By RICHARD ABU, Keffi – About 100 students of Divine Jubilation College of Health Technology, Masaka in Karu local government area of Nasarawa State, have been matriculated with a charged on them to shun all forms of social vices that will dent the reputation of the institution. The 4th...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested four supects on allegations of buying and selling of babies and conspiracy to commit crime. In a statement on Tuesday by The Head, Press and Public Relations Unit of NAPTIP, Mrs Stella...
A Consultant Nutritionist, Dr Mashudat Adams, says frequent intake of fruits would help to lower the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as stoke and high blood pressure. Dr. Adams, a staff of a Lagos hospital, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FEMARD) has trained 40 rice farmers in the rice value chain in Edo to boost production. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ministry also distributed 40 bags of 25kg faro 44 rice seedlings to the rice farmers across...
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) Mele Kyari, has assured Nigerians that the queues building up in filling stations would be diminished from today. Mr. Kyari gave the assurance on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has signed on to the United Nations (UN) Second Decade of Action for Road Safety to address the increasing rate of road crashes across the country. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the hint at a one-day workshop organised for Sector...
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly headed with 11 ministers on Tuesday to the Libyan capital Tripoli to discuss cooperation between the two countries in all fields, the cabinet said in a statement. The delegation included ministers of electricity and renewable energy, housing, transport, civil aviation, and trade and industry...
The Zamfara State Police Command has killed 30 hoodlums in Gobirawa, Gora, Rini and Madoti Dankule villages of Maradun and Bakura Local Government Areas the state as it renews its offences against banditry. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, the...
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Muhammad Usman as Commissioner for National Population Commission (NPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Usman’s confirmation followed consideration and adoption of a report of the Senate Committee on National Identity and National Population. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Saidu...
Some leadership traits that were useful in the past might not be so today, because we are facing a situation that is totally different from the one that prevailed in the late 1990s or even in the early 2000s. We must, therefore, find new forms of leadership, because the sophisticated...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), says its approvals for research grants would be doubled in 2021, from over 128 approvals made in 2020. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, said the approvals would be announced as soon the Board of Trustees gives its...
The Ondo State Election petitions tribunal on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the PDP against the re-election of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for a second term in office. The petition was filed by Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP against Gov. Akeredolu of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Jegede challenged...
A professor of Economics, Lanre Olaniyan, says there is nothing untoward about the CBN printing money to augment Federal Government’s revenue. Professor Olaniyan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that it was part of the apex bank’s responsibility to print money whenever the need...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi says the Nigerian Customs Service has agreed to demolish its old scanner centre obstructing the laying of rail tracks along the Lagos Ibadan rail project leading into the Apapa port within six months. A statement by his Media Assistant, Mrs.Taiye Elebiyo Edeni,...
Nigerian celebrities are making the nation proud and planting a smile on the faces of their fans through their creativity and sheer hard work. It is no surprise that the hard work pays off as these celebrities do not hesitate to flaunt the dividends of their hard work on...
With news of the death of newly re-elected veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno on Tuesday, we look back on the key events of his 30 years at the helm of the huge mostly desert African state. – 1990: Seizes the capital – Former army chief turned rebel leader, Deby...
A four-star general who is a son of Chad’s slain president Idriss Deby Itno will replace him at the head of a military council, the army announced on Tuesday. “A military council has been set up, headed by his son, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno,” the army’s spokesman, General...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two suspects who specialise in producing and selling drug cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of the public in Abuja, the Nation’s capital. The suspects, a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo...
Chad’s President Idriss Deby, who got recently re-elected for his sixth term, got injured during clashes with rebels and died in a hospital, a source familiar with a matter told Sputnik on Tuesday. The AFP reported earlier in the day that Deby, who commanded an army unit during hostilities...
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its standing Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate the alleged assault on a security guard, Clement Sargwak. The assault was allegedly committed by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, at Banex Plaza, Wuse II, Abuja. Sagwak,...