The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has applauded the proposal by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for students to undergo drug integrity test before admission into the university.A statement issued on Wednesday by the Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr Jonah Achema, quoted the NANS President,...
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The Anambra House of Assembly on Wednesday shut the assembly complex for three weeks after some lawmakers and members of staff tested positive for COVID-19.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the assembly invited the state COVID-19 team on January 19 to conduct compulsory test on members and workers.The...
The 2024 Paris Olympics will go ahead as scheduled regardless of the fate of this year’s Summer Games in Tokyo amid the COVID-19 crisis, the French organising committee said on Wednesday. Last week, Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommitted to holding the Olympics this year, denying a...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday named the 132 housing units at Iponri after the former Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola. The Iponri LagosHOMS situated in Surulere Local Government Area consists of 132 home units with 11 blocks of 88 two-bedrooms and 44 three-bedrooms built on 2.91 hectares of land....
The Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has launched a Hajj Savings Scheme to allow the less privileged and low income earners perform the annual Holy Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia with ease. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scheme, which was launched in llorin on Wednesday, was...
The Federal Government has scheduled the induction course for career and non-career ambassadors-designate and their spouses to hold between Feb. 8 and Feb. 10. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, said this in a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, on Wednesday in...
Niger Republic Chief of Air Staff, Colonel Amirou Abduolkader, has lauded the existing collaboration between his country and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the fight against insurgency, urging for more synergy. Abduolkader made the call on Wednesday while fielding questions from newsmen during his visit to headquarters of...
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday inaugurated 84 housing units at Lekki Phase II, aimed at reducing the housing deficit in the state. The project, LagosHOMS Lekki Phase II, located at Eti-Osa Local Government, consists of 84 home units, on a land expanse of 1.8 hectares. Sanwo-Olu...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned four directors of Petrol Union Oil and Gas Company Ltd. charged with £2.55 billion fraud. The defendants are: Abayomi Kukoyi (said to be trading under the name and style of Gladstone Kukoyi and Associates), Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince Chidi...
Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte wants to get inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine in his buttocks, making it impossible for the shot to be given in public, officials said on Wednesday. “Let’s respect that,’’ Health Secretary Francisco Duque said. “His decision can be likened to the decision of the monarchy...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called for an all-inclusive governance to curb the myriad of agitations rocking the country. The governor made the call on Wednesday when the Executive Chairman and Commissioners of the Federal Character Commission, Dr Muheeba Dankaka, visited him at the Government House, Asaba. Okowa...
The Speaker of the Kwara House of Assembly, Mr Yakubu Danladi, has mourned the state’s pioneer Grand Khadi, late Justice Abdulkadir Orire (CON), saying that his death was a great loss to Kwara and the nation at large. In a condolence message, issued by his Media Aide, Sherif lbrahim,...
A Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist with UNICEF, Mr Bioye Ogunjobi, has called on states to show more commitment toward scaling up sanitation services and access to water supply in the country. Ogunjobi made the call while delivering a report on the end of the UNICEF funded Sanitation,...
The Nasarawa Government has appealed to residents of the state to take personal preventive measures and responsibility to reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) as the second wave rages. Mr Dogo Shammah, Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, while speaking with newsmen in Lafia on Wednesday said taking personal responsibility...
Ibom Youths Football Club of Uyo on Wednesday said they have signed on 33 players in preparation for the 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL) season. Keresifon Essien, the club’s Media Officer, said in a statement that the players were selected from more than 200 players who turned up for recruitment...
The Kano State Hisbah Board has constituted a committee to ensure strict compliance with The COVID-19 protocols in schools across the state.Harun Ibn-Sina, the board’s Commandant, stated this during an physical exercise session at the Hisbah Academy on Wednesday in Kano.According to Ibn-Sina, our officers will go round and...
An Area Court in Dutse, Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old trader, Imrana Abubakar, to six months imprisonment for breaking into a shop and stealing a generator engine and tools. The presiding officer, Mr Hassan Aliyu, who tried and found Abubakar guilty, ordered him to pay N60, 000 each,...
No fewer than 4,000 women from the rural areas across the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State are to benefit from the Federal Government’s grant under its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, said this...
Some residents of Nsukka town in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the appointment of new service chiefs.Residents in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Wednesday, said that Tuesday’s appointment by the president would bring new...