The 2021 edition of the biggest reality TV show in Nigeria, Big Brother Nigeria has officially commenced. According to the show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the show is expected to last for 10 weeks. Thus year, the title of the show is ‘Shine Your Eye’ and for the first night,...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday donated 1.5 million dosage of cholera vaccine to Bauchi State. The Executive Chairman, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this at the kick-off of the vaccination exercise in Bauchi. Dr. Mohammed said the WHO donated the 1.5...
The following are the medal winners at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday: Shooting: Women’s 10m air rifleGold: Yang Qian, ChinaSilver: Anastasiia Galashina, Russia Olympic Committee (ROC)Bronze: Nina Christen, Switzerland Men’s 10m air pistol:Gold: Javad Foroughi, IranSilver: Damir Mikec, SerbiaBronze: Pang Wei, China Road cycling: Men’s road race:Gold: Richard...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – In a bid to resolve standardize records with the 2021 Batch ‘A’ service year, the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that requests for changes in the date of graduation and courses of study would no longer be welcomed. The...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Esu Karu, Pharmacist Luka Panya Baba has called on the people of Karu Local Government Area to come out en-mass to welcome staff of the National Population Commission expected to arrive the in the LGA on Monday, 26th July, 2021 for the area...
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The Copper Queens of Zambia on Saturday drew 4-4 with China in their Group F match of the Tokyo Olympics Women’s Football Event at the Miyagi Stadium. But the match was more eye-catching not in the eight goals scored, but in the Zambian side’s captain scoring her second hat-trick...
The late former Deputy Gov. of Kaduna state, Mr Barnabas Bala, (popularly known as Bantex), was on Saturday buried in his hometown, Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area. The burial organised by the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Manchok, was attended by relatives, friends, associates and top government officials including,...
Voting has ended in most polling units as vote counting and collation of results got underway after Saturday’s elections into the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State. The collations have started at the ward levels where winners of the councillorship election would...
US celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich agreed to pay $600,000 in a settlement to 20 former employees over sexual harassment allegations, the New York Attorney General said Friday. A four-year investigation launched after accusations of sexual harassment were leveled against Batali concluded that “more than 20 employees...
Colombia Government has authorized the export of dried cannabis flowers for use in medical products in addition to allowing manufacturers to produce goods such as textiles or food containing the plant. In a bold embrace of a booming global market, President Ivan Duque signed a decree ending “the ban...
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed a new-three year deal, the Premier League club announced on Saturday. The Norwegian, who took over from Jose Mourinho in 2018, will stay at Old Trafford until at least 2024, with the option of an extra year. “Everyone knows the feeling...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – As part of its Community Development Services, The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that the scheme would continue to offer healthcare and environmental protection services to Nigerians. Brig. Gen. Ibrahim gave the assurance at the inauguration...
The Saturday local government elections in Ogun was largely characterised by low turnout of voters and logistic challenges at the early stage of the excercise in most council areas. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the exercise across the state reports that the elections scheduled...
The reality show has already topped previous seasons as MultiChoice Nigeria has announced a grand prize of N90 million – the highest in the show’s history. A new season of Africa’s biggest reality show, Big Brother Naija, premieres on Saturday and Sunday with the organisers promising a bigger and...
The Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Mr Clement Nze, has warned Nigerians to brace up for more floods. He said the country could experience more flooding because of a combination of climate change factors, population growth, urbanisation, economic development and poor drainage systems. Nze made the disclosure on...
The number of inmates confirmed dead from violent uprisings in two Ecuadorian prisons has risen to at least 27, according to the national prison authority. The authority announced on Friday that in Cotopaxi’s prison, 19 inmates were killed, . In Guayaquil’s prison, eight inmates were killed, according to the...
Some officials of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State have attributed their lateness to polling centres to non-availability of card readers. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday during the Lagos State Local Government Area election at...
Some voters at the Okerube Ward B Polling Unit (PU) 025 were sent back to get their nose masks before being accredited to vote in the ongoing election into Local Government Councils in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC),...