The Nigeria Amputee Football Federation (NAFF) players’ representative, Ugochukwu Obieze on Tuesday, says that dearth of activities in the last one year has affected players’ commitment to soccer. Obieze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, that most amputee footballers had taken to other ventures due to...
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The funeral of Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings, has been rescheduled for 27 January, according to information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the international community and diplomatic missions. Media reports on Tuesday said Rawlings, who died on 12 November, 2020, will lie in state from 24-26...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday sustained positive posture, appreciating by 0.36 per cent due to buying interest on Dangote Cement and 26 stocks. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 145.17 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 40,295.95 against 40,150.78 on Monday. Similarly, the market capitalisation inched...
Hope Foundation, a non profit organisation in Kano, has appealed to the Kano state government to synergise with other states to curb child labour in the Northern part of the country. Mrs Naja’atu Ahmed, the Coordinator of the foundation, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency...
British super model, Naomi Campbell, has agreed to become the top model to promote destination Kenya as the country’s tourism ambassador, the Kenyan tourism ministry said on Tuesday. The Magical Kenya International Tourism Ambassador will help promote the marketing of Kenya as an ideal tourism and travel destination to...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Tuesday congratulated Nigeria’s former Ambassador to the United States, Prof. George Obiozor, on his emergence as President-General of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The National Chairman of ADC, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, in a statement in Lagos, said that Obiozor’s election was duly...
Zambia’s Ministry of Health Director of Infectious Diseases, Lloyd Mulenga, says his country will next month receive the first set of Covid-19 vaccines. Public broadcaster, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, reported on Tuesday that Mulenga said the vaccines will be given to 20 percent of the people who are at...
The Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State has shut Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Health Centre, Aboru to curb the spread of coronavirus in the area. The council’s Chairman, Mr David Famuyiwa, had recently ordered the closure of Meiran Primary Health Care due to one of its...
The National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has directed States and FCT Coordinators to ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 prevention and safety protocols in all camps and other formations nationwide. Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC Director-General, who gave the directive in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that corps members...
Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, has described the news making the rounds that the Command rejected suspects delivered to it by Amotekun operatives as false. The Command’s spokesman, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi, quoted the commissioner in statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday as saying that the news...
The National Association of Nigerian students (NANS) has appealed to the Federal Government not to further postpone school resumption initially slated for Jan. 18 due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.The National President of the association, Mr Sunday Asefon, made the appeal in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.The Federal Government...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has supported five Nigerian local startups to participate in the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a U.S.-based technology event. CES is a U.S.-based technology event that provides a platform for breakthroughs in technologies and global innovators, that holds January every year in...
Gabriel Har, Member, representing Kachia/Kagarko Federal Constituency (APC) at the National Assembly, has given scholarships to 220 students in his constituency to study in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Mr Ibrahim Kogi, Chairman, screening committee of beneficiaries told journalists in Kagarko on Tuesday that the scholarship was borne out of...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai visited Comilla Barracks, Kaduna, on Tuesday to inspect the construction of six blocks of family flats for Corporals and Below ranks, seven Senior Non-Commissioned officers quarters and three Nursing quarters. Director Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Sagir Musa, told newsmen after the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has lauded the efforts of a team of Nigerian professors and scientists investigating the effectiveness of Ivermectin drug in the treatment of COVID-19. Ivermectin is a medication used to treat many types of parasite infestations Osinbajo’s spokesman’ Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in...
Dr Ali Ahmad, former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly has charged varsity lecturers to consider venturing into politics to secure a more potent platform of serving humanity. Ahmad told newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday that participation in politics would give lecturers of related courses the opportunity...
The Nigeria Medical Association(NMA) has urged the Federal Government to establish a National Health Bank that would provide single digit interest loans to the private sector for the establishment of world-class health facilities in the country. The President of the association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, made the call while addressing...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu has described Senate President Ahmed Lawan as a patriotic statesman, passionate about the welfare of Nigerians and growth of the nation. Kalu, in a goodwill message on Tuesday to commemorate the 62nd birthday anniversary of the president of the senate, acknowledged...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), said it rescued 191 victims and arrested 131 suspected human traffickers in Kano State between January and December 2020. Mr Desmond Garba, Zonal Commander in charge of NAPTIP Kano Zone, who made the disclosure in an interview with...
Seventy-six persons died in 615 fire incidents recorded in Kaduna State in 2020, the Director of the state Fire Service, Mr Paul Aboi, has said. The director said this in Kaduna on Tuesday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said 139 others were injured...