed. “It is now clear the international community no longer care about victims of state orchestrated mass murder…

LAGOS- Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has said that the issue of insecurity in the country can only be resolved through restructuring and building a strong economy. Adam’s while speaking with DAILY INDEPENDENT on Sunday said that the issue on ground in the country had gone beyond insecurity. He stressed that poverty had remained a huge challenge, pointing out that if there is no sound economy, no food on the table, no matter the security structure on ground, it would not work. Aare maintained that for the country to have a very strong economy it would need to be …

In the light of COVID-19, FirstBank has launched the FastTrack ATM, a Next Generation ATM and first of its kind in Africa, designed to promote financial activities on the ATM devoid of any form of physical interaction with the machine. The introduction of the FastTrack ATM which is done in partnership with Inlaks enables customers carry out cash withdrawals without having to touch the interface of the ATM. With the FastTrack ATM, widely referred to as Touchless Solution, the customer carries out the transaction by using his or her mobile phone to perform the needed steps designed originally for implementation on…

FBNHoldings Group has won big at the 2020 Great Place To Work Award ceremony held last week Friday in Lagos. The Holdings Company along with its subsidiary companies; First Bank of Nigeria Ltd, FBNQuest Merchant Bank and FBNQuest Capital won various awards at the prestigious event. FBN Holdings Plc received a Platinum Certification as a Great Workplace further attesting to the quality of its people practices. It also received the award for the Best Workplace for Millennials; this has become evident with a high percentage of its workforce in this age category and the targeted HR initiatives to drive engagement…

Nollywood industry has gotten another boost internationally with the Award For Excellence In Cinema, to one of African greatest movie maker, Ambassador Lancelot Oduwarene Imasuen by the Marwah Studios International New Delhi India. The award that came all the way from New Delhi, the capital city of India, the home of Bollywood that is the second largest movie industry in the world just behind Hollywood is a great testimony of how impactful the veteran filmmaker has been in Africa for the past 25 years. The International Film and Television Club, 13th Global Film Festival Noida 2020, decided to honor Lancelot…