African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has committed a two billion dollar facility to the “Africa Health Security Investment Plan” to support the health product manufacturing ambition of the continent. The commitment was made under a renewed partnership between Afreximbank and the Africa Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa...
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JOEL OLADELE,Abuja In a major milestone, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline group, has been crowned the winner of the prestigious ‘Best Entertainment in Africa’ and ‘Best Wi-Fi in Africa’ awards at the 2024 APEX Passenger Choice Awards. In a press release by the organization on Thursday, the airline’s commitment...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – In a major step towards boosting Nigeria’s oil and gas production, the NNPC-TotalEnergies JV has officially announced a 550 million USD Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Ubeta Field Development Project. The milestone is in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Presidential Executive...
The Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the death of its Welfare Secretary, Alhaja Ramota Bankole, as unfortunate and shocking. Bankole, one of the Lagos APC women leaders from Epe Division, died while performing Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Publicity Secretary of the party...
By GRACE AUDU (Health Correspondent0 – The World Health Organization (WHO), has issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, the type of medicines that are used for treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity in some countries. The alert addresses three falsified batches of product of semaglutide...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has enjoined all stakeholders in the region to intensify efforts towards eliminating Malaria from Nigeria. Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, represented by the Executive Director, Corporate Services, Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde during the Commission’s World...
Kogi State Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the November 11, 2023 election, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, has gone to the Federal Appeal Court, Abuja challenging the State Election Petition Tribunal judgement which affirmed Ahmed Usman Ododo of APC as elected governor of the state. . In the record...
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has charged Chairmen and members of Boards and Commissions to avoid corrupt practices, warning that it had no place in his administration. Governor Fintiri gave the charge at their swearing-in ceremony in Yola on Thursday. He said that transparency and accountability were not...
Some residents of Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have lamented the high cost of eggs, making it beyond their reach. The residents expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Nsukka while reacting to the present...
The Ondo State High Court in Akure on Thursday nullified the 33 Local Government Development Areas (LCDAs) created by late Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Delivering judgment, Justice A.O Adebusuoye, described the LCDAs as inchoate and not lawfully created. The court held that it was illegal for a governor to sign...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy, Badagry, Lagos State, on Thursday, handed over four sacks of cannabis sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Badagry. Lt.-Cdr. Bitus Zoaka, the Base Operations Officer, FOB, representing the Commanding Officer FOB, Navy Captain Augustus Amakiri,...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, on Thursday flagged off the construction of Gusau International Airport in Zamfara. Speaking at the construction site in Gusau, Keyamo promised to support the state in the actualisation of the project within the 30 months completion period. He...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Senate Committee on Police Affairs is set to step into the controversy between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Police Service Commission (PSC). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abdulamid Ahmed Mallamadori, who made this known on Thursday, said the Committee was inviting...
Young Educators Foundation, an NGO, has announced that Nigeria and Ghana will represent Africa at the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee, that will be hosted in the U.S. in 2025. Mrs Eugenia Tachie-Menson, Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, disclosed this in a statement made available to the...
A National Vice -Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Kamoru Ajisafe, has called on party stakeholders to do everything possible to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the Rivers chapter. Ajisafe, also South West Zonal Chairman of the party, made the call in an interview with the...
With an estimated population of over 14 million people, Kano Sate is bigger than many countries in Africa such as Togo (8.4 million) Benin Republic (13.4 million), Lesotho (2.4 million) Gabon (2.4 million), among others. During electioneering campaigns, it is said that the fear of Kano is the...
Panic as gunmen kill popular PoS operator in Ekiti Residents of Ado-Ekiti, the Capital City of Ekiti State were thrown into panic as unknown gunmen on Thursday morning killed a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, popularly known as Alfa Taofeek. This came barely three days after an Okada riders’...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday adjourned an amended money-laundering charge preferred against Ali Bello and his co-defendant, Daudu Sulaiman, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) until July 15. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the matter for trial continuation after the EFCC’s witness, Olom Otane...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State House of Assembly, has presented the bill for the establishment of Taraba State Geographic Information system (TAGIS) for public hearing. The bill that went through the first and second reading in the assembly had received a public hearing before the House...
The Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said the party is not behind the unfounded allegation accusing the Federal Government of creating crisis in Kano State. Aniebonam stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...