Even 007 can’t save a dismal year for Hollywood. The new James Bond movie, “No Time To Die,” on Friday became the latest blockbuster to be pushed into next year as the movie industry struggles to get back to business amid the coronavirus pandemic. Bond’s exit leaves “Wonder Woman 1984,” currently set to debut in December on Christmas Day, as one of the few big movies still on the 2020 slate. Other big-budget flicks, including Marvel’s “Black Widow” and a “Top Gun” sequel, also have been delayed until next year. “No Time to Die,” from MGM and Comcast Corp’s Universal…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases reached 59,127, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), recorded 126 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. The agency since the beginning of the outbreak in the country in February, more than 520, 797 samples have been tested by the agency. The health agency said with the latest update on the novel coronavirus in Nigeria, the tally of infected people in the country now stands at 59,127. The NCDC also discharged 141 patients from isolation centres across the country. It stated that the new cases were reported in…
Veteran forward Max Kruse scored for his sixth different Bundesliga club as Union Berlin thrashed hapless Mainz 05 4-0 on Friday, leaving the visitors pointless after three games. Joel Pohjanpalo also netted 35 seconds into his debut for the capital club. The 32-year-old Kruse returned to the Bundesliga this season after one year with Fenerbahce and needed only 13 minutes of his first start with Union to make his mark. Sheraldo Becker was sent clear down the right and Kruse met his cross with a powerful header at the far post to break the deadlock. Kruse squandered another good chance…
U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to a military hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the White House said on Friday, as his administration and election campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency. Trump, 74, will be moved to a special suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, for the next few days as a precautionary measure, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said. “Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the President will be working from the presidential offices…
The Zamfara State Government has directed all Secondary Schools in the state to include Agricultural Science-based subjects in their curriculum. The State Commissioner of Education, Dr Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this in Gusau on Friday while inaugurating a School Farm Programme and E-Quality Assurance Training, organised by the State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB). Abdullahi said “Governor Bello Matawalle has directed me to ensure that all secondary schools in the state include Agricultural Science-based subjects in their curriculum”. “This measure is to train students in various agricultural subjects for them to be exposed to various agricultural opportunities in future and make…
The Nigeria Young Farmers Network (NYFN) on Friday in Abuja, declared a state of emergency on unemployment, hunger, insecurity and every vice bedeviling the country at 60 years. Mr Promise Amahah, the Director-General (DG) and Chief Executive Officer of the network made the declaration at a rally tagged “#60yearslater: The journey of Agriculture and Youth Development” organised by NYFN to commemorate the nation’s 60th independence. Amahah said that at 60 years, the nation was still experiencing growing insecurity, lack of food, unemployment rate among others, but blamed it on failure to unlock the potential in agriculture through youth engagement. “We…
The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has comfirmed Mr. Ojo Olatunde as the substantive Clerk to the National Assembly, a statement from the NASC has indicated. The statement, issued by the Executive Chairman of NASC, Mr Ahmad Amshi, also named Mr Chinedu Akabueze as the substantive Clerk to the House of Representatives. The NASC Commission had on July 17 and 20 appointed Ojo and other top management staff to their different positions on acting capacity. Amshi, in the statement, said the confirmation of the officers was approved at NASC’s 506th meeting held on Sept 30. He said their appointments also…
The chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, has suggested the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in tackling security challenges nationwide. Addressing newsmen in Bauchi on Friday when officials of the party visited Governor Bala Mohammed, Tambuwal said the use of modern ICT gadgets would enhance detection of criminals and their locations. According to him, proper utilisatiom of high technology facilities will enable the taking of proactive steps to check the activities of criminals. He observed that Nigeria was under-policed, hence the need to recruit more security agents to boost…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Dr Funmi Adewara, a UK-based Nigerian Medical Doctor on winning World Bank SDGs And Her Global Award 2020. The president, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday said this feat has hoisted Nigeria’s flag proudly in the international arena once again. The award came in the same season that the President in his National Day broadcast just applauded Nigerian professionals at home and abroad, whom he said ranked among the very best in the world. Adewara is one of the seven winners of the award globally, among 2,400…
The Federal Government says the N75 billion Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) has been approved as part of efforts to harness the potential of Nigerian youth. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, made this known at an event in Abuja on Friday, to celebrate youth as Nigeria marks its 60th Independence Anniversary. The event, with the theme, “My Nigerian Dream”, was organised by the Ministry of Youth Sports Development in collaboration with a Non-Governmental Organisation, “I Choose Life Foundation”. Dare said it was President Muhammadu Buhari’s belief in the talent, skills and innovative ideas of the…