The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday night urged Lagos residents around Ijora Badia, where Oando Tank Farm is located, to remain calm as efforts are being made to put the fire which occurred at the facility under control. LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said in a...
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday night again questioned the integrity of Tuesday’s presidential election and doubled down on his allegation of fraud against Democrats. In an address to the nation, Trump said he was hearing “horror stories” about how Democrats were manipulating the exercise, especially mail-in ballots. “I...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has called for cooperation between the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, and the defence and security sector on research that will address technological challenges in military operations.Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, made the call...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said Thursday that 180 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) had been recorded in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 63,508. In the daily update via its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov, the health agency also...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted hazy and cloudy weather conditions from Friday to Sunday across the nation. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja predicted dusty haze conditions over the northern parts of the country with limited visibility range of between 2KM to 5KM on Friday....
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is to spend the sum of N45, 527, 118,338 for its 2021 National Priority Capital projects. Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, disclosed this on Thursday when he presented the FCT 2021 National Capital Budget to...
Mrs Chidimma Edozieuno, a petitioner to the Anambra Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality has called for the release of the corpse of her husband, Johnson, to his family for burial.Edozieuno made the call in her petition to the panel sitting in Awka, the state capital, on Thursday,...
The House Committee on Army has called for an increase in the 2021 capital projects for the Nigerian Army to purchase arms and ammunition needed to combat criminal elements across the country. Rep Abdulrazaq Namdas, the Chairman House Committee on Army, said this during budget defence by the Nigeria...
FCT Minister Muhammad Bello has inaugurated a committee to assess the level of damage and loss of lives resulting from the crisis that followed the #EndSARS protest in the territory. Bello, while inaugurating the committee, on Thursday in Abuja, gave the committee two weeks to submit its report. He...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed an application by EFCC to cross-examine former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu.Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, sustained the objection raised by Ahmed Raji, SAN, counsel to Mr Yakubu.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has taken delivery of the party’s membership registration materials.The Chairman of the committee, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, said on Thursday in Abuja that the delivery of the materials was the beginning of the...
Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) says the chamber is presently wooing trade groups and investors ahead of the 2021 International Trade Fair in Kaduna. Alhaji Suleiman Aliyu, the Acting President of KADCIMA made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Sen. Ali Ndume, Chairman Senate Committee on Army, says the Nigerian Army has been engaged in 33 states towards addressing security challenges across the country.Ndume stated this in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday during a courtesy visit to Gov. Atiku Bagudu, on the sideline of the committee’s oversight function to...
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says operatives of the corps will begin to bear arms to curtail the excesses of road users in the country.The Chairman of the committee, Mr Akinfolarin Mayowa, said this during the corps’ 2020 budget performance and 2021 budget...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Thursday presented the 2021 appropriation bill of N132.5 billion to the State’s House of Assembly for consideration.According to Ortom, the figure represents N23.7 billion or 18 per cent increase from the revised 2020 budget.Presenting the bill on the floor of the House, Ortom...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday wrote to the Ekiti State government to apologise over for the delay in the release of the 2020 results of its candidates. In the letter, the Council also clarified that the two-day delay in the release of the results on Thursday...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has recommended an amendment to the Procurement Act to allow small and medium companies execute certain projects in the country. Fashola made the recommendation on Thursday while defending the ministry’s 2021 budget at the House of Representatives Committee on Works...
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Quinta Health, began free screening of market women in Ilorin for breast cancer on Thursday, The market women thronged to the centre for the screening of their breasts, an exercise which had a health talk as a prelude. Founder of the NGO, Dr Tunde Adewumi...
Bauchi State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Thursday inaugurated seven standing committees that would assist in handling the affairs of the union in the next three years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committees are for Education, Welfare, Secretariat management, Health, Magazine and Press Week. Inaugurating...