By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Sokoto State Police Command have rescued an emaciated 12-year-old girl who was kept locked in a cage for eight months by her guardians in Sokoto State. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, who disclosed this to newsmen, said that two persons...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced that it has registered 41 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,702 confirmed cases. As at Saturday, 15 May, 2021, the public health agency recorded no...
As a 17-year-old undergraduate taking Macroeconomics course (Introductory Macroeconomics – AGE 211) for the first time, I learnt that the goal of macroeconomic policies is the pursuit of full-employment equilibrium in the three markets (labour, product and money/capital). I particularly found the graphical illustrations of this goal interesting and...
In 1842, Thomas Babington Macauly wrote my favourite poem titled ‘Horatius at the Gate’ and made a point that we can all learn from in Nigeria today. He wrote: “Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: “To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or...
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) are engaged in a show of strength after a notice served by the latter for a five-day strike by workers in the state. The warning strike begun by workers at midnight today is in protest against mass disengagement...
— As rain, thunderstorm disrupt Yoruba Nation rally in Osogbo The agitators under the aegis of Omo Oduduwa United, yesterday stormed the streets in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, to demand for a Yoruba nation from the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The agitators converged on November 27 bridge...
The Senate has said some of its members who are advocating impeachment proceedings against the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), are not serious about the issue. Two of the Peoples Democratic Party senators, Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East), and Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South), had in recent times said their colleagues in...
CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says a total of 1,794,552 Nigerians have so far been vaccinated with the first dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The NPHCDA disclosed this on its official Twitter handle late Saturday. It stated that Lagos, the FCT and Kano...
Ongoing rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, retaliatory airstrikes by the Israeli army and confrontations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Arab-majority areas in Israel marked a region inflamed with violence unlikely to subside anytime soon. Saturday marked Nakba Day, referring to the Palestinian “catastrophe,” which remembers the...
Security agents have arrested some of the gunmen who carried out the recent attacks on security formations in the Rivers State, according to Governor Nyesom Wike. Between April 24 and May 7, five soldiers, eleven policemen and three custom officials were killed in separate attacks at checkpoints and police...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has flagged off the second round of COVID-19 vaccination in the state. Speaking at the event which took place on Saturday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Bauchi, lamented the alleged refusal of majority of Christians in the...
Twenty-nine people have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo in connection with Eid violence that erupted in the capital, Kinshasa. One police officer was killed and dozens of others were injured in clashes between rival Muslim groups. They had gathered to mark the end of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Muhammadu Buhari would leave Abuja on Sunday for Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend the African Finance Summit. According to a statement issued by the president’s spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu on Saturday, said the summit is to be hosted by French...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Muhammadu Buhari has telephoned his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyep Erdoğan, on Friday, seeking for a stronger bilateral relationship between the two countries. The Senior Special Assitance to The President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu revealed this in a statement on Saturday. According...
By EMMANUEL IZAH, Benin- Tension is building up in Uzanu community in Etsako East LGA of Edo State over leaked plots allegedly being hatched by some external forces to unleash mayhem on the quiet, sleepy community, and attribute the dastard act to bandits. There were feelers from the community...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- NAFDAC on Saturday said it has destroyed fake or substandard products worth N515. 6 million on Saturday in Gombe. The confiscated products destroyed included antibiotics, hypertension, diabetes and malaria drugs. Others were Spaghetti, vegetable oils, non-alcoholic beverages, body creams, fake insecticides and fertilisers, among other...
Adji Sarr, who has accused Senegal’s opposition leader of rape, has learned the consequences of speaking out about sexual abuse in the conservative West African country the hard way. Sarr, who is in her early 20s, in February told police that opposition leader Ousmane Sonko had forced her to...
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has described as evil, the removal of history as a subject from secondary and primary school curriculum by the Federal Government. Speaking on Friday in Makurdi, the state capital, the governor said Benue State will legislate a solution for the teaching of History even...
Thousands of protesters in London and Madrid marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza. In London, several thousand protesters carrying placards reading “Stop Bombing Gaza” and chanting “Free Palestine” converged on Marble Arch, near the British...
Israeli air strikes pounded the Gaza Strip Saturday, killing 10 members of an extended family and demolishing a building housing international media outlets, as Palestinian militants fired back barrages of rockets. On the sixth day since the conflict escalated, the death toll rose and violence also swept the occupied...