By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to support the actualize President Muhammadu Buhari’s pledge to ensure that Nigeria plant 25 million trees within 10 years to mitigate the effects of climate change and enhance the country’s carbon sink, the FCT Administration has announced the institution of an...
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If there is any event in recent time that did remind Nigerians how out of order the present administration is taking the country, it is the awareness that at a time the world is standing up against capital punishments, such time has against all known logic, become the ripe...
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Monday said the chances of the South-East region producing the nation’s presidency in 2023 is in God’s hands. With the President Muhammadu Buhari administration expected to elapse in about 17 months’ time from now, there has been uncertainty as to which zone would...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called for the adoption of a rotational presidency for all regions to benefit. The governor made the call during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, amid increasing demand that the South should be given the...
Introduction It is a privilege to be invited to present this birthday lecture in honour of Rev. Fr. Solomon Mfa Ukeyima. I have heard about Fr. Mfa but we only met briefly for the first time this year 2021 when I was a book reviewer at a book launch...
Germany has reached its target of having one million electric vehicles on the roads, local media reported on Tuesday. “With one million electric cars on German roads, we have reached a decisive milestone,’’ German newspaper chain Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland quoted Peter Altmaier. The federal minister for economic affairs and energy...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, ordered that an unemployed man, Garba Haruna, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl. The police charged Haruna,33, who resides in Kano Road, Kaduna State, with defilement. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, did not, however, take the plea of...
Chairman, Andoni Local Government Area in Rivers, Mr Erastus Awortu, said the council would spend over N150 million annually as scholarship for youth development to reduce poverty and insecurity. Mr. Awortu made this known while officially handing over the first batch of 15 trainees and beneficiaries of the 2021...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has affirmed that the MTN Nigeria has applied for the renewal of the Unified Access Service Licence ((UASL) but the application is yet to be approved as it is still undergoing required regulatory processes. This was contained in a statement...
A helicopter belonging to Indian army Tuesday crashed in a dam in the northern Indian state of Punjab, local media reports said. So far there are no immediate reports of any casualty in the crash. The helicopter crashed in Ranjit Sagar Dam of Pathankot district. “We have received information...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigeria is to receive 40 million doses of Moderna vaccines by the end of 2021. The minister, who stated this at the national briefing of Presidential Steering Committee On COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday, added that vaccinations shall soon...
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, M. Edward Egbuka, has said that 17 people were killed and 85 buildings burnt in the recent attacks in Bassa and Riyom Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. CP Egbuka disclosed this on Monday while briefing newsmen at the end of an...
2019 African Games champion Ese Brume on Tuesday gave Team Nigeria their first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games with a bronze medal in the women’s long jump event. Brume recorded a 6.97 metres jump in the final of the event at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium to win...
The world football body, FIFA, has launched a UN-backed campaign designed to raise awareness of potentially damaging mental health issues and encourage people everywhere to seek help when they need it. The #ReachOut campaign, has teamed up with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the influential Association of Southeast...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 11 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24-hours, adding to a recent surge in infections, driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The NCDC, which made this known via its verified website...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Senior Partner of Babalakin & Co, Dr. Wale Babalakin, SAN has canvassed for the overhaul of law practice in the country. He made the call at the just concluded 2021 Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, with the theme: Disruption,...
Assures the IRT will remain focused in the discharge of its professional mandate By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Monday approved the posting of DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The posting of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAIV) and UNICEF Nigeria are set to hold consultation on vaccine initiative supports for routine immunisation in fragile and humanitarian space in Borno State and the Northeast region. The International organizations disclosed this when they paid a courtesy...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured bank customers that it would monitor commercial banks to ensure legitimate Foreign Exchange (FX) demands of customers are met. Mr Osita Nwanisobi, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, gave the assurance in a statement on Monday in Abuja, made available to the...
The Big Brother Naija Season 6 edition (Shine Ya Eye) gets more interesting as five housemates have been put up for possible eviction, moving them from their comfort zones. The five housemates were nominated by Maria and Pere, the successful wild cats in the house as they were made...