The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says the new terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, currently under construction will be inaugurated by Feb. 2021. Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, the Managing Director, FAAN, gave the assurance during an oversight visit by the House of Representatives Committee on...
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Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has directed the Ministry of Youth and Skills Acquisition to immediately commence the renovation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp in Obubra local government area of the state. Commissioner for Youth and Skills Acquisition, Mr Omang Idiege, disclosed this...
Two Nigerian superstars, Wizkid and Burna boy won big at the Mobo Awards 2020 which was streamed live on YouTube in the early hours of Thursday. Wizkid was named the Best African Act while Burna Boy was named the Best International Act. The awards returned after a three-year hiatus...
Zinedine Zidane admitted he has no plans for a lengthy stay as Real Madrid’s manager, after coming through the latest of many challenges in his reign by guiding his side into the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday. The coach was backed into a corner after defeats to Alaves...
A 65-year-old divorce-seeking businessman, Mr Akinola Ikudola, on Thursday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that his wife got pregnant for another man while living with him. “When she informed me of the pregnancy, I denied the paternity because I did not sleep with her but I allowed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Professor Mahmood Yakubu today formally takes over as the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second tenure of five years. Speaking at the event, Mahmood said the quick passage of the electoral Act amendment by first quarter of year 2021 is the...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Hassan Sanusi, to five months imprisonment for trafficking in one kilogramme of marijuana. Sanusi was charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before Justice Muslim Sule. He pleaded guilty to the one-count charge. Following his...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says heart disease has remained the leading cause of death globally in the past 20 years, killing almost nine million people in 2019. According to the UN health agency in the 2019 Global Health Estimates, heart disease is now killing more people than ever...
France on Thursday imposed large fines on tech giants Amazon and Google due to infringements on legislation relating to the use of cookies, a French regulator. Google is to pay 100 million euros and Amazon 35 million euros, the National Commission on Informatics and Freedoms (CNIL) said in two...
Colombian President Ivan Duque has signed a bill approving Colombians’ vaccination against novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Duque said during a television programme – Prevention and Action: “Here, I have a bill for presidential approval that I want to sign right now, before you, because it is a very important act...
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) Taskforce on COVID-19, in partnership with a Kaduna-based NGO, Carelink Resource Foundation (CRF) has distributed food items to 50 households of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kaduna. The Chief Executive Officer, CRF, Mr Silas Ideva, handed over the food items and Personal Protective Equipment...
The National Coordinator, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), Ms Gloria Akobundu, has said that strengthening smallholder farmers capacity would end hunger and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030. Akobundu said this in Abuja at a stakeholders forum that focused on “Strengthening Smallholder Farmers Capacities Towards Productive Land Restoration Amid...
UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, and called on the government to uphold its human rights obligations. They also urged Pakistan to initiate prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into such acts, according to a press release issued by the...
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pensions Reform Task Team (PRTT), collapsed in court on Thursday as his trial resumed at the Federal High Court, Abuja.The drama began when Anayo Adibe, counsel to Maina, told the presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang, of the Federal High Court, that he would be unable...
U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, is expected to nominate Chinese-American trade lawyer, Katherine Tai, as the U.S. trade representative, according to three people familiar with the decision, the Washington Post reports. Tai, who has been the chief trade counsel on the House Ways and Means Committee since 2017, is the...
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has suspended its walk-in verification of pensioners, under Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS), at its headquarters and state liaison offices from Dec. 15 to Jan. 19, 2021. In a statement issued by the Head, Corporate Communications, Mr Gbenga Ajayi, in Abuja on Thursday, PTAD...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has cancelled the remaining activities of the ongoing 2020 COAS Annual Conference following a positive test to COVID-19 on Tuesday by a participant, a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja said. The statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations,...
Tope Olusesi, Captain, Rangers International FC of Enugu, has said that the players were regretting their absence from the ongoing Confederation of African Football (CAF) league.” It has been a painful experience not to be participating in the ongoing continental competition”, Olusesi told journalists in Enugu on Thursday, saying...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke and 177 Battalion on Wednesday killed two bandits in a raid on their hideout at Angwan Mada in Nasarawa State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Enenche said...
NSCDC Commandant Iskilu Akinsanya for the state announced this in a statement issued in Ibadan. Akinsanya said that the corps would do the needful to protect lives and property of residents in the state. He directed the area commanders, divisional officers and personnel of the corps to intensify security...