Sen. Adetokunbo Abiru (APC-Lagos East) has said he has no hand in the cancellation of the Lagos State University (LASU) Vice Chancellor Selection Process ordered recently by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Abiru said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos that his attention had been drawn to a viral video...
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Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says Nigeria’s participation in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AFCFTA) will usher in huge economic benefits, including a $2.5 trillion dollar Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Adeyeye stated this to Micro, Small and...
Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 19 northern states are to meet in Jos on Tuesday to brainstorm on how to further move the party forward. Chief Letep Dabang, Chairman, Forum of 19 States APC Chairmen, who is also Chairman of the APC in Plateau, disclosed...
The Police Command in Lagos State said it has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the clash between some youths in the Aguda area of Surulere on Sunday. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and signed by the Command’s Public...
The Bauchi chapter of the National Association of Gum Arabic Producers, Processors and Exporters (NAGAPPEN) has called for support of the state and federal governments towards commercial production of the commodity. Malam Bello Galoji, Chairman of the association, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency...
A second impeachment trial of former U.S. president, Donald Trump is set to come a step closer. The U.S. House of Representatives prepares to forward the article of impeachment to the Senate. Carrying the charge of `incitement to sedition,’ the article is to be read before the second chamber...
Tragedy struck in the university community of Akungba-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday as no fewer than 12 people were feared dead in a fatal road accident. The accident occurred opposite Adekunle Ajasin University barely a month after a similar accident,...
Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Sunday, urged Nigerians to assist indigent candidates to get computer tabs, as the university gets set for the non-physical post-UTME test. Ogundipe said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. According to him, in the face of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission(UBEC) Dr. Hamid Bobboyi has said the Commission will collaborate with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) for the supply of Science equipment and Solar Power to basic education schools across the country....
The Police Command in Zamfara, says it had establish two additional police outposts in Kanoma and Janbako Communities of Maru and Maradun Local Government Areas of the state, the scenes of recent bandits’ attack that claimed 40 lives. SP Muhammad Shehu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, who stated this...
Kaduna State Government says no fewer than 15 persons perished in crashes on the Kaduna-Abuja highway, within the past 72 hours, while driving against traffic, according to a statement it issued on Sunday, in Kaduna.Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, who issued the statement, said the...
The Police in Enugu State has deployed Armoured Personnel Carriers and detachment of its officers to restore peace at a renewed violence in Oruku community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state. The new Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, disclosed this on Sunday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to ignore fake news making the round that it would resume its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on Monday. The commission, in a flyer titled “Fake News Alert” on its social media on Sunday, said no date had been fixed for...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has stated that his ministry was currently executing 43 road projects within tertiary institutions across the country with a view to enhancing the learning environment. Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, in a...
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced on Sunday on Twitter that he had tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Obrador added that his symptoms were light and that he was receiving medical treatment. Mexico is in the grip of a second wave of the pandemic, with the country’s...
Ethiopia registered 469 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 133,767, said the country’s Ministry of Health on Sunday. The death toll from COVID-19 in the country has reached 2,066 as of Sunday evening, after three new deaths were reported, the ministry...
Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the nation’s top health official, on Sunday likened the U.S. spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to a “plane in a nosedive” as the new administration vowed to rapidly ramp up vaccinations against a virus that has killed more than 400,000 Americans,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 964 cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the tally of infections in the country to 121,566. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,258,534 people...