The US Senate on Wednesday voted to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private employers, in a symbolic win for conservatives that will have a little tangible effect. The measure passed 52-48 with the support of all 50 Republicans in the upper chamber and two centrist Democrats...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Lagos State on Thursday. Buhari touched down at the Presidential Lounge of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos in the early hours of the day. The President was received at the airport by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other officials. During the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has reiterated the commitment of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) to advance the course of professional bodies in the Country. The CDS made the disclosure on Wednesday when members of the Governing Council of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has expressed the readiness of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) to sustain the existing strategic partnership with the California National Guards (CNG) aimed at boosting defence capabilities of both countries. A statement issued by...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Professor Suleiman Bogoro, has expressed his unwavering commitment to shore up support for problem-solving research in universities and other related institutions in the country. Prof. Bogoro stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has said there is a holistic, strategic plan being conscientiously implemented to address the infrastructure deficit in the telecommunications sector with the objective to bridge the...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has congratulated illustrious indigenes of the state who made the list of legal luminaries conferred with the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title. Bello in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Muhammed Onogwu, on Wednesday, in Abuja, lauded the new SANs for...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said that investments of 11.8 trillion dollars will be required between 2021 and 2045 in the upstream, midstream and downstream oil sectors. Mr Mohammad Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General disclosed this in his remark on Wednesday at the 23rd World Petroleum...
Mr Hazel Onou, a.k.a “White Money’’, winner of the 2021 Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 6, is the most humble artist around. The declaration was made on Wednesday by Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi when “White Money’’ visited him in Government House, Abakaliki. Onou won N90 million grand prize...
Suspected hoodlums have attacked and killed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the victim, Pastor Babatunde Dada, was killed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has congratulated the recently confirmed Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). In statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, Austine Elemue, said the goodwill message came as the new silks...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has issued a set of guidelines on social events and gatherings during the festive season amid the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – in his tireless efforts to curtail the transportation difficulty faced by citizens in Borno State, Governor Babagana Zulum has directed the Commissioner for Transport, Hon Abubakar Tijani Banki to make proper arrangements for immediate delivery of tricycles and buses in Maiduguri metropolis and its...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Professor Maryam Koko of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) has said over one billion people are living with disabilities globally, out of which, twenty seven (27) million of them are in Nigeria. Prof Maryam, spoke as a resource person...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency has dismissed media report that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered the sack and replacement of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this development in a...
The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Ishaq Abubakar before Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi on 11 counts bordering on cybercrimes. The suspect was arrested by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on August...
Barcelona crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday as their 3-0 defeat at Bayern Munich saw the Spanish giants fail to reach the last 16 for the first time in 18 years. Goals by Thomas Mueller and Leroy Sane gave Bayern a 2-0 half-time cushion in falling snow...
The National Chairman-Elect, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has said the outgoing National Working Committee (NWC), has justified the vision of the party’s founding fathers. Ayu stated in his remarks at a valedictory session, organised for the outgoing NWC of the party on Wednesday, at the party’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has banned humanitarian organisations and development partners from distributing food and non-food items to resettled communities in the state. Governor Babagana Zulum announced the ban in a letter he personally signed on Wednesday.and directed to the organizations through the United Nation’s...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a tanker laden with about 36,000 litres of adulterated diesel in Anambra. Its spokesman in Anambra, a Deputy Superintendent of the Corps, Edwin Okadigbo, said in a statement on Wednesday that the driver of the tanker, Abdulraman Ahmed, 37,...