ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- No fewer than 7,158 students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi have been matriculated for the 2019/2020/2021 academic sessions. The ATBU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mohammmed Abdulazeez disclosed this on Friday at the matriculation ceremony of the newly admitted students which held at the 1,000 seater...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- In a bid to ensure that residents of the Federal Capital Territory participate fully in the vaccination against the spread of COVID-19, FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called on graded chiefs to support government efforts in the sensitization of residents. The...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been vaccinated with the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The Governor who had the vaccine administered on him by Chairman of the Kwara State Medical Advisory Committee Dr. Femi Oladiji, described discovery of the vaccine as a watershed in the global campaign against the...
Monarch of South Africa’s largest ethnic group, King Goodwill Zwelithini of Zulu Land, who saw himself as the custodian of his people’s culture, has died aged seventy-two. King Zwelithini, who was hailed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as a “visionary monarch”, died on Friday in a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal province....
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has been elected into the FIFA Executive Council. Pinnick, 50, was elected as a member of the FIFA Council during the 43rd CAF Ordinary General Assembly which was held in Rabat, the Moroccan capital on Friday. He beat Walter...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has apologised to Nigerians for the distress and inconvenience caused by ‘unfortunate information about the hike in fuel price. Sylva in a statement on Friday explained that neither he nor President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the increase in the retail price...
The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno has suggested that money has gone missing in the procurement of arms and other equipment under the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Monguno gave the inkling during an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday. “No one knows what happened to the money, but by...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stressed the importance of “team spirit” to project African football to the top of the world. President Infantino made this known in his address to the 43rd CAF Ordinary and Elective General Assembly that took place today in Rabat. “We know the values of...
Governors and the Presidency will meet on Thursday, next week, to finalize the framework for the implementation of the financial autonomy of the legislature and the judiciary at the state level. Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal disclosed this to newsmen after a delegation of the Governors met with the...
The Lagos State Government has announced the roll out, distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines. The State Government took delivery of the first consignment of 507,000 vaccines allocated to it by the Federal Government on Tuesday last week. Addressing a news conference at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, the...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations (NNPC) says it has not increased the Ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr Kennie Obateru, disclosed this on Friday, while addressing newsmen in Abuja. Ex-deport price is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Deputy Governor who is also the Chairman of The State Task Force on Covid-19, Hon. Umar Kadafur on Friday took the first dose of Covid-19 Astrazeenica vaccine at his office in the Government House Maiduguri alongside other VIPs and strategic leaders of...
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says the Guiding Prices posted on its website on Thursday were only indicative of current market trends and do not translate to an increase in the pump price of PMS. A statement on Friday by the Executive Secretary Abdulkadir Saidu said publications...
The World Health Organization says there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after several European countries suspended the roll-out over blood clot fears. The WHO on Friday said its vaccines advisory committee was currently looking at safety data and stressed that no causal link had been...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo has assured that by 2023, Nigeria would be ranked among the first 100 countries of the world in the area of ease of doing business. Delivering a keynote address at the virtual Nigeria-Britain Trade and Investment Expo with the theme:...
The Police command in Anambra state has paraded an 80-year-old woman, Felicia Nwafor and her 39-year-old daughter self acclaimed pastor, Rejoice over alleged child trafficking and assault. The suspects who are from Umunya in Oyi LGA were accused of confining three children , 2 boys and a girl, inside...
CNN Award Winning Publisher and Queen of Apomu land Osun State, Olori Janet Afolabi has unveiled Youth, Development Academy Apomu. The event took place in the Alapomu Palace Hall in Apomu, Headquarters of Isokan Local Government Area of the state. The Academy is embarking on massive skills aquisition training...
No fewer than 172 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been rescued. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this to Channels Television via a statement issued on Friday. He said troops of...
Supreme Court has affirmed the ten-years jail term slammed on a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye’s for alleged criminal breach of trust. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju on behalf of the five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Mary Odili, the...
Investments in top medical care and the overall healthcare sector in Nigeria is set to birth one of “the fastest growth areas in a resurgent Nigerian economy”, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof Osinbajo stated this during his virtual remarks at the official unveiling of the Evercare...