Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigeria was delighted that the US was fully back on the global climate change agenda. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the vice president said this when he received, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, a US...
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DR. SA’ID ABUBAKAR KADDAS is the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. In this interview, Dr. Kaddas speaks on e-Health, its benefits in the delivery of health care services and the roles it can play in the fight against epidemic and communicable diseases, including...
Chief Kevin Ezeoha, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu, says it is almost certain that the APC will take over the South East, going by recent developments. Ezeoha, who is the APC Enugu State Assistant Youth Leader, said this when he spoke with the News...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has warned that his administration would deal decisively with any politicians sponsoring thugs, adding that he would not condone any act of indiscipline in the state The governor gave the warning on Monday at the Government House while...
Nigeria’s Afrobeats diva, Yemi Alade recently performed at the first-ever Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony held on Sunday at Alexandra Palace, London. The Earthshot prize is a Nobel-like award founded by the Duke of Cambridge and renowned British naturalist David Attenborough with the aim of inspiring innovative solutions to the...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, on Tuesday in Abuja, congratulated former Head of State, Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on his 87th birthday anniversary. Kalu, in his congratulatory message, described Gowon as a patriotic and genuine leader with passion for a united, indivisible and prosperous Nigeria....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged motorists and other road users to avoid reckless driving during the Eid-El-Maluud celebration. The FRSC made the appeal in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Bisi Kazeem, in Abuja. Kazeem called on...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has said his administration had initiated more than 400 basic school projects in the last five months. He made this known while inaugurating some blocks of classrooms at the St. John’s Nursery and Primary School, Aramoko-Ekiti. Governor Fayemi, represented by his wife, Erelu Bisi...
An economic expert, Dr Eze Kennedy, has stressed the need for a reorientation among Nigerians to position the country as an export-oriented nation. Kennedy, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, emphasized the need to promote entrepreneurship towards creating more jobs in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The acting Comptroller General of Immigration, (Ag.CGI) Isah Jere Idris has paid an unscheduled visit to the Alausa and Ikoyi Passport Offices in Lagos as part of sting operations to assess the quality of service delivery to the members of the public at the...
FIFA has said it will hold talks with national team coaches this week over the controversial idea of holding the men’s World Cup every two years. The consultations about the proposals, which have come in for heavy criticism from UEFA and CONMEBOL, the International Olympic Committee, as well as...
The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The amended charge which was filed by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on Monday, borders on treasonable felony and the...
Muslims and Christians have been urged to embrace peaceful co-existence by exhibiting good deeds, love and good neighbourliness. Mr Diji Obadiah Haruna, the Chairman and Executive Director of the Christian–Muslim Peace Unity and Development Initiative of Nigeria, said this in statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...
Abdulbaasit Abdulfatai of Kwara had rallied to grab a 2-2 stalemate, after falling to Mathew Kuti of Lagos in the first two sets in the finals of the Table Tennis event, at the ongoing National Youth Games in Ilorin. It was a difficult situation for Abdulfatai against Kuti, who...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has paid tributes to former United States Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin Powell, who died on Monday at the age of 84. Jonathan, in a tribute he personally signed on Monday in Abuja, described late Powell as...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Gunmen suspected to be assassins have reportedly killed an Ilorin-based Estate Agent, identified as Sina Babarinde. It was gathered that the deceased was reportedly shot dead during a church service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Living Word Parish, Basin Road, Ilorin....
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a stern warning to bandits, saying that “the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide.” In a statement in Abuja on Monday, Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, said President Buhari was reacting to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC- Sokoto North), has condemned the killing of 43 persons at the Goronyo market in Sokoto State by bandits on Sunday. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the lawmaker described the attack as barbaric and inhuman, adding that no...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated some Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in North East. The Director, Army lol Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement in Ábuja. Nwachukwu said...