PRESS RELEASE FOR STEM FAIR ANAMBRA (2ND ANNUAL EDITION) AND WORLD SPACE WEEK ANAMBRA 2019 HELD IN ANAMBRA STATE BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 10TH OCTOBER 2019, THE FIANL BEING AT ST JOHN OF GOD SCHOOL, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE BACKGROUND Two organizations focused on the development of Science Education Engineering... Read more
The 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture will hold on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, the organisers said Friday in a statement. The Lecture, according to News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna, “will focus attention on Nigeria’s economic cum developmental challenges... Read more
On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, DC – Today marks the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, also known as National Day. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) continues to urge the U.S. government to take decisive action against the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing campaign of repression against Uighur... Read more
USCIRF Statement on International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
WASHINGTON, DC – On the first “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief,” declared by the United Nations General Assembly for August 22nd to condemn continuing violence and acts of terrorism targeting individuals, including persons belonging to religious minorities, on the basis... Read more
First Bank Convenes SME Week, Reinforces Support For The Engine Of The Economy
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, as part of the launch of its specialized SME propositions, has announced the convening of its SME Week scheduled to hold in the week 5 – 9 August 2019. Customers and non-customers of First Bank can expect to participate in a wide range of events... Read more
*GENOCIDE ON THE HORIZON* To: *His Excellence* *Mr António Guterres* *(GCC GCL)* *Secretary General,* *United Nation* To: *United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect* *New York, USA* *GENOCIDE ON THE HORIZON. CALL FOR URGENT UNITED NATION INTERVENTION IN NIGERIA* The Yoruba Council of Elders Europe... Read more
USCIRF Statement on State Department’s Creation of “Commission on Unalienable Rights”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2019   WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) applauds today’s announcement by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo that the U.S. Department of State has created the Commission on Unalienable Rights, a new commission to provide the Secretary of... Read more
First Bank Promotes Career Development For Staff
Lagos, 2 July 2019. Nigeria’s premier Bank and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, recently concluded the maiden edition of its Leadership Acceleration Programme (LAP). The event, filled with the smiles and excitement of the 71 graduands was held on Friday, 28 June 2019 at the... Read more
USCIRF Calls on Houthi Court in Yemen to Overturn Death Sentence for Religious Prisoner of Conscience Hamid bin Haydara
PRESS RELEASE July 1, 2019   WASHINGTON, DC – Andy Khawaja, Commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), today called on the Houthi appellate court to overturn the death sentence, to drop all charges, and to release religious prisoner of conscience Hamid bin Haydara at tomorrow’s hearing.... Read more
PRESS STATEMENT      The attention of the MIDWEST MOVEMENT, the pan-Edo/Delta group of distinguished sons and daughters drawn from the Ethnic Nationalities of the old Midwestern Region, has been drawn to the renewed plot by the Federal Government to forcefully or tacitly annex swaths of lands belonging to... Read more