The Benue State Governor.Dr Samuel Ortom, on Monday condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff over the killings of 11 soldiers in Bonta Village, Konshisha Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one Army officer and ten soldiers were found dead...
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Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Akin Dada as Group Executive, Corporate and Investment Bank. He joined Ecobank in 2017 as the Executive Director for Corporate Bank in Nigeria, and prior to his new appointment was Group Head,...
Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have asked the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the union. They warned that should the government fail to honour its agreement in the next four weeks, they would be forced to declare another indefinite nationwide industrial action. President...
*** Offers her scholarship, renames Teaching Hospital’s Pediatric Unit as Hauwa’u By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has received the six-year old child, whose genitals were removed in Jama’are Local Government Area of the state for ritual purpose, after three corrective surgeries. Receiving little Hauwa’u Ya’u...
The Bayelsa Government on Monday said that it would ensure that its ongoing infrastructure projects across the state meet world class standards as well as provide value for money. The Chairman of the Directorate for Project Monitoring and Evaluation,Mr. Ebiye Tarabina, said this while inspecting ongoing projects in the...
Police in Delta rescued one Mr James Emmanuel from suspected kidnappers/robbers on Saturday in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright, stated in Warri on Monday that men of the Eagle Net Special Squad of the Police Command carried out...
Troops from the Philippines and United States on Monday kicked off a major annual bilateral training exercise that was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Balikatan (or shoulder-to-shoulder) exercises opened with a simple ceremony at the Philippines’ military headquarters. The joint training came as Manila and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, has received the security personality fellowship of the Institute of Security and Strategic Studies, ISSS, Abuja. Professor Bogoro received the induction at the 1st Annual Lecture/Fellowship Night and 3rd Investiture Ceremony of...
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) official on Monday said a Chinese-built seaport in Kenya’s coastal island of Lamu would be operational in June. Bernard Osero, head of KPA corporate affairs, told Xinhua over the phone that China Communications Construction Company had already completed construction of the first three berths of...
At least 200 youths in Badagry, Lagos State, will get free JAMB forms from a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in the area this year. Interested youths, who must be 16 years old and above, should go to http://www.ejalonibu.org to apply. The offer opens on Tuesday, April13 and closes on Friday,...
By RICHARD ABU, Benue- The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue state Council is to conduct elections by July when the tenure of the current Executive Members would have expired. The Council is currently ruled by an Acting Chairman, Comrade Martins Kajoh who is the Vice-Chairman of the union....
Mrs Chidi Onyemelukwe, daughter of deceased Dr Alex Ekwueme, Nigeria’s vice-president (1979 – 1983) wants a God-fearing candidate to win Anambra’s Nov. 6 governorship election. Mrs Onyemelukwe is aspiring to contest the election in the platform of the PDP. She was running mate to the PDP’s governorship candidate, Mr...
Australian researchers have embarked on an expedition to explore previously undocumented deep-sea coral reefs off the country’s north coast. Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) researchers departed Darwin on Friday bound for the Ashmore Reef Marine Park for a three-week expedition. The unknown and undocumented mesophotic coral ecosystem would...
Telecoming and Evina sign a global alliance to enhance security in Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) payments. Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) is the safest and most suitable payment technology for the new mobile economy; The two companies announced the launch of DCB Index to measure industry maturity in different regions....
No fewer than 700 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) were reported across Yobe State in the last two years. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Mohammed Gana, disclosed this on Sunday at an event to train doctors, nurses, and midwives on clinical management of rape and intimate...
Protestors shout “Don’t shoot” while kneeling and raising up their arms in front of a line of police officers at the Brooklyn Center Police Station during a protest after a police officer shot and killed a black man in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 11, 2021.Kerem Yucel /...
Archaeologists have found a total of 165 millennia-old tombs at a single relic site in east China’s Shandong Province. The tombs, unearthed in the city of Heze, include 156 that date back to the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.) and nine from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-221 B.C.), according...
The Nigerian Army says, its troops supported by Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have thwarted Boko Haram terrorists’ incursion into Damasak, Headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno, killing scores. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in as statement on Monday, said the success...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has apprehended the merchants of dangerous chemicals used in food and drinks supposedly to enhance taste that killed three people in Kano. It was learnt that the three victims died after consuming adulterated flavoured drinks. The Agency’s Director...
Electricity generation in the country fell below the 4,000 megawatts mark on Sunday as 11 plants were idle, even as several others suffered declines in the output. Total power generation fell to 3,922.2MW as of 6am on Sunday from 4,394MW on Saturday, according to data obtained from the Nigerian...