By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir Bello, on Monday said that the Ministry had commenced the treatment of the three victims of herdsmen’s attacks in Igangan, who were ordered to be relocated to Ibadan by Governor Seyi Makinde. According to a press...
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By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Umar Gambo Jibrin, has inaugurated a Task Force to audit the vandalized or stolen Manhole and Gully Pot Covers in the Federal Capital City. The action is in response to the deep concern by...
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has reopened application for young entrepreneurs through a partnership with Tiimafrica which would provide a $5,000 grant to 100 businesses. Recalled that in November 2020, Tiimafrica in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development called for applications from...
The Nigeria Police Force, Headquarters have said that the three months extension of tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, is strictly the prerogative of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties between Nigeria and the People’s Republic of China. In the letter, President Buhari expressed satisfaction with the progress made so far and thanked China for her...
According to the knitted document by Felix N.C. Oragwu, each Federating Unit or regional government was constitutionally empowered to take full and exclusive responsibility / control of its land, agriculture, economy, education at all levels for its vitizens and other factors of socio-economic development within its domain, without any...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In order to actualize its vision of a robust digital basic education delivery in Nigeria, The Federal Government through The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is set to build digital schools across the country. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi disclosed...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday has granted an application by former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu seeking to challenge his re-trial in court. The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo also ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to put on hold the...
Mike Davids, former pastor at Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), has threatened to reveal information about the infidelity saga involving Stephanie Otobo and Apostle Johnson Suleman in 2017. Suleiman, founder of OFM, has been in a running battle with Davids over the latter’s allegation that he slept with his wife....
West Ham United midfielder Tomas Soucek would be available to play in Tuesday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Manchester United. This came after he won his appeal against a red card he picked up against Fulham at the weekend. Soucek was sent off in time added on for an...
A 20-year-old student, Benjamin Oche, on Monday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi for allegedly breaking into a house and stealing 25 litres of groundnut oil. The police charged Oche with theft, breaking and entering. The prosecution counsel, Sgt. Ato Godwin, told the court that the case was...
A Nigerian filmmaker, Desmond Ovbiagele has revealed the inspiration behind his movie “The Milkmaid” which is a contender for the upcoming 2021 Oscars International Films Category. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science would announce its nominations for the Academy...
UK and Commonwealth Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II, lobbied the UK Government to push through an exemption for Buckingham Palace in transparency laws in the 1970s, The Guardian reported. Citing documents in the National Archives, the publication said the Queen deployed her high-powered attorney at the time, Matthew...
The Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has said the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, should be held accountable for the worsening security situation in the country. In a statement, the interim chairman of the group, Femi Falana (SAN), said the communal clashes occurring in communities across the country...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it would continue to do all within its regulatory powers to educate Nigerians to desist from use of cryptocurrencies, despite growing criticism. In a statement, the Apex Bank said it is determined to protect the country’s financial system from activities of “fraudsters...
In keeping with its efforts to support Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage to enhance operational efficiency in government, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has donated ICT equipment to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The state-of-the-art ICT tools comprising 40 units of HP EliteOne All-in-One desktop G5 with...
Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Mr. Samuel, an accountant and the church’s treasurer, was arraigned before...
Popular Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has declared he has what it takes to fight against Boko Haram without the government’s support. Igboho made this declaration in a video interview released in 2020, were he said: “That which I will use in the fight against...
The Ekiti State Government has taken the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to court over the dismissal of a police constable, Ms. Omolola Olajide, for getting pregnant without serving for the required number of years. The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale Fapohunda, in a...
A 53-year-old man, Gbolahan Segun, on Monday appeared in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly assaulting a man with a broken bottle. Mr. Segun, whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of assault. The prosecutor, Inspector E.O.Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant committed the...