By JOY ADARA, Abuja – In continuation with its vision and strategy to ensure promptness, effectiveness and efficiency in the handling of emergency call services through the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on the deployment of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution. This bolstering...
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Russia has imposed sanctions on top U.S officials including President Joe Biden. Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced which announced the sanctions on Tuesday, said US President Joe Biden and at least 12 other top officials had been banned from entering the country in a reciprocal response to US sanctions. The...
The Kaduna State Government has directed all political appointees and public servants aspiring for political offices in the 2023 general elections to resign on or before March 31, 2022. This directive is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the state government, Balarabe Abbas, who said that...
Borno Government on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of a health worker with the General Hospital Gubio, Mr Bulama Geidam, by the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that ISWAP insurgents attacked Gubio on Wednesday at about 2a.m. and looted food items...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A veteran journalist and a presidential aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dele Momodu, on Wednesday in Maiduguri, said he is contesting for the 2023 presidential election to deliver what past and current leaders could not do due to...
Nollywood Actress, Kemi Afolabi, sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude and founder of Joy, Inc. to discuss her diagnosis, loss, and the impact of a deadly disease on her family and career. Sharing about the initial stages of the sickness and diagnosis, she said, “For my first three...
Search engine, Google on Wednesday celebrated Nigerian potter, Ladi Kwali, with a doodle on its home page. Kwali was an educator, ceramicist, glass worker, and potter, who helped introduce the international community to the beauty of Nigerian art through intricately decorated earthenware designs. She learnt pottery in her childhood...
It was the American author who was best known for his inspirational book, Life’s Little Instruction Book, Horace Jackson Brown Jr., better known as H. Jackson Brown, Jr. who said: Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition! So, it was for the Director General of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Governing Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), following the expiration of the tenure of the former board. This is according to a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by The Minister of Information and...
Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye Olarenwaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, has revealed that he wants to undergo a procedure to increase the silicon in his “boobs.” He made this known in a post which he made recently on his Instagram page. Immediately after making the post, many took to the...
VONa Communications has become the largest shareholder at Global Village Extra, thereby necessitating a change of name at the organisation. The website will hitherto change to voiceofnaija.ng, a shift from globalvillageextra.com, which followers and audience have been accustomed to for the past six years since operation kicked off. VONa, which...
All roads lead to the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday March 22 as Freedom Online, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing online newspapers, hosts its fourth annual lecture. A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Gabriel Akinadewo, says the Guest Speaker is Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Former...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has said the operational successes recorded by troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) in the North East and across other theatres of operations have received global recognition, particularly considering the drop in the global...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Sokoto State Arabic and Islamic Education Board, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and Sokoto State Zakkat and Waqf and Empowerment Commission with support from UNICEF have held a 2 day meeting with stakeholders in the state towards having a strategic action plan for...
Fire has destroyed an unconfirmed number of trucks parked at a facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The incident occurred on Monday morning at an exhibit dump of the anti-graft agency located at Iriebi in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area...
Lagos State Police Command has warned members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) against any planned protest in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Abiodun Alabi, gave the warning on Tuesday, saying the police will not condone any form of protest by any group....
Atletico Madrid drove the final nail in the coffin of a miserable season for Manchester United as Renan Lodi’s header sent the Spanish champions into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford to progress 2-1 on aggregate. The Brazilian full-back headed in unmarked at the...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Total trade in the fourth quarter of 2021 stood at N11,707.20 billion with exports trade value of N5,766.62 billion, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said. According to Statistician General of NBS, Simon B. Harry, in a press briefing Tuesday, the import trade...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun the sale of forms to aspirants vying for elective offices at its March 26 national convention. Mr Ismail Ahmed, National Youth Leader in the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) made this known on Tuesday in Abuja. He was speaking...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Some passers-by have rescued a newborn baby abandoned in a carton in Osogbo, Osun capital. The Coordinating Director, Osun State Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs, Mr Jide Falade, said in a statement that the baby was rescued on Feb. 25. According to...