The Covid-19 pandemic has affected learning opportunities for about seven hundred and seventy-three million young people and adults around the world. So says the United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation, UNESCO, in a statement to mark this year’s International Day for Literacy. UNESCO said that the problem is because many national response plans at the beginning of…
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympic Games have said that people will not be allowed into the venues to watch the competition live. The move is in reaction to growing concerns and a state of emergency on the Covid-19 pandemic, which is still threatening Japan. The country’s Olympic Minister, Tamayo Marukawa, announced that most of the Olympic Games…
The G7 summit has started in Cornwall, England, with Boris Johnson urging fellow leaders to build back better as the world recovers from the Covid pandemic. The UK Prime Minister said it was vital to learn from the mistakes of the 2008 financial crisis and tackle inequality. The distribution of Covid vaccines is also high on the…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, UDOM EMMANUEL, has inaugurated newly elected chairmen and vice chairmen of the thirty-one local government councils in the state. Governor EMMANUEL performed the inauguration at a ceremony in the state capital, Uyo, and charged them to go back and constituted their various legislative councils. The Governor also advised people of Akwa Ibom State…