The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said that indigenous communities must be resettled if the territory wanted to get rid of slums within the city centre. Alhaji Mukhtar Galadima, FCTA Director, Department of Development Control, stated this shortly after a demolition exercise at Guzape District on Friday in...
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Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has pledged speedy implementation of recommendations for the take off of the state-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara, by 2021. Bello, who gave the assurance when he received report of the committee set up by the state government for the commencement...
A team of young people, ”Team MUDA” providing basic education classes for vulnerable children and youths in Borno state, has won the $15,000 Education Category prize of the 2020 Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge 2.0, UNICEF said on Friday. UNICEF’s Communication Specialist, Mr Geoffrey Njoku, who made the announcement in...
Nigeria on Friday registered 796 new cases, highest single -day COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) said on its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections showed an increase of 51 cases over the previous record of 745...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised driving school training providers on professionalism to imbibe safety consciousness amongst learners. The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the advice in Port Harcourt on Friday during the 2020 National Driving School Proprietors/Instructors Training programme. The programme was...
Ondo State government on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ode and Isinigbo communities in Akure North Local Government Area of the state following violent clashes between the two communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two communities have been at loggerheads for decades over the...
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says it will distribute Prepaid Metres, free of charge to all its customers in Nsukka, starting from first quarter of 2021. Mr Abuchi Mekowulu, EEDC Network Manager of Nsukka District, disclosed this in Nsukka on Friday, while addressing some residents of Nsukka town who...
Contractors executing projects at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Owerri in Imo have appealed for contract variations to enable them complete their projects.The contractors made the appeal in Owerri on Friday during a visit of a delegation from the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) led by Head of Legal Investigation...
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) on Friday charged media practitioners to continuously disseminate health promotion messages to reduce the spread of communicable diseases in the country. The ministry made the call during a one-day training workshop for news Editors in Abuja. Dr Salma Anas-Kolo, Director, Department of Family...
The United States of America on Friday, handed over some equipment to the Nigerian Navy (NN) as part of its effort to promote bilateral relations, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Rear Adm. Oladele Daji, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command (WNC) represented by Rear Adm. Tanko...
The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, has approved the appointment of Mr Femi Olubodun as the Olisa of Akure kingdom.This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure by Mr Michael Adeyeye, Chief Press Secretary to the traditional ruler.The News Agency of Nigeria...
A former Grand Khadi of the Kwara Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Abdulkadir Imam-Fulani, is dead.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Imam-Fulani’s demise was announced by Abubakar Imam, the National Publicity Secretary, Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) in a statement in Ilorin on Friday.He said that...
The federal ministry of Environment and Blue Fortune Ltd, on Friday in Abuja, trained officers of the Ministry on modern methods of environment pollution data collection and management. Permanent Secretary, Mr Abel Enitan said that one of the objectives of the training was to make people understand current knowledge on...
Kenya’s energy regulator on Friday said it was set to add 80 MW of solar power to the national electricity grid in 2021. Caroline Kimathi, principal renewable energy officer at the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), told journalists in Nairobi that Kenya generates approximately 200 MW of electricity...
BY ADAKOLE ADAKOLE, Sokoto – Governor Amimu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has proposed a budget of ₦176,685,535,633.47 for the 2021 fiscal year. Tagged “Budget of Consolidation and Socioeconomic Emancipation,” the proposal was formally presented to the State House of Assembly on Friday for deliberation and approval. Governor Tambuwal...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Adamawa says no fewer than 40 persons died in road accidents between September and December 9. The corps also states that 203 other persons sustained various degrees of injury. Mr Ocheja Ameh, FRSC Adamawa Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – Amnesty International (AI), has alleged in a report that at least 10,000 civilians have died in Nigerian military custody since 2011. The report indicates that the civilians were being detained in connection with the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in...
Zambia’s First Republican President, Kenneth Kaunda, has received a memento from Gandhi Smriti, a museum where India’s icon Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. The memento was presented to Dr. Kaunda in Lusaka by Zambia’s High Commissioner to India, Judith Kapijimpanga, according to local media reports on Friday. The memento was...
The local government in the western Indian state of Rajasthan has ordered a probe into the deaths of nine newborns at a hospital in the span of two days, officials said Friday. The deaths were reported from the government’s J.K. Lon hospital at Nayapura in Kota district, about 248...