Afghanistan on Monday launched a nationwide campaign to give polio vaccination does to 9.9 million children under the age of five, the Public Health Ministry announced. Around 65,000 health workers were assigned to implement the campaign during a period of five days, a public relations officer for the anti-polio campaign, Mir...
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A Seoul High Court on Monday sentenced sentenced the heir to Samsung’s corporate empire, Lee Jae-yong, to two and a half years imprisonment in a reopened corruption trial, local media reported. The national news agency Yonhap reported also imposed a two and a half-year sentence on the South Korean...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit substance...
By GFRACE AUDU, Abuja – Governors of the 36 states of the federation are scheduled to meet meet on January 20 and may finally come up with a definitive pronouncement on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the way forward for Nigeria. Head of Media and Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has announced that the state will invest the sum of N2billion in agricultural sector in partnership with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a platform of the African Union to advance economic growth on the continent. Governor AbdulRazaq...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has pledged to handsomely reward the Golden Eaglets if they win the ongoing WAFU Zone B Under-17 championship in Togo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Lawan, who spoke to NAN through his Special Adviser (SA) on Sports, Sani Fema, on Sunday night,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,444 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has tested 1,154,138 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19...
Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, is not just a religious leader, he is also a social critic, and a moral crusader. Kukah is courageous, bold, fearless and outspoken. He is never given to semantics, nor to pretences. He tells truth to power, and says things as...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – … Students start getting alert Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved and released N624.3m for payment of scholarship to 23,776 citizens of Borno State in 49 tertiary schools across Nigeria. Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation,Dr Babagana Mustapha Mallambe who...
The Rivers Government-owned Real Madrid Football Academy in Port Harcourt, says it will begin a four-day process toward admitting the first set of students for the academy.Chris Green, Special Adviser to Gov. Nyesom Wike, on Real Madrid Academy disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Sunday. Green...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a total export receipt for crude oil and gas valued at $120.49 million for the month of September 2020. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, who made this known...
Napoli pummelled Fiorentina 6-0 Sunday to take third place in Italy’s Serie A as their inspired captain Lorenzo Insigne hit a brace and provided an assist. The fast, diminutive Insigne struck clinically on five minutes and was unstoppable when he raced on the left flank to square for the...
Gov. Kayode Fayemi on Sunday appointed Mr Adeniyi Familoni, a Lawyer and current Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Chieftaincy Affairs as Judge of the High court of Ekiti State. The appointment followed the recommendation of the National Judicial Council which found Familoni suitable for appointment, government said. Chief Press Secretary...
Dr Sherifat Sulaiman, a Consultant Microbiologist, at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has advised people against having multiple sexual partners, in order to guard against Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Sulaiman made the call on Sunday, while delivering a Virtual Public lecture entitled: ” Hepatitis B: the...
Mr Terfa Mgbateman, a secular musician, adjudged by a cleric to be the most profane of Benue musicians, received the sacrament of baptism on Sunday in Makurdi Apostle Matthew Hwande of The Salvation of Christ Family Ministry baptised the musician popularly known as Osaze in the entertainment world in...
India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win. Co-Win is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several officials involved in the immunisation programme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched what his government has described as the “world’s...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun has expressed sadness over the death of a former Minister of Commerce and Industries, Sen. Jubril Martins-Kuye. This is contained in a statement issued by Tunde Oladunjoye, Publicity Secretary, Ogun APC Caretaker Committee in Abeokuta on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
More than 500 farmers in Nasarawa State, have been given farming inputs at a subsidised rate to aid food production and ensure food sufficiency and security in the state. A private firm, Vintor and Sons Global Enterprises, which subsidised the items for the farmers, said the gesture was aimed...
The Head of Media and Publicity of Tinubu Support Group(TSG) Oluwatosin Johnson, on Sunday, accused Karounwi Oladapo, the Southwest All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker Zonal Publicity Secretary of being mischievous for saying that Governor Kayode Fayemi is hugely favoured to get the 2023 APC ticket to succeed President Muhammadu...