Bandits suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two nurses working with Idon General Hospital in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The hospital is located less than a kilometer from a police checkpoint along the Kaduna-Kachia road in Idon. The incident which occurred in the early hours of...
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has condoled with the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) over the death of its President, Alhaji Saleh Rabo. In a statement in Abuja on Thursday, the minister described Rabo’s death as “a big blow to the tourism sector in Nigeria”, considering the great...
The Federal University, Wukari, Taraba, on Thursday said the institution was partnering the host community on peace building to guard against incessant communal and other crises in the area. The Vice Chancellor of the university,Prof. Jude Rabo, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen on the sideline of the...
Mr Olalekan Babatunde, a former Secretary, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Ife Branch, says state governors are violating the Constitution by hindering financial autonomy of judiciary. Babatunde made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday, in Ile-Ife. ”They have refused to comply with...
By OOREOFEOLUWA KALEJAIYE, Lagos- Audiomack has partnered with MTN Nigeria to unveil the Audiomack+MTN Data Bundle program which offers MTN subscribers tailored data bundles for streaming unlimited music and accessing content on Audiomack free of data charges. The partnership will see MTN subscribers gain free access to Audiomack’s streaming...
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has deployed additional 1,000 personnel to check traffic robbery in the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. Adejobi said the Command had given motorcycles to...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit scheduled on Saturday in Jakarta. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Duterte has decided to remain in the country to attend to pressing domestic concerns in the light of...
After the police killed George Floyd about 11 months ago, the following was the cause of his death as issued in a statement by the Minneapolis Police Department: “Two officers arrived and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s, in his car. He was ordered...
Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s leading Airline, is pleased to announce that it has joined hands with BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China’s biotech giant, the BGI Genomics Co., Ltd, to launch high-end COVID-19 testing laboratory at its main hub and the continent’s busiest airport, Addis Ababa Bole International...
President Joe Biden will on Thursday pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade compared to 2005 levels, officials said. The promise will come at an online summit Biden is convening with 40 world leaders aimed at getting major economies to set more...
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry’s visit to China last week, has revived bilateral cooperation on climate change, Washington-based online news magazine ‘The Diplomat’ has reported. “Kerry’s visit puts climate change firmly back on the China-U.S. agenda. “The joint statement included some welcome commitments and held out...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Minister of State for FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has stated that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has identified the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as an important component in the nation’s stride towards economic growth and development. To this end, the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a new initiative which aims to halt transmission of malaria in 25 more countries by 2025. The initiative is to be launched on World Malaria Day on April 25. Thailand, South Africa and Saudi Arabia are among the countries the WHO aimed...
The Nigeria Police have come under attack after a viral picture of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) former housemate, Terseer Waya, popularly known as Kiddwaya, with their officers surfaced online. Kiddwaya on Wednesday shared pictures on Instagram where he had about four policemen with guns as escorts. This did not...
Police rounded up more than 1,700 protesters on Wednesday as Russians in dozens of cities took part in rallies organised by allies of hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over his failing health in jail. His spokeswoman was jailed for 10 days, and another close ally detained, on the same...
The Kwara Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria has congratulated the state’s athletes to the just-concluded 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) for improved performance. The sports festival tagged Edo 2020 was held in Benin from April 2 to April 14, with Team Delta emerging the winners and...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconsider its timetable and schedule of activities for the FCT Area Councils election, scheduled for Feb. 12, 2022. The party gave the advice in a letter addressed to the INEC Chairman and jointly signed by...
Nigerian singer, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as “2baba” lashed out the Nigerian Center For Disease Control, NCDC, for frustrating travelers. 2baba in a video via his Instagram account on Wednesday, lashed out at the Agency for frustrating him and other travelers who had important errands and business dealings...
An #EndSARS campaigner, Rinu Oduala, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to freeze the bank accounts of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over his past controversial comments supporting the activities of terrorist groups including Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Pantami had since renounced his radical pro-terrorists...
A suspected notorious major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia State, Chibuike Apollos, was on Wednesday arrested during an early morning raid on his hideout at Mbausi in the Isialangwa North LGA of the state. The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, said in a...