ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State Sector Command, has confirmed that six people were killed while 19 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal crash that occurred on Monday at about 6.20pm. The Sector Commander, FRSC, Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed this to...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Acting Comptroller General of Immigration (Ag.CGI), Isah Jere Idris has paid a working visits to the Abuja and Lagos airports to meet with critical stakeholders at the ports to discuss on possible strategies to improve the quality of service delivery at the nation’s major...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has said its educational model is a tool for securing employment, addressing poverty and increasing the standard of living of Nigerians. The Chairman, Board, SMEDAN, Otunba Femi Pedro, stated this during the SMEDAN Tertiary Institutions...
Nigeria has introduced the use of test kits to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission as the country plans to distribute four million test kits in 2022, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Monday. According to the UN health agency, dual test kits, which cost less than one dollar, are...
The United States denounced Russia on Monday for conducting a “dangerous and irresponsible” missile strike that blew up one of its own satellites, creating a debris cloud that forced the International Space Station’s crew to take evasive action. Washington wasn’t informed in advance about the test, only the fourth...
A shooting near a US high school left five teenagers wounded on Monday, police said. Officers in Aurora, Colorado were called to a park near Central High School where they found five people aged between 14 and 17 had been hurt, the Aurora Police Department said. “Unknown suspect who...
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for victims of SARS-related abuses and other matters has concluded that the Nigerian Army shot and killed unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020. The Panel’s findings were disclosed in its report issued on Monday. According...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Sokoto State has embarked on a three-day free medical outreach in some rural communities in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Coordinator of NYSC, Alhaji Muhammadu Nakamba, inaugurated the Phase II 2021 Health Initiative for Rural...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said more than three million eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said this at the bi-weekly briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of...
Rivers Hoopers basketball team on Monday defeated Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) 85-76 to secure a ticket to the final match of the the ongoing 2021 Super Eight men’s premier Basketball League. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the first semi final match played at the package...
No fewer than 120 golfers are expected to converge on Abuja to tee off an invitational golf tournament being hosted by two newly-created subsidiaries in the petroleum industry. The amateur event tees of at lush green of the 18-hole IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, on Nov. 20,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offices Commission (ICPC), has denied media report on certificate and age scandal rocking the commission, urging the public to disregard such publication. Spokesperson for the Commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement in Abuja on...
At the Dubai Air Show, Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding with Ethiopian Airlines that will help the airline to bring cost savings to its maintenance operations with Boeing’s 787 landing gear exchange program. “As the fastest growing airline in Africa, much of our success depends on our ability...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, has commiserated with business mogul and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, over the death of his younger brother, Alhaji Sani Dangote. Asiwaju Tinubu, a former Lagos governor, prayed that Almighty Allah comfort the Dangote family...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Durban, South Africa assured participants at the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair 2021, that his delegation is attending with ‘‘full force’’ to maximize the advantage of the gathering. Addressing the opening ceremony of the event, the President said: ‘‘Let...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Federal Government will continue to support efforts and reforms that safeguard the integrity of the Nigerian Judiciary, its independence from all forms of interference, and ensure it maintains the highest level of responsiveness and professional standards. Also, because Nigeria is a major part...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A former lawmaker, Senator John Owan Enoh on Monday said no fewer than twenty thousand people have so far benefited from his diabetes foundation since inception in 2016. Sen. Owan disclosed this in Calabar during a diabetes street walk to create awareness of the need...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar, – The legal battle for the control of the management and administration of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) World Wide, Initiated by Helen Johnson Udo aka Queen Mother (deceased) against the registered Trustee of the organization, being headed by His Holiness Olumba Olumba...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is setting up a committee to probe the circumstances leading to the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy as a Professor of Cyber Security, by the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke...
Campaign posters of the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, for the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have surfaced in Umuahia. The posters, which bore the inscription: “Vote Dr Uzor Kalu for President – A New Nigeria is here”, were largely seen at...