By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said at the weekend it was fully endorsing the National Ethics and Integrity Policy of Nigeria because it would enhance transparency and accountability, especially in the public and private sectors, in line with global best practices. The policy, as...
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The Chadian military has claimed victory in its weeks-long battle with rebels that led to the death of President Idriss Deby on the battlefield. Crowds in the capital N’Djamena cheered on Sunday as soldiers returned from the front line in a column of tanks and armoured vehicles. The army’s...
At least 10 persons have been reported dead following an outbreak of yet to be identified disease in Minjibir Local Government Area of Kano state. Over 50 persons are currently receiving medical attention at Minjibir Hospital. The Disease which is suspected to be Cholera has hit Koya village in...
The Taliban on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire for this week’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, following a sharp spike in violence as Washington goes about withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan. Violence has soared since May 1 — the deadline missed by the United States to withdraw the last of...
A judge on Monday ordered Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to appear in person in court for the first time on May 24, her lawyer said, after weeks of delays in her case. The Nobel laureate has not been publicly seen since she was detained in a...
The German vaccine manufacturer BioNTech will on Monday present its results for the first quarter of 2021. In the past months the global demand for the COVID-19 vaccine produced by BioNTech with its U.S. partner Pfizer have transformed the firm’s financial figures. In the fourth quarter, BioNTech booked a...
Twelve Muslim worshippers have been abducted by armed bandits while observing Tahajjud at a mosque located in the outskirt of Jibiya town of Katsina State. Tahajjud is a midnight prayer that is being observed during the Holy Month of Ramadan. A resident of the affected community, Mallam Fahad Mukhtar...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, on Monday urged commercial vehicle operators and passengers to adhere strictly to safety protocols against the spread of COVID-19. The FRSC Sector Head of Operations in Anambra, Mr Anthony Ogbodo, made the call to mark the opening of the 2021 West...
The Nigerian Army says the troops of 8 Division operating in Zamfara and adjoining states, have eliminated many bandits’ commander and over 48 members of their gangs in North West. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Brig. Gen....
By JACKSON UDEMA – Leadership is in doing, not in talking. All great leaders act. No pontification. No story-telling. They brace up to confront situations knowing that challenges are not fixed by mere words or sophistry of language. Delta governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, belongs to this class of leaders...
The World Bank Group (WBG) has approved the sum of $1.5 billion social protection fund to help Nigeria finance resilient economic recovery post-COVID-19. This new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) would run from 2021 to 2024. According to the bank, Nigeria is at a critical juncture following the sharp decline...
Popular Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, (aka Sunday Igboho) has made a u-turn, praying that the soul of Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s son, Dare rests in peace. Recall that Sunday Igboho, during a live Facebook video with Olayomi Koiki on Saturday, refused to sympathise with Pastor Adeboye when he was...
Residents of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State have been gripped with fear, following the fall of a truck loaded with live bullets in the area. The Mercedes Benz 911 truck, which fell along Awka road in the city in the early hours of Sunday, had the cartons...
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has proposed a new law that will allow women marry more than one husband, in the same way that polygamous men are allowed to marry more than one wife. The 67-page policy document also called Green Paper on Marriages, stated that the current...
The leadership of The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has revealed that the Federal Government is still owing some universities’ teachers between 15 and 16 months’ salaries. The union, which revealed this on Sunday, said those mostly affected are lecturers who went on sabbatical. The claim could not...
Misheck Nyandoro, a Johanne Marange Apostolic sect member with 151 children from 16 wives has revealed that he has no plan of stopping anytime soon. The polygamist from Mbire in Mashonaland Central of Zimbabwe, told The Herald that he is planning to take his 17th wife soon so that...
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has apologised to the Catholic church over his mistakes in recent times. While delivering his sermon on Sunday, Mbaka asked The Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Callistus Onaga to forgive him and his followers for their actions...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday announced that it has registered 37 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,419 confirmed cases. As at Sunday, 9 May, 2021, the public health agency recorded no...
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, and some stakeholders in the state have held a special prayer for peace across the eight emirates in the state. The prayer organised to seek God’s intervention to end insecurity in Niger, was held on Sunday at the Central Mosque in Minna, the state...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has appointed a speech-impaired young man, Peter Aliyu, as his Special Assistant on Sanitation. Aliyu, a former cleaner under the Geemoney Cleaning Scheme in Government House in Lokoja, continued his cleaning work without pay even when the company was said to have laid off...