The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 146 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria has so far tested 724,794 persons since the first confirmed case...
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As a nation, we experienced one of the biggest protests of our history. It went the way it went and ended the way it ended. But it is clearly not done and dusted yet. The aftermath of the looting and destructions that followed the protests heavily remain with us....
Seven people died and at least 45 were injured in protests that erupted after police arrested Ugandan presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine on Wednesday, Ugandan police said. “As of yesterday evening we had seven people who lost their lives, about 45 people got injuries including an LDU...
A Nigerian tailor with the Twitter handle Just Oyinda has displayed great creativity with her craft after showcasing a multi-functional dress she made. Twitter users praised her in their hundreds as they admired the stylish piece. Modelling her own cloth, the lady said: “Can never go wrong with wine!!...
A few days after his resignation from office, Ghana’s former Special Prosecutor. Martin Amidu, has said if he is harmed in any way or killed, President Nana Akufo-Addo must be blamed for it. According to him, he has been the target of threats of harm ever since he left office in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Thursday, said their loyalty and commitment to strengthening the party remains intact. Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, spoke on behalf of his colleagues at the ongoing 90th NEC meeting of the party holding at...
President, International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, has stated that it would not be made compulsory for athletes to be vaccinated before the start of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo next year. The event due to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020, the event was postponed in...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a teaching hospital and a college of medical sciences at the Borno State University (BOSU). The move is meant to enable the university eventually commence the award of degrees in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The commitment of Mr. Jack Ma, through the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation to the global battle against COVID-19 has been commended by Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari. Mrs Buhari made the commendation while receiving a consignment of COVID-19 related items such...
National Basketball Association, NBA Draft 2020 Presented by State Farm® was held virtually on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Connecticut and reached fans in 215 countries and territories in 29 languages. The Minnesota Timberwolves made the first pick for the second time in franchise history, selecting...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari has appaluded Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state for his approval of the construction and equipping of a Trauna auditorium at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), which was commissioned today Thursday in Maiduguri through virtual meeting. “The approval of...
The founder of a cassava processing business in Kenya, a co-founder of a novel food processing technology start-up, and the owner of a smallholder farmer food procurement company in Nigeria won the top cash prizes in the African Development Bank’s $120,000 AgriPitch competition on Tuesday. The AgriPitch competition offered young...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has named the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) as the most ethics compliant and integrity Agency amongst 352 Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) surveyed by the Commission in 2020. The result of the survey, which was announced during...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, says he would encourage agencies under his ministry to roll out grants to boost research activities in the country. Pantami made this known during a visit to his office by the Tertiary Education Trust...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), has taken over 12 “prime assets” belonging to the Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, and have frozen his accounts over a N69.4 billion debt. This followed an order by Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, according...
As a nation, we experienced one of the biggest protests of our history. It went the way it went and ended the way it ended. But it is clearly not done and dusted yet. The aftermath of the looting and destructions that followed the protests heavily remain with us....
By GRACE AUDUA, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced on Wednesday that 236 new cases of COVID-19 infections had been recorded in the country. It the daily update on its official twitter handle,@NCDCgov, the health agency also said that the new figures had brought the...
By GRACE AUDUA, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has commended the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), over the agency’s contributions to the development of the housing sector in the Federal Capital Territory and across the country. The FCT Minister made the commendation...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In its continued determination to cushion the socio-economic condition in the country even as the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) is in progress, the Buhari administration will be offering more tax incentives to Nigerians especially through the forthcoming 2020 Finance Bill. Minister of Finance, Budget...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has lamented that eastern education has critically faces total negligence by past governments leading to the deteriorating stage of Tsaggaya education in the north especially, Borno state. The Governor, who made the lamentation on Wednesday while inaugurating ...