Nasarawa State Government has warned against “taking the state back to the dark days of unrest and insecurity.” Senior Special Assistant to the state Governor on Conflict Resolution Mr. Moses Utondu stated this while addressing displaced persons in Kadarko, Keana Local Government Area. The displaced persons, from Doma and...
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The Kano State Government has burnt over 400 tonnes of adulterated food, drinks and fake drugs seized by the State Consumer Protection Council. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, representative of The Director General of NAFDAC and other stakeholders, witnessed the destruction of the items at the Kano Office of the...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gtext Global, Dr Stephen Akintayo, has called on the Federal Government to develop infrastructure and create more jobs to enhance economic growth. Dr. Akintayo made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, said that the nation’s increasing unemployment rate and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says that the 2021 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), earlier scheduled for Saturday, April 30, would now hold on Thursday, May 20. The board made this known in a statement, signed by its Head, Public Affairs and...
Alhaji Mohammed Muluku, member representing Nasarawa Eggon East constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has sued for peace, tolerance and unity among his constituents. This, he said, was in the interest of development of the constituency, the state and the country at large. Alhaji Muluku made the...
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed one Inspector Jonathan Kampani, attached to Mounted Troop of the Nigeria Police Force, for allegedly firing at, and killing one Jelili Bakare, at Quinox Lounge. A statement by CSP Olumuyuwa Adejobi, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, on Sunday in Lagos, said Kampani,...
The Police Command in Rivers said it has launched a manhunt for gunmen who attacked its checkpoints on the Port Harcourt – Owerri Road on Sunday. It was learnt that the attack which occurred on Ikwerre Local Government Area stretch of the road, reportedly led to the death of...
The Omega Power Ministries (OPM) has reopened its farm for the production of food for repentant militants and commercial sex workers at the church rehabilitation centre in Rivers State. General Overseer of the church, Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, disclosed this in a telephone interview with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday,...
A 12- year-old girl, Khadijat Sharafadeen, on Sunday emerged winner of this year’s junior Qur’an recitation competition in Badagry, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual Ramadan event was organised by Real Acts of Kindness (RAK) Development Foundation, an NGO. Sharafadeen went home with...
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) has backed the on-going strike action embarked by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Parliamentary Staff Union of Nigeria (PASAN) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and urged government to urgently accedes...
The World Health Organization, WHO, says Nigeria loses over one billion dollars ($1b) each year to the scourge of malaria. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti stated this in a message to mark this year’s world malaria day. According to her, the deficit is caused by...
OOREOFEOLUWA KALEJAIYE, Lagos- The 2021 Nigerian Investor Value Awards was held yesterday at Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island. Below are some of the dignitaries at the event:
Bandits have attacked Haske Baptist Church in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing eight people while several worshippers were abducted. An unspecified number of worshippers also sustained varying degrees of injuries with a medical doctor, Zakariah Dogo Yaro of the Kaduna State Ministry of Health, among those...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin- Kwara State has topped the table of developmental strides recorded across states governed by The All Progressives Congress (APC) for the month of March, 2021, according to a magazine published by the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF). The PGF, publishers of the Progressive Strides Magazine, is...
Governors in the South-East region are currently meeting at the Enugu Government House, in Enugu State. The meeting may not be unconnected with the rising insecurity in the region. Another issue that is likely to come up is the domestication of the regional security outfit, code-named Ebube Agu in...
Boko Haram has hoisted its flag in some parts of the Geidam community, in Yobe state. This comes two days after the terrorists reportedly attacked Geidam local government area of the state. Geidam is the hometown of the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba. Some of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) known as Baba For All (BFA), a pet project of President Muhammadu Buhari has on Sunday flagged off the distribution of food items to about 60,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across various refugees camps in Borno State. The Borno State...
The United States should resume Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccinations, an expert panel recommended to health authorities on Friday, after a pause prompted by blood clot concerns. Health authorities in the United States on April 14 proposed a halt on the vaccine following instances of severe blood clots out...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described The Sokoto State Governor, Amimu Waziri Tambuwal as not only a young talented man, but dynamic and performing as well. Obasanjo who spoke in Sokoto a day after laying foundation for the Runjin Sambo fly over bridge within...