The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (Kaduna SUBEB) would soon award contracts for the execution of 231 projects worth N8.6 billion. The Executive Chairman, Mr Tijjani Abdullahi, made this known on Wednesday when he received officials of the Connected Development (CODE), an NGO, in his office in Kaduna. He...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is currently investigating cases of counterfeit of its electronic call-up slip in circulation. The NPA made the disclosure on Wednesday via its verified Twitter handle (@NigeriaPort). This fraudulent act is coming barely a week and half after NPA,...
The death toll from explosions at a military base in Equatorial Guinea has risen to 105, the health ministry says. Some 133 people are still in hospital, the ministry said in a tweet. A total total of 615 people were injured in the blasts. The death toll rose after...
A businessman, Jerry Okolo and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), on Wednesday informed The FCT High Court, sitting in Gudu, of an ongoing process of settling out of court. The suit which was instituted by Okolo along his Landlord, Abimaje Ebute as co-claimant against the AEDC, is over alleged illegal billing....
Ten-man Porto upset Juventus to reach the Champions League quarter-finals on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate draw in spite of losing 3-2 to the Italian side on Tuesday. Sergio Oliveira’s extra-time free-kick for Porto’s second goal proved decisive for the visitors. Porto dominated the first half and took...
Manchester United and AC Milan meet in the Europa League last 16 on Thursday in a battle of European royalty, with both clubs showing signs of revival. With 10 Champions League titles between them, United and Milan were once feared across Europe for their swashbuckling play and financial muscle....
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that each player of the Under-20 football team, the Black Satellites, will receive a gift of $10,000 for winning the U-20 AFCON tournament in Mauritania last Saturday. The President said half of the amount would be given out in cash while...
Japan will stage The okyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to COVID-19 pandemic. Japanese government had said welcoming fans from abroad would not be possible, given public concern about the coronavirus and the detection of more contagious variants in many countries. The Games are set for July...
Twenty-six Afghan men arrived in the capital Kabul early on Wednesday after being deported from Germany, airport officials said. The chartered flight landed at 7.15 a.m. (0245 GMT), the officials said. It marked the 37th deportation flight from Germany to Afghanistan since December 2016. According to officials, 1,015 failed asylum seekers have been sent...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm the nomination of Ahmad Shaba Halilu as Director General, National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA. In a letter to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, President Buhari said he was acting in line with the NASRDA Act of 2010. Dr Halilu...
The German sportswear giant, Adidas will announce its financial results on Wednesday, and give more details on the plans to sell its struggling U.S. subsidiary Reebok. Adidas announced in mid-February that it had decided to begin a formal process aimed at divesting Reebok. The sporting goods manufacturer said it...
The Republic of Benin seeks to understudy Nigeria’s rice production to also ban the importation of the commodity in that country. A delegation sent by President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic has met with the Chief of Staff to President Buhari and the Vice-Chairman, Presidential Food Security Council, who...
Nasarawa State Government has received the first batch of over 61,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. Commissioner for Health in the state Mr Ahmed Yahaya stated this in an interview with Radio Nigeria in Lafia. Front line health workers in the state have been vaccinated with the state...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 346 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 159,252. As at Tuesday (9th, March 2021), the public health agency also recorded six (6) new COVID-19-related deaths, raising the...
When we look at the current state of affairs in Nigeria, we consider the clamour for 2023 Presidency as of no consequence, as insignificant, and worthless. We are not bothered whether any such a fellow will come from the North or from the South, whether he or she will...
A senior official of the Nigeria Customs Service has explained how operatives offered bandits seven bags of seized rice to save themselves from the criminals. Comptroller Aliyu Mohammed, who is the Coordinator of the Sector 4 Command of the Joint Border Patrol Team in the North West, narrated how...
Intensive care units at hospitals in the Paris region are nearly saturated with COVID-19 patients, health authorities warned Tuesday, with doctors now putting off non-urgent operations in order to free up more beds. The surge in cases comes ahead of a government crisis meeting Wednesday, with officials hoping to...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has issued a two-month ultimatum to all bandits in the state to either repent and surrender their weapons or face serious consequences from the security personnel. He gave the deadline on Tuesday evening during a state-wide broadcast at the Government House in Gusau, the...
Sixteen people, including a doctor, have been sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of a Cameroonian Ebola expert, lawyers said on Tuesday. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, an epidemiologist employed by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO), was gunned down in April 2019 at a work meeting at...