Quite recently, former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), the Jagaban of Lagos, is becoming increasingly visible, hitting the roads, visiting some dignatories and making some critical statements. This is being interpreted in many quarters as a subtle campaign...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Worried by the incessant security lapses in schools across the country, the national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), is considering industrial actions if nothing is done to halt the situation. According to a statement by the General Secretary of the union,...
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 758 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country bringing the nation’s total of confirmed cases to 74,132. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday ferried through the Nigerian side of the lake chad to meet Borno citizens taking refuge at Darsalam refugee camp in Baga sola, a boarder community in the republic of Chad. Zulum on arriving Baga Sola, was...
Aba (Abia) Dec. 15, 2020 (NAN) Nigeria Police Command in Abia, on Tuesday confirmed the rescue of two children allegedly stolen by child-traffickers who lured the children with biscuits and abducted them. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba,...
Delta Government says it has approved release of funds for the 2019/2020 academic session’s Students’ Special Assistance Scheme (Bursary) with payments starting this week. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who said this in a statement on Tuesday in Asaba, said the bursary was for students of the...
Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said on Tuesday. Fighting between regional and government forces began in November, displacing people within the northern province...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, of Delta has congratulated the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Mr Peter Mrakpor and six others from the state on their elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The governor’s felicitation was convyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr...
An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs US$28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday. “This is the best deal in town....
The Federal Government says it is ready to commence all year round farming in Osun to ensure food security and avert the possible effects of food scarcity in the dry season. Mr Paul Ikonne , Executive Secretary, National Agricultural Land Development Authority ( NALDA), made the disclosure during an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR – There is no doubt to say the least that the fierce clashes between the Nigerian military and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Baga axis of Borno State in the northeast have continued to leave behind lots of casualties, including the recent killing...
Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over the demolition of the Oyinlola Market popularly called ”23 Road Market” by government. They said the demolition showed the state government’s “insensitivity” to the plights of the people, especially as the Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Oil prices dropped on Wednesday on a surprise gain in crude oil inventories in the United States and as investors continued to worry about demand for fuel being squeezed amid tighter lockdowns in Europe to counter the coronavirus pandemic. Brent crude futures fell 11 cents or 0.2 per cent...
The Luozi pharmaceutical research centre (CRPL), on Tuesday approved the “MANACOVID” drug to treat the coronavirus (COVID-19) in DR Congo. A statement issued in Kinshasa said the results were observed by three teams of doctors on a total of 300 cases that tested positive to COVID-19. All these cases...
The Constitutional Court in Burkina Faso on Tuesday said it will announce the final results of the 22 November presidential election on 18 December. According to the provisional results, released by the national independent electoral commission (CENI), incumbent President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré won with 57.87 per cent of...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Tuesday urged the older generation of women in politics to mentor and lobby positions for the younger generation to achieve inclusive governance.Tallen, represented by her Senior Special Assistant on Technical Matters, Mrs Jummai Idonije, made the call in Abuja at...
Economic growth in Africa is projected to drop drastically to negative 4.1% before making a strong comeback in 2021 at 5% growth, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said in a new report on Tuesday. The report, dubbed, ‘Innovative finance for private sector development in Africa’, highlights the...
Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has called on the mass media to support her ministry’s activities aimed at curbing drug abuse in the country. Farouq made the call in her address of welcome at the National Awareness on Drugs and Substance...
John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has explained he is not ready to concede defeat in the just-ended December 7 elections because of the over six million Ghanaian voters who voted for him on election day. According to him, this will also help him...