Eunice Hunton Carter, right from age eight, had the desire to study law. She once told a young boy on the beach that she wanted to be a lawyer to ensure “the bad people went to jail.” In three decades, Carter would bring down America’s biggest gangster in the...
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By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – …The good news; we have the overwhelming support of youth votes….The bad news; the youth never bothers to vote–Anonymous Similar to many other Nigerians that demonstrated keen interests in the Saturday 5th December, 2020, legislative by-elections in the Lagos East Senatorial district, organized by the...
The Zamfara chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has suspended its one week strike it embarked upon to protest the poor remuneration of medical doctors working in the state. Dr Mannir Bature, the Chairman of NMA announced the suspension in a statement in Gusau on Tuesday. The News...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, swore in four senators recently elected through bye-elections in states across the country. The new Senators include Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa West), Senator Cleopas Moses (Bayelsa Central), and Senator Nora Ladi Dadu’ut (Plateau...
An Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday, sentenced a 38-year-old man, Olaniyi Oni, to three years into a correctional centre for impersonating in a matrimonial suit. The Chief Magistrate, Mr O.I. Oke, sentenced Oni to three years imprisonment without an option of fine. Oke said that the...
A 37-year-old security guard, Hassan Hussein, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly breaking into an apartment and stealing property worth N5 million. The defendant, who resides at Ilupeju, Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on damage, breaking in and stealing. He...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to modify the conditions for accessing the N100 billion Health Intervention Loan. The association made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at Awka, Anambra...
The UK telecommunication regulator, Ofcom, will have the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content under a new bill to be presented to Parliament next year, an official said. The harmful content such as violence, terrorism, suicide content, cyber-bullying, and child abuse will be...
University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has won the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) competition anchored by Scale Early, Rapidly and Securely (SERS) of Carleton University, Canada, the institution’s management announced in Ilorin. Reacting to the development on Tuesday, the Director of Academic Planning, Unilorin, Prof. Isaac Adimula, said a total of...
The Niger State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two persons with seven others injured in an accident along Mokwa-Jebba Road. The state Sector Commander, Mr Joel Dagwa, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Minna....
U.S. President Donald Trump does not intend to publicly recognise the official results of the U.S. presidential election even after the Electoral College has declared Democrat Joe Biden as the president-elect, media reported. CNN cited a source close to the White House. At the same time, the channel reported...
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Tuesday named seven young scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and activists from across the globe as its 2020 Young Champions of the Earth. The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of 30, with bold ideas...
Poultry farmers in Plateau have lamented the low patronage by residents of the state, in spite of the Yuletide. Mrs Nanji Gambo , the Public Relations Officer of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Plateau state chapter, who lamented the situation in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is projecting a 6.56 per cent growth in global crude oil demand to 95.89 million barrels per day in 2021, compared to 89.99 million barrels per day in 2020. The organisation disclosed this in its Monthly Oil Market Report for December, released...
Mr John Ademola, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert has appealed to Federal Government to establish more entrepreneurship centres in the country to harness the potential of Nigerian youths.Ademola, also Director, SOFTRAY Technology Institute said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday,...
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has called for a legislation to strengthen the role of traditional rulers towards reviving the cultural values and norms of the society. A statement by Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in Minna on Tuesday disclosed that Bello said this at...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory message to Joe Biden after the U.S. Electoral College confirmed the latter as winner of the U.S. presidential election, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The Russian leader noted that U.S.-Russian bilateral cooperation would serve the interests of the whole world. “Russian...
Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa, the Kano State House of Assembly Speaker and the Majority Leader of the assembly, Kabiru Dashi have resigned. The Speaker announced his resignation in a letter titled ‘Notification of Resignation’ dated Dec. 14 and addressed to the Clerk and Permanent Secretary. The resignation was confirmed to the...
A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Monday urged the National Assembly to strive towards passing the Electoral Amendment Bill in January, ahead of the 2023 general poll.Ms Eniola Cole, the spokesperson for the group and Executive Director, NESSACTION said this while briefing newsmen in Abuja, urging the...