Many Nigerian students trapped in Sumy, Ukraine have called for urgent evacuation back home amid a Russian invasion. Sumy, in North-East Ukraine, is close to the Russian border. The Federal government has evacuated more than 1,000 Nigerians who made it out of Ukraine to neigbouring countries such as Poland...
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Following the scarcity of fuel in cities across the country, the situation in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has taken a different dimension as residents now sleep in filling stations in anticipation of arrival of tankers laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The scarcity, which...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – At the end of a two-day National Stakeholders Summit recently held in Abuja by Ashcraft Centre for Social Science Research, stakeholders who participated have suggested ways to stamp out the challenges of infrastructure vandalism and destruction of business assets in Nigeria. In a communiqué...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Usman kadafur has commended the Directorate of state Security Service for discussing wide range of security issues with regard to the lingering insecurity crisis in the north-east during their quarterly security conference held in Maiduguri weekend. Hon. Kadufur gave...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (YSCHMA) on Saturday flagged off one month mass social mobilisation campaign with Keke Napep Riders Association using strategic and targeted messaging for wider public. Flagging off the campaign in Damaturu, the Executive Secretary of YSCHMA, Dr Babagana Tijjani,...
If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Chapters of the Àll Progressives Congress APC in Sokoto State have insisted that, there is not faction in the party as far as they are concerned. Addressing newsmen on Saturday at the party secretariat, the secretary of...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says with the evolvement of technology, there is the need to equip Nigerians with the requisite knowledge and skills to drive innovations to solve challenges. Osinbajo made this known in Abuja on Saturday, at the 2021/2022 First Lego League (FLL) Championship in Robotics with the theme:...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, has ordered the arrest of all persons involved in sharing some kegs containing PMS (petrol) as souvenirs in a party. Recall that the Kegs of petrol were seen handed to guests at the installation of Pearl Chidinma...
Sadio Mane’s close-range finish earned Liverpool a nervy 1-0 win over West Ham as the Reds closed the gap on English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City to three points. West Ham are one of only two teams to have defeated the Reds in all competitions this term and...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will blacklist any vendors or its agents who violate its rules for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise. The Registrar of the board, Prof Is’haq Oloyede, stated this in Ibadan on Saturday, while monitoring the registration exercise at...
Nigeria has evacuated 807 of its citizens from war-raged Ukraine as at Saturday. The evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja in three flights. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the first batch of 450 Nigerians stranded in Ukraine arrived aboard Max Air flight 747...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment’s (NDE) over the weekend trained no fewer than entrepreneurs in Cross River State under its Enterprises and Finance Counselling Clinic. The 5-day training programmes was designed to equip aspiring entrepreneurs to master the various skills needed to succeed in...
Back in the days, as an undergraduate interested in nation-building and enthronement of true political leadership in Nigeria; I cherished two leadership recruitment quotes. The first is from the United States of America born Jim Collins, a very strong human resource development expert and the other, from Niccolò di...
Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo has said some presidential aspirants for next year’s general elections should be in jail if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) did their jobs effectively. Obasanjo stated this while speaking during an...
Two Nigerian twin sisters, Taiwo and Kehinde, have caused a stir online. The twins got some people on Twitter fascinated today after Kehinde shared their photos to celebrate their birthday. The disparity in their skin tone got so many people talking as they were amazed to see such distinction in...
Mrs Bukola Ajayi, a legal practitioner, says adultery is the most common reason divorce-seeking spouses have cited for the dissolution of their marriages. “Ninety-five per cent of those seeking a divorce in courts made allegations of adultery against their spouses,’’ she said. Adultery is the most difficult breach of trust...
Mercy Aigbe, the Nollywood actress, has reacted to the accusation that she had an extramarital affair with her now-husband, Kazim Adeoti while she was married to ex, Lanre Gentry. Kazim Adeoti’s first wife, Oluwafunsho had accused Aigbe of sleeping with Kazim when her son was 5 months old and she...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has participated in a novelty match played at the 5 Aside football pitch of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The event which is part of activities marking his 85th birthday celebration, drew the presence of the 91-year-old President of...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has assured Nigerians that the year 2022 will see peace returning to all troubled parts of the country. Gen. Irabor gave the assurance on Saturday in Abuja at the 2022 International Military Sports Council’s Day Run for the armed forces and...