No fewer than 100 widows and orphans have benefitted from a free foodstuffs distribution by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Less Privileged Children Encouragement Initiative, to cushion the effects of coronavirus. Dr Rotimi Akinlesi, the Chief Executive Officer of the NGO disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
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Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja observed a minute silence in honour of former three members of the cabinet who died recently. The former ministers were Alhaji Dauda Birma, Alhaji Mohammadu Gambo Jimeta and Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim. Late Birma, aged 80, who served as...
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, fixed Feb. 26 to deliver ruling in a preliminary objection raised in a suit seeking the winding up of the sponsors of the Big Brother Naija Show, Payporte Global System Ltd. Justice Ayokunle Faji fixed the date for ruling after counsel...
The Police command in Niger says it has arrested 12 suspects over armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and possession of 13 locally fabricated guns in different parts of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer( PPRO), ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna.Abiodun said...
The Plateau State University (PLASU) chapter of ASUU says the state government has funded only 20 per cent of completed and on-going capital projects in the institution since inception in 2005. Dr Bentse Pamson, chairman of the chapter, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Wednesday...
A political group, Tinubu Vanguard, on Wednesday urged the newly-appointed Service Chiefs of the Nigerian Armed Forces to justify the confidence reposed in them by President Muhammadu Buhari. This, they can do by quickly end insecurity in the country, its Director-General, Dr Johnny Benjamin said in a statement issued...
The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says it plans to shore up its internally generated revenue by harnessing potential in the tourism sector in Kwara. The institution made its intention known on Wednesday when its sub-committee on tourism initiative visited the Deputy Governor of Kwara, Mr Kayode Alabi, to...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday confirmed 15 additional deaths from COVID-19 complications, bringing the total number of death toll in the country to 1,522. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Tuesday. The centre also said that 1,303 new cases of COVID-19 was recorded, bringing...
With Australian children starting to return to school, parents have been urged not to share their children’s first day of school photos online without using maximum privacy settings. The Australian Federal Police (AFP), gave the warning on Wednesday. While children at their first day of school in their uniforms...
C A Chinese court has handed down a year-long prison sentence to a woman who hid her Coronavirus symptoms before boarding a flight, state media reported on Wednesday.The 37-year-old took medication to suppress a fever before boarding a flight from the United States to China in March 2020, the...
American Philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian government against diverting its limited health fund into trying to pay a high price for COVID-19 vaccines. Gates gave the advice on Tuesday night during a virtual press conference ahead of the launch of the 2021 Bill and Melinda Gates Annual...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said no fewer than five persons escaped death in an accident on the Ipetu-Ijesa-Akure Highway. The Sector Commander, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, said this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi. Ibrahim noted that five persons:...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said on Tuesday it recorded 1,303 new COVID-19 infections in the country. In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency also put the total number confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel...
By Onoja Integrity As the clock of Governor Yahaya Bello’s time in office ticks to 5 years today, it’s pertinent we have a terse retrospect of the condition of Kogi State prior the coming of governor Bello and the pool of peace currently enjoyed in the state. This could,...
Some residents in Benin, the capital of Edo on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of new service chiefs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidency announced Maj.-Gen. Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Adm. Zibairu...
Mr Jacob Pwakim, a public affairs analyst, has advised the new service chiefs to adopt modern strategies and tactics towards ending the myriad of insecurity in the country. Pwakim, the Executive Director of Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse, gave the advice in an interview with the...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that the government was exploring opportunities for mutual collaborations with Canada on COVID-19 response and other health care interventions. Abayomi disclosed this through a series of tweets on his official Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi on Tuesday. The commissioner said...
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pledged to support the Nigerian Army 32 Artillery Brigade Owena Cantonment in Akure, in its efforts to fight crime in the state. Akeredolu made the pledge while receiving the newly posted Brigade Commander, Brig. Gen. Raymond Utsaha in his office. The governor...
Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Anambra State, has challenged party stakeholders to work together to capture the state in the governorship election slated for Nov. 6. Okeke said this while addressing newsmen after a familiarisation tour of four Local Government Areas in the...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs for the country. The governor made this known on Tuesday in Port Harcourt in a statement by Mr Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications. He noted that although the appointments...