Two undergraduate students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri have been found dead in their hostel while a third occupant is in critical condition at a health facility in Owerri, Imo State. A statement from the Police Public relations Officer, Imo State Police Command Mr. Orlando Ikeokwu says...
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The decision of the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji (Dr) Sa’ad Muhammad Abubakar, to opt out of the popular debate organized by the Kano State Government between Sheikh AbdulJabbar Nasiru Kabara, and a coalition of Clerics opposed to his interpretation of some sayings of the holy Prophet (May...
President Muhammadu Buhari takes the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja on March 6, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari has received the AstraZeneca vaccine, a day after the Federal Government launched the vaccination exercise in the country. He took the jab on Saturday at...
Ivory Coast was set to vote in a parliamentary ballot on Saturday in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year marked by violence. Grappling with a deep political crisis, President Alassane Ouattara has offered an olive branch to his former rival, Laurent Gbagbo, whose party has...
Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the top religious authority for most Shiite Muslims, hosted the head of the world’s Catholics, Pope Francis, on Saturday in the shrine city of Najaf. Sistani, 90, almost never holds meetings but made an exception for 84-year-old Francis, who is making the first-ever papal...
The African Development Bank Group (AfBD) has signed a $400,000 grant agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria to strengthen securities market regulation and broaden market instruments. The funds will go towards strengthening the risk-based supervision framework, regulation of derivatives and green bonds, and build capacity...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other senior officials will receive the COVID-19 vaccination today, Saturday by 11.30 AM. The Governors would receive theirs on Wednesday. 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine was rolled out on Friday, with health workers from the National Hospital Abuja, receiving the...
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has recently involved itself in a needless controversy over the disagreement between Alta Semper Capital, a renowned U.K. investment firm and Mrs. Bukky George, the founder and erstwhile Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of pharmaceutical retailer HealthPlus Limited. It all started in 2017 when...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals filed by a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and the ex-caretaker committee chairman of the party in Rivers State, Igo Aguma over Mr. Aguma’s sack. In a unanimous judgment, a five-man panel of the apex court...
A petrol-laden tanker has exploded at Ajayi Farm Bus-Stop along the Alagbole-Akute Road in Ogun State. Sources said the incident occurred very early on Saturday morning at the retail station of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the area. During a visit to the scene of the fire...
The Osun Police Command has rescued seven people kidnapped on the Ibokun-Osogbo Road on Tuesday. A statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Osogbo by the police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated that the effort of the state Commissioner of Police and other security agencies led to the...
Three shops used for selling clothing materials were destroyed by fire on Friday at Kantin Kwari market, along Unity Road, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Kano...
Goalkeeper Lamin Saidy saved two penalties as Gambia beat Tunisia 4-2 on post-match penalties at the Stade Cheikha Ould Boidiya in Nouakchott on Friday to clinch bronze at the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Mauritania. The game was forced to penalties after a barren stalemate in normal...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 371 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 158,042. As at Fridayday (5th, March 2021), the public health agency also recorded three (3) new COVID-19-related deaths, raising the...
Former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu has called for the establishment of state police in the country as a major step to tackle the security challenges in the country. Speaking with journalists in Kaduna on Friday, the former governor explained that state police will be better positioned to...
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha says nobody is safe from COVID-19 infection until everyone is vaccinated. The SGF said this on Friday during the formal rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at the National Hospital in Abuja, the nation’s capital. “For us in Nigeria and indeed...
The Zamfara State Government has confirmed the arrest of an Army officer and his girlfriend for aiding banditry in the state. The officer is accused of supplying arms, military uniforms, and other items to the bandits. Authorities in the state say the arrest further confirms the position of the...
Kano State Government has disbursed 2.3 billion Naira for the provision of infrastructures at the Inland Dry Port, Kumbotso Kano. The Managing Director of Dala Inland Dry Port, Ahmad Rabiu stated this when he led journalists on an inspection tour at the ongoing work at the premises of the...
The Chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission, Dr Bello lngawa has cautioned against fake employment letter in circulation. In a statement in Abuja on Thursday, he said by the nature of the letters being sold indicates its illegality and fraud. He noted that the original Application Forms has “NOT...