At least 20 doctors have been infected with COVID-19 at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), an official has said. Dr Badmus Habeeb, President of UITH chapter of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
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Two security guards, Jesse Igbagbo, 24, and Taofeek Raimi, 38, on Wednesday appeared in Chief Magistrates’ Court in Tinubu, Lagos, for allegedly stealing 10 laptops worth N1.8million. The police charged Igbagbo and Raimi with conspiracy and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendants...
Mr Ezra Amos, a 70-year-old retiree from Dadin Kowa community of Gombe State said he realised over N3 million from fish farming in 2020. Amos, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dadin Kowa, Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area, on Wednesday, said fish farming...
The Nasarawa State Fire Service says it recorded 155 fire incidents in 2020. Alhaji Dalhatu Dogara, the state’s Chief Fire Officer, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday. Dogara said that the service received 172 distress calls during the period under review, adding that 155 had to do with...
A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, on Wednesday dissolved a 24-year-old marriage between a trader, Olalekan Soetan and wife Basirat over alleged stubbornness. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade held that peace was necessary for any marriage to blossom. Odunade therefore, dissolved the...
A total of 1,350 Namibian healthcare workers have contracted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) while six of them died due to the virus.Minister of Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula, said on Wednesday.Shangula stated it was worrisome as more staff were, and would be required to manage COVID-19 patients and clients.“For...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed another suit challenging the validity of the emergence of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 20 primary election. Delivering a ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit filed by Mrs Olajumoke Anifowose, an...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed optimism that it will win the November Anambra governorship poll. Chief Basil Ejidike, the state APC Chairman said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Awka. Ejidike said that the party had mapped out strategies to...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has handed over 22 under-aged children to the Kaduna State Ministry of Human Science and Social Development to be united with their parents. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director-General of NAPTIP, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim on...
Ben Feldman, one of the most famous insurance industry sales legends, says “life insurance is the only tool that takes pennies and then guarantees dollars’’. Insurance is one of the instruments that experts have argued could save a person in times of eventualities or the unforeseen. Corona virus no...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is currently diversifying its portfolio beyond oil assets due to the impact of global energy transition. Mr Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC made this known on Wednesday while speaking at the Gulf Intelligence “Global” UAE Energy Forum 2021. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Global Fund, an international financing and partnership to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, says it has signed a record breaking 8.54 billion US dollars grants for lifesaving programmes to combat the three diseases in 2020.The Global Fund, in a statement posted on its website, said the fund...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo received his first shot of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, Sinovac, on Wednesday, marking the launch of the country’s mass immunisation programme, reports said. “I have received the Sinovac vaccine injection. BPOM evaluation, the efficacy is 65.3 per cent, above the WHO standard of 50 per...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has felicitated with Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Alaafin of Oyo on his 50th coronation anniversary.Kalu who described the Alaafin as a selfless statesman and highly detrabilised traditional ruler and applauded his invaluable contributions to nation building, called the traditional ruler...
The Kaduna State Government has established no fewer than 300 nutrition corners in health facilities across the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state as part of strategies to fight malnutrition. Mr Umar Bambale, Project Manager, Kaduna State Emergency Nutrition Action Plan (KADENAP), made this known in an...
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus has said that a WHO team in China is working with producers of China’s COVID-19 vaccines for potential emergency use listings. “I’m pleased that a WHO team is in China currently working with producers of the Sinovac and Sinopharm...
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on turning 62 today. Asiwaju Tinubu commended him for providing collegial leadership in the Senate and fostering a harmonious relationship between the National Assembly and the Executive. In a statement by his Media Office signed...
The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, handed over two hectares of land to the Federal Government for use as International Gemstone Market.The Oyo State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Barrister Temilolu ‘Seun Ashamu, who performed the handing over, said Governor Seyi Makinde remained committed towards the diversification of...
The Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana umara Zulum has on Tuesday morning flagged off the training of 800 newly recruited teachers by the Borno state government at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri. The training was organised by Borno State teaching service board, in collaboration with...
The Court Martial also sentenced 5 other soldiers to various jail term ranging from 1-3 years imprisonment and one soldier was demoted from the rank of Last Corporal to Private The President of the 7 Division General Court Martial, Brigadier General Arkpo Arikpo Ekubi Tuesday while passing judgements on...