By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Director -General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh on Tuesday donated relief items, COVID-19 Personal Protection Equipments (PPEs) and other rapid testing kits worth millions of naira to Borno,...
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…As bill to regulate payment mode passes second reading By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A bill seeking to make the annual payment of rent illegal in the Federal Capital Territory has scaled second reading in the Senate. Tagged: “A Bill for the Regulation of Advanced Rent on Residential Apartments,...
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of no-interview-visa-renewal services with a view to assisting non-immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria who have qualified to renew their visas. The U.S Mission in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement by its Public Affairs Department on Tuesday. It stated that...
The West African Examinations Council has urged schools intending to enroll candidates for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to adhere to the new Feb. 12 deadline to do so. The council’s Head, National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, said early registration would give the council...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government remains committed to honouring promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent disruptive strikes, engender uninterrupted academic programmes and improve funding of education institutions. The President made the pledge on Tuesday in Abuja...
Prof. Efihraim Idyorough of Department of Sociology, University of Jos, has suggested possible ways to end the lingering crisis between the Jukuns and Tivs in the country. Idyorough, a professor of Social Works, gave the suggestion while delivering the 100th inaugural lecture of the university, on Tuesday in Jos....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Borno State Government has promised to render all necessary support and assistance to the National Examinations Council (NECO) to enable her deliver on its mandate. The Governor of the state, Babagana Zulum made the pledge during a courtesy visit by the Registrar/Chief Executive of...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the rumours making the rounds about him being the running mate to presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Wike stated this on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting of Rivers State PDP Chapter...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Tuesday, tendered the judgment of a court, convicting Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team to prison in evidence against former Head of Service, Stephen Oronsaye at the Federal High Court, Abuja. At the resumed trial on Tuesday, the Prosecution...
Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday resumed flying Boeing 737 MAX plane with opinions divided on the airline’s first flight using the model since a crash three years ago forced regulators to ground the fleet globally. In March 2019, a flight to Nairobi crashed in a field six minutes after take-off...
The absence of John Idumange, who raised an alarm over alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture loan by government officials was on Monday stalled in a High Court in Yenogoa. When the case came up, the Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Iyobosa Apulu expressed disappointment over the absence of the defendant...
Israel’s police is yet to start a formal investigation against former Chelsea manager Avram Grant who has been accused of sexual harassment in a television programme. Police in Tel Aviv said on Tuesday that none of the women who made the allegations in a broadcast Sunday had lodged an...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Vice President and Chairman of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has tasked members of the reconstituted NCP to tackle new transactions and reform activities of the Federal Government as well as resolve some of the thorny economic issues...
Separatist rebels have killed four Senegalese soldiers and are holding seven hostage after a clash on the border between Senegal and The Gambia last week, the Senegalese army said in a statement. Three soldiers died in the fighting on January 24 between the Senegalese army and rebels from the...
….Orders full scale investigation BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed sadness over the fire that gutted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s mango farm in Howe, Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State. He therefore ordered a full scale investigation into the incident “to unravel...
Dozens of people are said to have been abducted by terrorists in a fresh attack on Ruwan Godiya village in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Tuesday....
President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a N62.1 billion fund to improve efforts towards sustaining the country’s HIV response, addressing killer diseases and public health emergencies. The trust fund was launched at an event at the state house on Tuesday. President Buhari, however, said he was hopeful that the private...
One of the commonly accepted indicators for assessing the level of development of any nation is the efficient management of its refuse. Inefficient management of refuse poses great threat to public health in any environment. The indiscriminate dumping of refuse is unsightly, risky and exposes people to diseases. The...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued 61 victims of human trafficking in Kongolom International border Post, Maiadua in Katsina state. The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in Kano, Mr Abdullahi Babale, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Police authorities in Ogun State have paraded four teenage suspects believed to have killed a young girl for a ‘money-making’ ritual in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, while parading the suspects on Monday said the suspects confessed to have lured their victim to an...