World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedos Ghebreyesus, says smokers have up to a 50 per cent higher risk of developing severe diseases and death from COVID-19. Ghebreyesus said this in a message to commemorate World No Tobacco Day, globally marked on May 31 annually, to highlight the health...
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U.S. President, Joe Biden, has honoured 7, 036 Americans who died fighting in the nation’s service. Biden, in his speech to commemorate the Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, said America’s fallen heroes defended “vital, beating heart of our nation.’’ The U.S. president said walking though Section 60 of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the nation’s security and intelligence agencies to expedite efforts towards the recovery of the 200 children kidnapped from an Islamic school in Niger. The president gave the order in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday. According to...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A Northern Group under the auspices of Arewa Youth for Peace and Security has condemned the killing of the former political adviser to former President Goodluck and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Ahmed Gulak, warning that it should not be given ethnic...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya on Monday addressed the senior Army leadership inAbuja. The address which was delivered to the Principal Staff Officers and Field Commanders of the Nigerian Army (NA) was used to unveil the COAS Vision...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The National President, Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN), Hon. Kingsley Chikezie, has called on members to consolidate on their position as agents of economic development of the country. Hon. Chikezie, stated this during a general meeting of IMAN recently, in Abuja. He noted that the...
…To safeguard national energy security By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that it is currently considering equity participation in a number of private refineries in the country in line with a Federal Government policy directive which stipulates the mandatory participation of the corporation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State High Powered Committee on Relocation of IDPs to their ancestral homes has finally closed the State’s NYSC Permanent Orientation IDPs Camp on Monday, having resettled over 3000 IDPs from Damboa, Konduga, Bama and Jere LGAs who have been on the camp for...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has said the agitation for the scrapping of the National Youth Service (NYSC) scheme is not in the interest of Nigeria’s unity. Abubakar spoke when he hosted some selected members of NYSC Batch A stream 2 Corps members posted to Sokoto state...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the take-off of the National Senior Citizens Centre with Dr. Emem Omokaro as the Director General. He has also approved the constitution of its 12-member board with immediate effect. This is in line with Section 16 (2) (d) of the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Nigerian Air Force has trained its officers, airmen/airwomen of operational, engineering, medical and other support arms and units under the Special Operations Command, Bauchi on how to avoid errors that could lead to accidents. The Air Officer Commanding Special Operations Command, Air Vice Marshal Charles...
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed an explosion at the popular Mile 3 Market in the early hours of Monday in Port Harcourt. SP Nnamdi Omoni, the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers, said in a statement that no casualty was recorded in the attack on the market....
Indigenous oil firms, A.A. Rano, Shafa Exploration, Emadeb Energy, Matrix Energy, and Vhelblerg Exploration have been awarded licence to prospect marginal oil fields by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR. Other companies that were licenced and announced on Monday were Sigmund Oil Field, Casiva Ltd, Duchess Energy and Duport...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has raised the alarm over attempts by fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting Nigerian students by luring them to register for a fake grant purportedly given by the fund. In a statement on Monday, The TETFund’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos- The Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong has recieved the second jab of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine with a call to citizens of the state to make themselves available for the exercise. Governor Lalong, who recieved the vaccine at the Government House Rayfield alongside...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna- The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has trained no fewer than 30 Environmental Field Officers on hazard profiling and mapping to mitigate possible disasters in the state, particularly in the hinterland. The two-day capacity building exercise held during the weekend was focused on vulnerability...
Political activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been shot by an alleged police officer in Abuja. Popular lawyer and right activist, Inibehe Effiong, confirmed the development on Twitter The female police officer reportedly fired a teargas canister at Mr Sowore who was at the Unity Fountain...
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has pledged to prioritise welfare of personnel, entrench professionalism and celebrate gallantry by leading with sincerity, transparency and accountability. Gen.Yahaya made the promise during his maiden interaction with the Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), field and corps commanders, on Monday in Abuja....
Ogun Government on Monday expressed concern over increased rate of smoking by underage, especially secondary school students. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, expressed the government’s concern at a news conference in Abeokuta. The conference was to kickstart a campaign against smoking to mark the 2021 World...