By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced that it has registered 161 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 168,713 confirmed cases. As at Monday, 12 July, 2021, the public health agency recorded no...
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Grief and anger gripped the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Tuesday after a fire swept through a Covid isolation unit killing 64 people and wounding dozens more. The devastating Monday evening blaze in the city’s Al-Hussein Hospital, which medics said was fuelled by the explosion of oxygen canisters, was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Council Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Bulama Abiso has appealed to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum as a matter of urgency to implement promotional benefits for the state civil servants which has become over due for long. He also...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Senate Committee on Basic Education has disclosed that it would pursue the amendment of the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to enable it limit the age of candidates writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME to 16 years and...
In the words of James Tar Tsaaior, Professor of Media and Cultural Communication, School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University, Lagos, the circle looks harmless and innocuous’ but it is not. It is guilty of a certain politics, inclusionary and exclusionary politics. Every circle has its centre and...
The Nigeria Navy (NN) has described as ”fake” a purported sectional list of supplementary candidates in its recruitment trending online and amplified by an online newspaper of questionable integrity. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Cdr Suleman Dahun, who gave the warning in a statement on Monday, in Abuja,...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has granted automatic promotion to 19NA/782148 Pte Jamilu Mohammed, for display of professionalism in military skills at the regimental Quarter Guard. Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, said in a statement on Monday, that the promotion was in line...
The Director and Chief Executive Officer, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Sarki Auwalu, has said that effective synergy between the maritime and oil and gas sectors will drive economic growth in the country. Auwalu made this known as a guest speaker at the ValueChain Magazine 4th Annual Lecture...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as the National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to rig the 2023 general elections. He stated this on Monday in Port Harcourt as part of the...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Governor of Sokoto State and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has advocated for the electronic transmission of votes in the Nigeria’s electoral system. Governor Tambuwal, who stated this during a press conference in Sokoto, emphasised the need for the...
The Federal High Court Lagos has adjourned till October 5 for the continuation of trial in the case of Afeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley. Naira Marley was arraigned sometime in 2019 on an 11-count charge of credit card fraud levelled against him by the Economic and...
People in Caracas demonstrate in support of the Cuban government and their supporters, outside the Cuban embassy in the Venezuelan capital on July 12, 2021. Federico PARRA / AFP Cuba on Monday blamed a US “policy of economic suffocation” for unprecedented anti-government protests, as president Joe Biden backed calls...
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has welcomed the formation of a legal team by Ohanaeze Ndigbo to monitor the proceedings at the trial of the self-acclaimed IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, a move which is in line with the doctrine of the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The family of Dauda Danladi, the 33-year old man who was allegedly arrested and tortured to death by a team of policemen from the Yelwa Division, and a vigilante group, has written to the police demanding for the release of their relative’s corpse to enable...
Recently, the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) announced that it would commence the demolition of illegal structures constructed under high tension cables and others. The demolition exercise is expected to affect owners of structures constructed under power lines, which contravene the state’s Physical Planning Laws. Significantly, there is...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Not satisfied with the ongoing trial by justice Angela Obi of the Cross River State High Court, the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) Management Board has dragged Obi Achara Nigeria Limited before another court. The UCTH is in a legal battle over the isolation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Wife of Borno State Governor, Dr. Falmata Umara Zulum has commended the state NLC for its peaceful approach to labour matters despite the security challenges affecting the government of the state. Dr. (Mrs.) Zulum also appreciated the NLC for recognising and carrying women...