By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences (ICPC) is poised to continue to partner with the Universal basic Education Commission (UBEC) in the fight against corruption. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr. Hammid Bobboyi, while inaugurating the members of the Universal basic...
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A Court of Appeal in Cotonou, Benin Republic has ordered that Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, should be remanded in a detention facilitiy pending investigations. The court gave the ruling late Monday night Earlier in the day, security personnels brought Igboho into the court premises, as early...
South Africa’s legislative capital Cape Town on Tuesday said there was an increase in burials week-on-week due to the third wave of COVID-19. In the last seven-day reporting period, a total of 638 burials were completed at Cape Town’s cemeteries up from 488 the week before, the city said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts geared towards delivering quality animal health care services and strengthening the capacity of the Administration to respond swiftly to the prevention of emerging infectious diseases, the FCT Administration has inaugurated Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. During the inaugural ceremony held in Nyanya,...
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it received 230 cases between April and June in Kano. NHRC Zonal Coordinator, Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kano. Abdullahi said that out of the 230 cases, 193 had been attended to while 37...
The defence team of embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, said at an Ikeja Special Offences Court that the actor did not sexually touch a 14-year-old minor in a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage tendered as exhibit. A member of Baba Ijesha’s defence team, Mr Dada Awosika...
A file photo of legal icon, Mr Afe Babalola. Legal icon and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola, has challenged Nigerians to move away from the tradition of recycling those he described as ‘same failed leaders’ for meaningful developments to be recorded in the country. In a bid to...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Despite FX restrictions, foreign transactions in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) grew by 99.64 per cent even as ten stock brokers drove 99.9 per cent of total transaction value and 97.3 per cent of total volumes of ETFs in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021....
Mr Abdullahi Aliyu-Tashas, an aide to Gov. Abdullahi Sule has emerged as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa ahead of the Oct. 6, local council polls. Mr Usman Abdullahi-Bala, the Returning Officer of the party’s primary election for Toto Local Government...
Rwanda’s main genocide survivor group on Tuesday welcomed the extradition of a top fugitive to stand trial over the 1994 killings as a “step in the right direction” for justice. Prosecutors in Kigali said that Venant Rutunga, a 72-year-old genocide suspect, was flown late Monday from the Netherlands to...
FMDQ Securities Exchange Ltd. has recorded a turnover of N15.31 trillion in the Fixed Income and Currency (FIC) in the month of June. This was stated in a monthly FIC report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from FMDQ on Tuesday. The report showed that the turnover...
The Federal Government has vowed to sanction returning passengers who abscond from quarantine facilities, including possible prosecution of such individuals. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, believed such persons constitute a major risk to the country’s health system. He raised concerns over...
No fewer than 1,000 persons have been inoculated against cholera in Bauchi metropolis in the ongoing mass immunisation exercise in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Bauchi State Government on July 24, distributed over 1.5 million doses of cholera vaccines to Primary...
By BABARA KALU, Owerri – Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have reportedly killed no fewer than 6 bandits during a gun duel attack in Oru East Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Confirming the incident in a statement on Tuesday, The Imo State Police Commissioner Abutu...
By YUSUF IDEGU, Jos – Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State has visited the residence of the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase in Jos to commiserate with him over the death of his elder sister, Hajiya Maryam Idris Abdullahi Maikano who died recently. Lalong described late Hajiya Maryam, wife...
The Department of Basic Education has gazetted the proposed school calendar for the 2023 academic year for comment and confirmed the school calendar for the 2022 school year. After two years of Covid-19 lockdowns which significantly impacted teaching time, both the 2022 and the 2023 calendar will see a return to...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is expecting 21 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and others from July 27 to Aug. 5. The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position`, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Aristotle reportedly noted in his poetics, that stories should have a beginning, middle, and an end. They should have complex characters as well as a plot that incorporates a reversal of fortune and a lesson learned. Well said by Aristotle but definitely, such rule cannot apply when writing a...
The Yobe Government is targetting 5.7 million livestock under the newly introduced livestock tax. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on July 15, the government said it introduced cattle tax, as part of efforts to boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the state. The decision to introduce...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the result of one Attama Lawrence Ikedichukwu for acts bordering on impersonation in the just-concluded 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Investigations revealed that Mr. Lawrence had hired a professional examination taker to sit the...