The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned Friday’s attack against the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, which left one peacekeeper from Egypt dead and another one seriously injured. In a press statement, the members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences and sympathy to the family of...
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Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has promised to offset the hospital bills of two deaf victims allegedly shot by operatives of the Police and the Army, during the EndSARS protests in Benin. This was disclosed on Monday, by Justice Ada Ehigiamisoe, the Chairperson of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry...
A peaceful protest against epileptic power supply in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Monday, turned violent as one person was shot by security operatives. The protesters stormed the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC), Kafanchan business office, in their numbers carrying placards with inscriptions: ‘Stop charging us high’, ‘Stop the blackout’,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 1,617 new cases of the CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 1,172,234 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was...
The Kaduna State Government and education stakeholders, on Monday, published guidelines for school reopening, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the more than 3.5 million pupils and students attending school in the state. Dr Hajare Kera, Director Public Health, Kaduna State Ministry of Health, said at the opening...
The Kaduna State University (KASU) on Monday said it was ready to reopen on Jan. 25 for the 2020/2021 second semester academic session if given the approval. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Muhammad Tanko, made this known in Kaduna during a stakeholder’s meeting on the reopening of schools, organised by...
The Baby Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire on Monday defeated Nigeria’s national under-17 male football team 3-2 to win the WAFU “B” U-17 Tournament in Lome, Togo. The Golden Eaglets were unable to defend the title they won two years ago after going down to the Ivorians for the second...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, says it has rescued a 60-year-old-man from mob attack for allegedly having unlawful canal knowledge of two female minors. Its Commandant in the state, Iskilu Akinsanya, made this known on Monday in a statement by Oluwole Olusegun, the Public Relations Officer, in Ibadan. Akinsanya said...
As schools resume for the 2020/2021 second term academic activities on Monday, Mrs Goria Okoh, the Proprietress of Gap Fillers Nursery and Primary School, Agboju, Lagos, urges schools to adequately sensitise children on COVID-19. Okoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that sensitisation was very necessary...
South Africa and China are teaming up to improve the capacity of public servants on governance and management of disasters and emergencies such as the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), said the National School of Government. Busani Ngcaweni, principal of the school disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The school,...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will carry out 450 COVID-19 tests in each local government area of the country. The PTF chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, also Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known at the national...
Chief Charles Udeogaranya, an APC presidential aspirant in 2019 and Igbo Leader based in Lagos, has urged Imo, Abia and Lagos governments to immortalise the late retired Rear Adm. Ndubuisi Kanu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kanu, a former Military Governor of Imo and Lagos states...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja restated the commitment of the Nigerian government to the enthronement of democracy and good governance in the African continent. The president stated this at the Virtual Support Mission and Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Committee of Heads of...
The Nigerian stock market opened for the week on Monday with a loss of N40 billion, halting five consecutive days positive run. Speficially, the market capitalisation which opened at N21.530 trillion shed N40 billion to close at N21.490 trillion. Also, the All Share Index which opened at 41,176.14 lost...
The Chairman of Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, said the Federal Government had approved payment of outstanding salaries of all workers of New Nigerian Newspaper. The governor disclosed this while receiving secretaries to governments of the 19 Northern states, who paid him a courtesy visit,...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Feb. 4, hear a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking for the declaration of the seat of Rep Yakubu Dogara vacate on account of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Okon Abang fixed the date on the grounds...
The Kwara basketball fraternity has recognised the contributions of late Steve Onishola to the game, with a posthumous Merit Award, as well as a championship, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports from Ilorin. Late Steve Onishola, a FIBA accredited Technical Official and well known basketball coach, who died...