A Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, ordered former Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, to pay a N100, 000 fine over his plea for an adjournment considered to be delaying trial commencement. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order after counsel to the Independent Corrupt...
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Seventeen people in Russia have died after drinking surrogate alcohol containing highly toxic methanol, officials said Friday, with investigators launching criminal probes. The deaths are the latest in Russia from the consumption of a cheap alcohol substitute, a persistent problem that authorities have previously said must be solved. An...
Fourteen men, including a former president, will go on trial in Burkina Faso from Monday over the assassination in 1987 of Thomas Sankara, the country’s revolutionary leader and a pan-Africanist icon. It will be nearly 34 years to the day since Sankara was gunned down during a putsch led...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum alongside humanitarian partners were in Banki, a border town on Thursday, where N84m was distributed to 2,200 families who returned after fleeing from insurgent attacks. The funds is to enable the families engage in trading for their...
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia. The award was won for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. Announcing the shared award in Oslo on Friday,...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Chinwetalu Agu has countered claim of campaigning for proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) before he was arrested by soldiers at Upper Iweka in Anambra state. Mr. Agu, who spoke at the Nigeria Army division, where he was taken to after...
Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has applauded the Nigerian media for its role in the overall management of Covid-19 pandemic, stressing that advocacy and enlightenment by the media helped to create public awareness. Okowa who delivered a goodwill message at the 5th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate...
The Minister of Niger Delta affairs, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, have urged African countries to take advantage of the blue economy for sustainable development of their countries. They made this known in a statement signed by the President, African Marine Environment...
Countries and investors need to step up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to keep roads safe for everyone, three UN Special Envoys said on Thursday, leading a new AI for Road Safety initiative. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a call for action to halve the...
No fewer than 1.3 billion people are multi-dimensionally poor across 109 countries, while differences in multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high. This is according to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released on Thursday. MPI, produced by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has commended The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) for its support and assistance to the people and government of Borno state in terms of housing, security, , education, health, empowerment, poverty alleviation and livelihoods support. The Deputy Governor, Hon Umar Kadafur,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Nasarawa State’s Local Government Councils poll. Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Ayuba Wandai, disclosed this when he announced the results on Thursday in Lafia. Wandai said that the APC candidates for both chairmanship and councillorship positions won in...
An Abuja based NGO, Helpline Foundation for the Needy has said taboos and stigma are factors hindering peaceful marriages in the country. Dr Jumai Ahmadu, thevFounder and President of the foundation stated this at a conference on taboo and stigma in Abuja on Thursday. The theme of the conference...
CBN Director, Banking Supervision Department, Mr Mustapha Haruna, has said that the apex bank would continue to monitor FinTech companies in Nigeria, as an important sector in its operations. Haruna, represented by Adekunle Adeniji, Assistant Director in the department, stated this at the end of the 31st Finance Correspondents...
The Nigerian Army says its troops have arrested one Chiwetalu Agu while allegedly inciting members of the public and soliciting for support for the proscribed Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, said Agu, a Nollywood actor, was...
Raoul Savoy, Head Coach, Les Fauves of the Central African Republic, on Thursday described the 1-0 victory over Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Lagos as the best thing to have happened to the team. Savoy made the remark after his team defeated the Super Eagles who failed to fly in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday alleged that Plateau governor Simon Lalong’s “sudden” declaration of Friday, Oct. 8, as public holiday ahead of Saturday local government polls, was to thwart the course of justice. It particularly declared that the public holiday was targeted at stopping the hearing of...
Nigeria’s Chief Consultant Family Physician, former President of the Nigerian Medical Association and current President of Commonwealth Medical Association, Dr. Osahon Enabulele has emerged the President-elect of the World Medical Association (WMA). His emergence followed an almost one week period of voting by participating National Medical Associations all over...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday, debunked reports that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement, Senator Ekweremadu through his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, assured his supporters that there was nothing to...