The National Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, in Kaduna State, has trained 4,882 transport and logistics experts in two years. The Director General of the institute, Dr Bayero Salih-Farah, said the training was geared toward strengthening the logistics and transport sector with skilled, disciplined and well motivated workforce....
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On February 5, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a circular addressed to banks and other financial institutions with the directive that transactions in cryptocurrencies and facilitating payment for cryptocurrency exchanges were prohibited. The CBN further instructed all banks and other financial institutions to identify individuals or entities...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has felicitated with all Christians in the State as they mark the Easter celebration, a festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, Governor Zulum, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, said he...
“But very early on Sunday morning the women came to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone covering the entrance had been rolled aside. So they went in, but they couldn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. They were puzzled, trying to...
Millions of Christians in Nigeria on Sunday joined their counterparts around the world to mark Easter, a festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, as resident doctors continue to strike nationwide. The Federal Government had declared public holidays on April 2 and 5 to mark the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced that it has registered 50 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,113. As at Saturday (3rd April, 2021), the public health agency recorded no COVID-19-related deaths,...
Easter, Pascha, Passover, they all mean the same thing. In Christendom, they all symbolize the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Easter is the day Christians celebrate the triumph or victory of Jesus Christ over death. It marks the opening of the Kingdom of Heaven to mankind, that...
… Bachi, Benue comply as AstraZeneca vaccine shortage looms • Remaining doses will be reserved for second jabs – Minister The Federal Government has asked all the states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they use half of the doses allocated to them. Sunday PUNCH,...
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has set aside N100m in the 2021 budget for the rehabilitation of the Ife-Ifewara Road which had been fixed by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The road was rehabilitated free by Adeboye as part...
Somalia’s army said Saturday that soldiers had killed scores of Al-Shabaab gunmen who attacked two key military bases, while police said five civilians died in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu. In a particularly bloody day for Somalia, where the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab launches regular attacks against government and civilian targets,...
Manchester City moved ever closer to a third Premier League title in four seasons as a rare goal from Benjamin Mendy and Gabriel Jesus’s strike earned a 2-0 win at third-placed Leicester on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s men now hold a commanding 17-point lead at the top of the table,...
With gratitude to God, the family of Pa Joseph Adeleye Obutu of Iju/Itaogbolu, Akure North Local Government in Ondo State announces the glorious passage to the great beyond of their mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Madam Julianah Ademolahan Adeleye (nee Olomoofe) . Mama Adeleye passed to the great beyond...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has called on Christians faithful to imbibe the spirit of love for country and good neighbourliness, which the teachings and lessons of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ exemplify. In his...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The National Leader of The All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu has joined millions of Nigerians in mourning the sudden demise of Mr. Yinka Odumakin, spokesman for Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural organization in Nigeria. It was learnt that the outspoken activist died from Covid-19...
The UK medical regulator on Saturday, said that out of 30 people who suffered rare blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died. The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as several European countries have paused the use of the AstraZeneca jab over a potential link to blood...
The World Bank has said that Nigeria moved out of recession faster than its forecasts had predicted. “Following a 6.1 percent year-on-year contraction in 2020 Q2, Nigeria’s economy contracted by 3.6 percent in 2020 Q3, and expanded by 0.1 percent in 2020 Q4, moving out of recession faster than...
A patched-up Real Madrid began a crucial week by beating Eibar 2-0 on Saturday to increase the pressure on Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga. With Liverpool to come in the Champions League on Tuesday and a Clasico against Barcelona next weekend, Madrid welcomed a comfortable win...