From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Headquarters, Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Major-General Abdul I. Khalifa has categorically declared the news report that some abducted Chibok schoolgirls were released or escaped from the Boko Haram terrorists and will be handed over to their...
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The concept of goal setting, target attainment and taking action, says Grant Cardone, are not taught in schools, management classes, leadership training or a weekend conference at the four seasons-No formula exists that one could find in any book. But by using the exact level of effort necessary, you...
A Mobile Court in Kano, on Saturday, sealed a motor park and a filling station for violating the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The affected facilities were the Kano Line Motor Park, on Zaria Road, and Aliko Oil, in Dakata...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to prioritise inoculation of health workers and older persons, and to share excess doses with other nations as COVID-19 vaccines are currently in scarce supply. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, made the appeal in a speech posted on the WHO website....
No fewer than 3,500 women in Ogun have received N20,000 each, under the Federal Government’s Special Cash Grant Project for Rural Women, a statement from the Humanitarian Affairs ministry has said.The statement, issued on Saturday, in Abuja, by Mrs Rhoda Iliya, the Deputy Director, Information, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs,...
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of 20 persons, in a crash along the Bode Saadu- Ilorin road, in the early hours of Saturday. According to information made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the command, in Ilorin, on...
Mr Yakubu Dogara, former speaker, House of Representatives, on Saturday, buried his father-in-law, Mr Stephen Gonto, in Mwari, Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gonto, father of Dogara’s wife, Gimbiya, was a retired Master Warrant Officer in the Nigerian Army,...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has called on the public to leverage on the “Flagit” Anti- Corruption App, to report unprofessional and professional conducts exhibited by FRSC staff for punishment and reward where applicable. Oyeyemi made the call while reviewing the impact of...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, on Saturday, described digitisation as critical for the country to attain its food security needs. Olusanya, who said this at the launch of a book entitled: “The Rise of Digital Agriculture,” which held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, added...
The North East Civil Society Forum has urged governors in the region to develop a regional peace, stabilisation and development strategy. According to them, such development will be an approach to tackling the peculiar challenges of the region that is being ravaged by insurgency. The forum made the call...
Mr Yohei Sasakawa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, says overcoming leprosy involves more than early diagnosis and prompt treatment. Sasakawa stated this in his message to mark the World Leprosy Day posted on the WHO website. The World Leprosy Day is observed internationally every...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced on Friday it recorded 1,114 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) from 19 states of the Federal including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), This is contained in an update on the official twitter handle of the health...
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Kogi Hospital Management Board (KHMB), Dr Zakari Usman, has commended Gov. Yahaya Bello for the implementation of the 2014 corrected Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) for doctors in the state’s civil service. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on...
The International AIDS Society (IAS) has called on US President Joe Biden to consider legislating against the possible return of global gag rule in future, a statement from IAS media officers, Michael Kessler and Leila Darabi, said. The statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on...
Dr Abdulrahman Shuaibu, Executive Secretary, Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency (GSPHCDA), on Friday, raised alarm over the risks posed by Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) to the state. Shuaibu stated this in Gombe, while speaking with newsmen on World NTDs Day, commemorated on Jan. 30, every year. The...
inancially-beleaguered Air Namibia on Friday survived liquidation attempts by defunct Belgian company ChallengeAir SA which had applied to the Namibian High Court to have the carrier liquidated. ChallengeAir SA had filed for the loss-making flag carrier’s liquidation, arguing it is insolvent and unable to repay about 16.7 million U.S....
No toxic or explosive substances were found in a suspicious envelope addressed to the Tunisian president earlier this week, prosecutors said on Friday. On Thursday, the Tunisian presidency said it received an empty envelope addressed to President Kais Saied and that it had caused the employee who opened it to...
First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster was among those hitting out at a new temporary European Union（EU） export control tool on Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. “This is an incredible act of hostility,” she said in a statement shared on Twitter. “At the first opportunity the EU has placed a...