By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Dr Osahon Enabulele on his election as the President of the World Medical Association (WMA) for the 2022-2023. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina,in Abuja, Buhari noted that ”at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Ahmadu Jibril, Special Assistant, Youths and Students to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi, has told Nigerians to expect an overhaul of Nigeria’s health sector if Bello is elected President in 2023. Jibril made this known on Saturday during the Nigerian Medical Students’ Association (NIMSA) International Health Summit 2021 at...
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Mohammad Abubakar, has urged people to venture into agriculture to improve the economy. Alhaji Abubakar made the call on the second day his familiarisation tour of some Agricultural facilities in Kaduna. According to him, agriculture is the best business that one can...
The Taliban has warned the United States not to “destabilise” the regime on Saturday during their first face-to-face talks since the US withdrawal, as a deadly sectarian bombing raised further questions about their grip on power. As mourners in northern Afghanistan buried their dead from an attack on a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has faulted the Federal Government for not addressing the issue of high interest rates by commercial banks in the 2022 budget presentation at the National Assembly on Thursday. The National Chairman of ACF, Chief Audu Ogbe, said in a...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to take on the Les Fauves of Central African Republic on Sunday in Douala, Cameroon and hopefully avenge Thursday’s 1-0 defeat in Lagos. The team’s delegation landed at the Aeroport Internationale Douala at 11.28am on Saturday for today’s FIFA World Cup Qatar...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – No fewer than 20 persons have been reportedly killed by bandits who attacked a market at Ungwan Lalle in Sabon Birni Local Government Area in Sokoto state. Eyewitnesses in the village said several other persons were injured and majority of them are currently receiving...
Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is safer in neighbouring Benin Republic than in Nigeria, one of his lawyers said on Saturday. “He (Igboho) is safer in Benin,” Ibrahim David Salami told international news agency AFP. “He is not at all safe in Nigeria. Sending...
The Peoples Redemption Party on Saturday in Abuja frowned at continuous borrowing by the Federal Government to fund national budgets. National Chairman of the party, Mr Falalu Bello, told newsmen on Saturday, that it is wrong for any nation which spends a larger percentage of its revenue on debt...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Saturday in Osogbo described a report linking him to the purchase of a property in London as unfounded and untrue. The publication alleged that Oyetola bought a mansion worth 11.95 million Euros in London from a company belonging to Kola Aluko, a Nigerian...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Saturday in Makurdi expressed confidence that the PDP was waxing stronger and would win overwhelmingly at the 2023 general elections. He told newsmen that the PDP was better positioned now and was ready to wrestle power from the ruling APC. “PDP as a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again promised to eliminate all forms of violent crimes across Nigeria. He said in Kaduna on Saturday that the administration will continue to do everything within the ambit of law to stamp out heinous crimes creating fears among the citizenry. The President gave the assurance...
A renowned Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, Mr Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has been voted the 2021 Man of the Year by Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora. In a 14-day Leadership Excellence Awards voting by Nigerians via online platforms, Obi Cubana was voted ahead...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – The Jigawa State Police Command has said it arrested 14 suspected criminals in Gumel and Kazaure Local Government Areas of the state. The command’s spokesman, ASP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Dutse on Saturday, said that raids were carried out...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Gwaki Musa on Saturday inaugurated The General and Special Court Martials for the trial of 28 Army officers, 130 soldiers at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, the Borno State’s capital. Maj....
No fewer than Two hundred and sixty cadets of 68 Regular Course on Saturday graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) following the completion of the military and academic training that lasted six years. The passing out parade of the cadets, comprising officers of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air...
The Malaria Control Programme in Jigawa, says it has treated 1.5 million children in the just concluded Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in the state. Malam Bilya Haruna, Coordinator of the programme, disclosed this on Saturday in Dutse, said the exercise was conducted with the support of Malaria Consortium...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has issued a 3 weeks ultimatum to staff of the Umar Ibn Ibrahim College of Education to resume academic activities in Bama or risk being transferred to secondary schools or outright dismissal. Governor Zulum, who gave the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Army authorities have said 3 of the gunmen who attacked a police checkpoint in Anambra State have been killed, The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed this in a statement on Saturday revealed that a policeman died during...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Northern Governors Forum has congratulated the Governor of Gombe, Inuwa Yahaya as he marks his 60th birthday. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Macham, on...