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HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
June 22, 2021

Cavendish University appoints Goodluck Jonathan new chancellor

Mr Jonathan holds a PhD in Zoology from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and has served in political capacities before becoming Nigeria’s president in 2010.

Former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
June 21, 2021

Thousands sign petition to stop Amazon’s Jeff Bezos from returning to earth

The Bezos brothers will take an 11-minute flight to the edge of space with the winner of the Blue Origin auction for a seat in the New Shepard spacecraft.

Jeff Bezos
June 21, 2021

Dangote City, Eko Atlantic national assets: Senate

Senate has declared the Dangote, Lekki, Alaro City and the Lagos Free Trade Zones, which make up the Lekki mega free zone and the Eko Atlantic free zone, as national assets.

June 18, 2021

Antonio Guterres secures second term as UN Secretary General

Mr Guterres began his tenure as the ninth Secretary-General of the UN on January 1, 2017 and will be ending on December 31 this year.

António Guterres
June 17, 2021

Ex-Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda dies at 97

The Zambian government has declared 21 days of national mourning with flags flying at half mast and all entertainment events suspended.

June 17, 2021

Nigeria’s unemployment rate rising dramatically: IMF

Nigeria’s unemployment rate hit a record of 33.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2020, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics.

President Muhammadu Buhari, and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of IMF
June 17, 2021

Seeking media stranglehold, Lai Mohammed demands total control of NBC revenue

Seeking a media stranglehold, information minister Lai Mohammed has demanded the federal government’s total control of NBC’s revenue.

Lai Mohammed
June 16, 2021

INEC announces 56,872 new polling units ahead of 2023 elections

With the announcement, Nigeria now has a total of 176,846 polling units.

INEC chariman Professor Mahmood Yakubu and voters on queue
June 16, 2021

MTN warns customers nationwide insecurity may disrupt service

MTN Nigeria has warned its customers that the country’s nationwide insecurity may affect its service delivery.

June 15, 2021

It’s misinformation that Igbos are marginalised: Gov. Umahi

It is misinformation that the Igbos are marginalised, says Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi.

Umahi, Buhari, and IPOB