The ECOWAS Parliament is meeting in Guinea Bissau to discuss the way forward, as it concerns the food crisis that has hit the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) said over 17 million people in the Sahel and West Africa (7.1 million in Nigeria...
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Twenty-eight teams were on the ground for the opening ceremony of the 2020 National Carnival Polo Tournament as the event got off to a flying start on Monday in Abuja. The tourney which is holding at the Guards Polo Club is expected to climax with the grand finale on...
Ms. May Ikokwu, the Chief Executive Officer, Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI) says mass testing for COVID-19 is key in containing the spread of the pandemic in the country. Ikokwu, also the Secretary-General, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN), said this in an...
El Salmantino online daily newspaper on Tuesday confirmed the death of its journalist who was gunned down while covering a news story in the city of Salamanca. The Mexican journalist Israel Vazquez was gunned down on Monday and died in hospital several hours later. The 31-year-old is the third...
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Monday in his latest push for a cleaner, greener future, that the world is still falling far short of the goal of committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The UN chief made the statement in a video message for the opening...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered that a trader, Joseph Alhassan, 51, who allegedly defiled a 16-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Alhassan, who resides in Shagari Lowcost Barnawa, Kaduna State with sexual assault. Magistrate Benjamin Hassan, who did not take Alhassan’s...
The Federal Government has designated Ebonyi as one of Nigeria’s Export Processing Zones. For the speedy take-off, the Ebonyi Government has allocated a parcel of land to the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), for the project. Gov. Dave Umahi, who handed over the allocation letter to the Managing...
Mrs Hussaina Salisu, a 54-year-old woman, who had 15 children from single births, has advised young mothers to carefully plan their families so as not to jeopardise the future of their children. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the woman, who had her first child at 14,...
U.S. Attorney General, William Barr, has directed federal prosecutors across the country to examine allegations of fraud in the Nov. 3 general elections. Barr’s directive is contained in a Nov. 9 memo titled, “Post-Voting Election Irregularity Inquiries” addressed to relevant divisions in the Department of Justice. It came two...
THE Executive members of the Port Facility Security Officer Forum of Nigeria, PFSON has vehemently condemned the attack and wanton destructions on the Headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA hoodlums. In a statement, the Chairman of the Forum, Dr. Ignatius Uche said that the group stand in solidarity...
The Nigeria. Airforce is set to take delivery of additional aircraft, including a new multi-role fighter aircraft, the ‘3 JF-17 fighter’ and 8 other Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), whilst also reactivating several existing platforms such as the F-7Ni fighter jet. The the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS),...
After the tension and panic that erupted as a result of the #EndSARS protests in the State, normalcy is said to have returned to the State Capital as the security situation within the metropolis have since normalized. Both vehicular and human movements are on without any reported case of...
IF not for the dogged determination and perseverance by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in defence of education in Nigeria over the years, public universities in the country would have since been in dilapidated condition with poor infrastructure, poor remuneration of staff. The universities would have been...
Osun State Government has warned primary and Secondary Schools not to sell or distribute uniforms to students in their domain as the reversal to old uniforms is set to take effect from the 2020/2021 academic session. The state government had earlier announced, as part of the review of some...
Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho and Oghenekaro Etebo were among the early arrivals at the team’s camp in the prestigious Eterno Hotel in Benin City. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Super Eagles take on the Leone Stars at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has ordered all its members nationwide to begin an indefinite strike over Federal Government’s breach in agreement on IPPIS implementation and redundancy in Baker Hughes. IPPIS means Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). It is an information...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State government has confirmed the death of eight people following a resurgence of probable cases of yellow fever in Ganjuwa local government area of the state. The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed disclosed this while...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has approved the constitution of Visitation Panels to oversight the activities of all Federal Universities in the country. Prof. Abubakar Abdulraheed, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), made this known on Monday in Abuja. He stated this at the 2nd...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 94 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The centre made this known via its verified website on Monday, just as two members of the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), explained the delay in the...
*VP cites FG, Germany, Siemens power initiative as model By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has stressed the need for stronger international cooperation and collaboration among countries in dealing with the disruptions caused by COVID-19 on economies and livelihoods. According Professor Osinbajo, such international...