The Federal Government on Friday said 8,439 persons across the country have reported mild side effects after they received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja on Friday. Dr. Shuaib revealed...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Nigeria Army Headquarters has revealed how a senior commander of ISWAP, Bukar Gana Fitchmeram (aka Abu Aisha), and scores of his fighters who were on revenge mission at Damasak, fell to the fire power of Nigerian troops on Thursday. In a statement on Friday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- As part of the Buhari administration’s efforts to transform agricultural productivity in the country, the Federal Government in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other stakeholders is set to roll out a Special-Agro Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme aimed at concentrating agro-processing activities...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Damasak, from Thursday to Friday, after the town was attacked on Tuesday, by Boko Haram insurgents, killing 20 persons and injuring 21 others. The Governor traveled alongside Senator Abubakar Kyari representing Borno North, who hails...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Women Affairs and Administration, Dr. Hajo Sani, has been appointed as The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to UNESCO. The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the First Lady, Aliyu Abdullahi,...
Security operatives have thwarted an attempted jailbreak by inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ubiaja in Edo State. Aminu Suleman, who is the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Edo State Command, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the incident occurred...
Mr Abiodun Tobun, a lawmaker representing Epe Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, has obtained Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms for 300 youths in Epe. Mr. Tobun, the All Progressive Congress (APC) lawmaker, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Epe,...
The the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) generated N1.31 trillion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020 compared to N1.33 trillion recorded in 2019. NBS made this known on Friday in Abuja in its “Internally Generated Revenue...
Six people were killed while three others were injured on Thursday night in an attack by gunmen at Wereng community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack occurred days after eight people who were mining at a neighbouring Kuru community were killed in the same council...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has disclosed the Federal Capital Territory Administration has put in place an Input Support Initiative, a strategy aimed at increasing access to critical Agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, agro-chemicals, pesticides, feeds, irrigation equipment to support all...
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has formally signed a short-term deal with four-time Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Champions, Kano Pillars. The club said this is in a statement by its Media Officer, Rilwan Malikawa, on Friday in Kano. According to the statement, Musa signed the short term deal...
The Police in Ekiti on Friday confirmed that gunmen had kidnapped Oba David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso in Oye Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. ASP Sunday Abutu, the spokesman for the police in the state, confirmed the incident and described it as “unfortunate and regrettable”. Abutu...
Former South Korean interior minister Kim Boo Kyum is to become the country’s new prime minister, the presidential office in Seoul announced on Friday. President Moon Jae In nominated Kim for the office as part of a cabinet reshuffle. A change of head of government in the middle of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is now re-energised and recommitted to executing the party’s lofty developmental objectives after his medical trip abroad. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), disclosed this in a statement on...
Authorities in Chicago released police body camera footage Thursday showing an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old Latino boy as the mayor of America’s third-largest city appealed for calm over the “excruciating” video. The shocking footage shows teenager Adam Toledo running from officers in the small hours of March 29...
No fewer than thirteen persons are feared killed in Guyuk local government area of Adamawa state following a communal clash between two border communities of Adamawa and Gombe States. This was made known to Channels Television in a telephone interview by the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency...
India saw an unprecedented surge of 217,353 coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities imposed further restrictions to contain a severe second wave of infections. This is the second consecutive day that India has recorded more than 200,000 new cases. Fresh infections were 7.6 per cent higher than on Thursday,...
At least eight people were killed in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis by a gunman who is believed to have then killed himself, police said. The victims were all found at a Fedex facility near the international airport where the shooting took place late Thursday, police...
The Kwara Government has restated its commitment to creating a business friendly environment for economic growth and development in the state. The Chairman, Kwara State Ease of Doing Business Council, Mrs Susan Oluwole, expressed this at the opening of a two-day stakeholders’ organised by the council in Ilorin on...