The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that the National Identification Number (NIN) would become mandatory for registration for its school certificate examination from 2022. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos. The...
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The Peoples Democratic Party’s stakeholders on Tuesday stopped a move to prevent the National Chairman, Uche Secondus and other National Working Committee members from re-contesting at the party’s national convention. It was gathered that after a series of meetings, which started on Monday night and ended at 4:21pm on...
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says the Nigerian Government has demanded that the Indonesian Government sanctions its officials, who assaulted a Nigerian Diplomat in Jakarta, Indonesia. Onyeama made this known, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja after summoning Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Usra Harahap, to express the...
About 134 additional cases of cholera outbreak have been confirmed with fifteen deaths across 25 Local Government Areas in Katsina State. This brings the total to 1,534 confirmed cases and 75 deaths. The State Commissioner of Health, Engineer Yakubu Danja stated disclosed this during a press briefing on the...
TikTok was the world’s most downloaded app last year, overtaking Facebook and its messaging platforms, market tracker App Annie said Tuesday. The Chinese-owned video app surged in popularity despite efforts by former president Donald Trump to ban it or force a sale to US-based investors, according to the research...
Seven passengers from Comoros who were onboard a boat lost their lives after drowning in waters a few kilometers from Kenya’s north coast. Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) said in a statement issued in Nairobi on Tuesday said eight other citizens from Comoros were rescued on Monday evening after the...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said he would resign amid mounting pressures from sexual harassment allegations and investigations as well as calls for resignation from other political figures. The resignation would take effect in 14 days and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul would become the governor for the rest...
Tanzanian police said Tuesday a 43-year-old woman was killed by marauding elephants in a village in the country’s northwestern region of Kagera. Revocatus Malimi, Kagera regional police commander, said the elephants attacked and killed the woman at around 10 p.m. Monday when she was on her way to visit...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it made seizures of various items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N54 million from June to date in Zone B, covering Kano/Jigawa axis, a top official of the NCS s has said in Kano. The coordinator of the Comptroller General of...
The Bauchi State Government has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to scale up credit facilities for women farmers, so as to improve food production in the state. Mrs Saratu Jibrin, the acting Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Agriculture, made the call when the Public Finance on Agriculture...
Sen. Victor Umeh has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Prof. Charles Soludo as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Anambra. Umeh, a former National Chairman of the .party, made the call on Tuesday during an interactive session with...
The Gombe Government on Tuesday said it has introduced an ammendment bill to provide stringent penalties for those convicted of raping minors in the state. Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), stated this at the inauguration of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State women under the aegis of AA Women Wing on Tuesday held a rally at the Kwara State Stadium Complex in Ilorin the state capital in support of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq for a second term in office. The rally which saw women from...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the by-election into the Isoko South State constituency for September 11, 2021 The development came after the Commission’s meeting on Tuesday 10th August 2021, which it deliberated on a number of issues, including a communication from...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 22 people of the same household have been confirmed death in Danzake village of Bargaja ward, Isa Local Government, Sokoto State from food poison, Dr Muhammad Ali Inname has said. Confirming the incident, Dr Muhammad Ali Inname, who is the State...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A new Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Usman Sule Gomna, psc. has taken over Zone 6 Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Calabar, Cross River State capital. AIG Gomna succeeded the outgoing AIG Zaki M. Ahmed. He hails from Chanchanga Local Government Area...
Maj-Gen Kabiru Mukthar, on Tuesday took over the mantle of leadership as the 38th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 1 Div. of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna, urging personnel to be diligent in the discharge of their duties. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that prior to Mukhtar’s...
Google’s “safe search” — which excludes sensitive or mature content — will be the default setting for users under 18, which up to now had been the case only for under-13 users. Google on Tuesday announced a series of online safety measures for children including a private setting for...
Coordinated strikes by air platforms and assault by ground forces under Operation Hadarin Dajiof the Defence Headquarters has led to the eliminations of bandits gathered for a meeting in Sububu Forest in Zamfara State. PRNigeria gathered that local and foreign high profile bandit leaders were struck at the designated...
More Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State have surrendered their arms and embraced amnesty. According to a statement signed by Brigadier General, Director Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, on Monday, the development which occurred on Saturday follows the recent escalation of...