The Abia Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested 39-year-old mother of two for allegedly dealing in adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), otherwise called diesel.The State Commandant of the corps, Mr Vincent Ogu, told newsmen in his office on Thursday, that the suspect, Ijeoma Onyema,...
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Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has offered employment to 150 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the state to mark the Christmas celebration.The Special Adviser to the Governor on Disability Matters, Mr Chuks Ezewuzie, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed into law the 2021 appropriation bill of more than N147.6 billion. The governor, who assented to the bill on Thursday in Jos, thanked the members of the state House of Assembly for the speedy passage. The governor presented the proposed budget estimate...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed the Anti-land grabbing, kidnapping and cultism bill recently passed by the House of Assembly into law.Assenting to the bill on Thursday in Jos, Lalong said it would address unlawful land grabbing, rising spate of kidnapping, cultism and other violent crimes in the...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,041 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last February, more than 912,114...
Police in Kano have warned against the sale and use of fireworks and knockouts in the state during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, issued the warning in a statement in Kano on Thursday.He stated that the sale and use of...
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu, said the mutant strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK has not been found in Nigeria. Iheakwazu, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja during the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19, however, advised Nigerians to...
Cross-channel trade between the European Union (EU) and Britain will not run as smoothly post-Brexit as it has until now, a leading EU lawmaker has warned. “Trade between the EU and the United Kingdom will no longer run as smoothly as if both sides were a part of the...
“An unexamined life is not worth living” – Plato When a calendar year rolls towards its end and a new year beckons in, it is often a time for reflection, review and re-examination for persons, institutions, companies or any organized group. It is usually a time to check what...
President of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW), Wole Adedoyin, has expressed shock over the death of Prof. Jerry Agada, a renowned educationist and former President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). Adedoyin said in a statement issued by the publicity directorate of the Society that “Nigeria...
To buttress the imperatives of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice to the nation, Barrister Babatunde Raji Fashola,(SAN), Former Governor of Lagos State and now the Minister for Housing and Works while commissioning the Ajose Adeogun Street, a road executed by Zenith Bank limited, in September, 2008, remarked as follows:...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular she signed and issued in Abuja on Thursday. The permanent secretaries are: Mr Musa Istifanus,...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday sealed a plaza at the Auto Spare Parts and Machineries Dealers Association (ASPAMDA) market, Lagos Trade Fair Complex, over adulteration of established lubricants. SON said that the move was to guard against prevalence of motor accidents and machine breakdown, particularly during...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians must take individual responsibility and resist the strong temptation of compliance-fatigue by following the recommended COVID-19 protocols to beat the ravaging pandemic. The president, in his Christmas message to Nigerians on Thursday in Abuja, said the call had become imperative as the nation is...
President Muhammadu Buhari has inducted MI-171E combat helicopter and commissioned a reactivated Alpha jet L39ZA in Kaduna. Speaking at a virtual conference on Thursday, Buhari said that the induction and reactivation would boost the operational capacity of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Buhari recalled that in February, he had...
The Adamawa State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the state N140billion 2021 budget.This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance, Appropriation and Budget at plenary in Yola.Presenting the report, the Chairperson of the Committee, Mrs Kate Mamuno said that the budget was made...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday announced his recovery from COVID-19 infection, having tested negative, following 14 days of treatment. Addressing State House correspondents at ‘Lagos House’, Marina, Sanwo-Olu said that he experienced moderate symptoms like headache, cough, among other COVID-19 symptoms. He thanked the people...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday in Abuja arrested and charged no fewer than 20 violators of the COVID-19 protocols within the city . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 20 lawbreakers, made up of 18 males and two females, were dragged before Chief Magistrate...
The administrative seat of the Federal Polytechnic, Ukana, Akwa Ibom, will move to its permanent campus in 2021. The Rector of the institution, Dr Uduak Ukekpe, disclosed this on Thursday in Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area, when he took newsmen on a tour of ongoing projects in the...