By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Nutrition Officer, Alhaji Abdullahi Madi has disclosed that at least 3, 522 children died from malnutrition in the State between January 2017 and July 2021. Alhaji Madi added that about 239 children also died as a result of malnutrition between January...
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By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) reiterates its commitment to leverage technology to digitize securities investment and other market related transactions. The Chief Executive Officer, NGX, Temi Popoola, disclosed this during the Business Morning Show on Channels Television on Tuesday. Popoola who spoke on the journey...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced the tracking of 72 constituency and executive projects in Katsina State. The said projects were claimed to had gulped about N2.1 billion. Assistant Chief Superintendent (ACS) Buhari Bello made this known in an interview with NAN on...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday invited investors to explore vast business opportunities in the country’s sectors including mining and agriculture as the government has kept improving the business environment. Ramaphosa made the remark marks at the Limpopo Provincial Investment Conference held Wednesday and Thursday. “As government, we...
New York City and its surrounding areas were hit by heavy thunderstorms and flooding on Wednesday night as Hurricane Ida was sweeping the northeast part of the United States. Multiple buildings and subway stations were flooded as New York City reported more than three inches (76.2 mm) of rain...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) of army’s support to enhance the security at the military university. The COAS gave the assurance when he visited the academy to get a first hand brief on...
The Chairman, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), on Wednesday urged stakeholders to intensify collaboration with the agency to fight against drug abuse and trafficking. Marwa made the call during an interactive session with the media in Kano. He said he was in Kano to...
The Presidency has condemned Amnesty International’s latest salvo at Nigeria, regretting that “they have decided to side with terrorists, before the liberty of those they injure, displace and murder’’. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made government’s position known in a...
The Federal Government will make provision for subsidy in 2022, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said. NNPC Group Managing Director, Mr Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Wednesday at a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Finance on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy...
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Department of State Service have uncovered and seized cartons of Captagon Pills, a hard drug concealed inside the cylinder of an imported machine at the Apapa Port in Lagos State. According to a statement signed on...
Cristiano Ronaldo broke the all-time international goalscoring record with his 110th Portugal goal and then scored an injury-time winner to salvage his country a dramatic 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory over the Republic of Ireland in Faro on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Ronaldo, whose return to Manchester United from Juventus...
Twitter on Wednesday launched a long-promised “Super Follows” feature that lets creators sell subscriptions for access to special content. The move came as Twitter strives to be a preferred online venue for clickable stars and to boost its own income in ways that don’t clutter the platform up with...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As a meaaure towards curbing the rising insecurity in Sokoto State, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has imposed a movement restriction on tricycles and motorcycles in both the metropolis and 14 other Local Goverment Areas of the state with immediate effect. Tambuwal who termed the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration has disbursed a total sum of N4,119, 421,409.95 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders, as its share of statutory allocation for the month of July 2021, The figure shows an increase of revenue...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A bag containing bundles of local and foreign currencies, jewelry and other valuables worth millions of Naira forgotten inside one of the buses for conveying passengers at the Airside of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), has been returned to the owner by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja charged the new board of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to make more investments that support economic diversification, as global oil prices are projected to drop to around $40 per barrel by 2030. Inaugurating the third Board...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) is partnering the Nigerian Union of Journalist Cross River State Chapter to reduce carnage on the road during the ember months in the State. The State Sector Command, Ocheja Isaac Ameh disclosed...
Six members of the Anambra State House of Assembly have dumped the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers include Nonso Okafor, representing Nnewi North; Timothy Ifedioramma, representing Njikoka 1; Cater D. N Umeoduagu, representing Aguata 1; Lawrence Ezeudu, representing Dumekofia; Arthur Chiekwu, representing...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, on Wednesday ordered the immediate closure of primary and secondary schools in the state following the abduction of a yet-to-be ascertained the number of students in the state. The Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkana, conveyed the governor’s directive while addressing journalists on...
Experts in the power sector have called on the newly-appointed Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, to do everything possible to address the crisis in the power sector. The experts spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari removed Mr Sale Mamman as the...