By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has slated Public Inquiries in respect of two draft regulatory instruments for July 20, 2021 with a call on interested stakeholders to make submissions and participate. The two Regulatory Instruments are: Annual Operating Levy Regulations (as amended) and; Frequency...
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For Aisha, sexual slavery was something you only heard about happening to others in television reports, until she found herself locked in a living “hell” in Libya. “I had left a nightmare only to fall into hell,” said the migrant from Guinea, lured to the North African country that...
President Joe Biden went to church Saturday in his hometown a day after US Roman Catholic bishops issued a challenge to him over his support for abortion rights. Biden and first lady Jill Biden spent time at St. Joseph on the Brandywine church in Wilmington. They also visited the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja “to stop the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed from using their patently unlawful directive to all TV and radio stations...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Al Muhibba Foundation, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), has supported 329 caregivers with educational materials and cash, to alleviate their hardship and boost school enrolment in Bauchi state. Al Muhibbah foundation is an NGO founded by the wife of the Bauchi state Governor, Dr....
JOY ADARA, Abuja – A PDP Chieftain, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, has advised the Federal Government to reverse the Value Added Tax (VAT) from the current 7.5 per cent to five per cent, due to current inflation trends in the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, Onochie...
By SALIU AHMED, Jigawa – Alhaji Yusuf Galambi, the APC candidate in the Saturday bye-election to fill the Gwaram Federal Constituency seat in Jigawa, has emerged victorious. Prof. Ahmad Shehu, the Returning Officer, after collating results from the 248 polling units, declared that Galambi polled 29,372 votes to defeat...
The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to spread as President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to back measures like social distancing. The...
Malam Shehu Mohammed, author of the book on sickle cell anaemia titled “I am a survivor,” has called on Nigerians to create more awareness and sensitisation exercise to the sickle cell disease. Malam Mohammed made the call in Abuja at a public presentation of the book stressing that in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kebbi – A lawmaker representing Kebbi South Senatorial District, Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, has urged Nigerians to collectively support the ongoing war against banditry and other security challenges bedevelling the country. According to a statement, Senator Na’Allah made the appeal while reacting to the rescue of...
The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya has congratulated Amina Mohammed on her re-appointment as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The governor’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by Ismaila Uba-Misilli, Director-General, Press Affairs, Gombe Government House, in Gombe on Saturday. Yahaya said that the re-appointment...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced that it has registered 51 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total numbers of infections in the country to 167,206 confirmed cases. As at Saturday, 19 June, 2021, the public health agency recorded...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, on health benefits of Yoga, particularly in boosting immunity and helping recovery from COVID-19. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the prime minister...
FC Barcelona on Saturday confirmed that they have reached an agreement to sign Dutch international striker Memphis Depay from Olympique Lyon on a two-year contract. “FC Barcelona and Memphis Depay have reached an agreement for the player to join the club once his contract with Olympique Lyonnais is at...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has disclosed that it would soon introduce drug test for anyone intending to get married. The Chairman of NDLEA, Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, stated this on Saturday at the yearly Ogidi-Ela Day cultural celebration in Ijumu Local...
Both Spain and Poland are in danger of failing to qualify for the knockout stage of the European Championships after drawing their second Group E game 1-1 on Saturday. The result leaves the Spanish with two points from their first two matches and the Poles with just one. Both...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Alhaji Usman Baba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the bye-election for Sabon Gari Constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The Returning Officer, Dr Mohammed-Nuruddin Musa, who declared the result on Saturday in Zaria, said Baba...
“A further slide in Mali could prove catastrophic to the Sub-region, considering that about half of that country is unfortunately under the grip of terrorists.” President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked West African leaders to exert pressure on the military leadership in Mali to ensure that the transition process in...