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By GRACE AUDUA, Abuja – A total of 137 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The health agency made this known in the daily update via its official twitter handle @NCDCgov. It added that with the...
Argentina football star Diego Maradona will undergo surgery for a subdural hematoma within hours. A source with knowledge of the situation, as well as local media, said on Tuesday. Maradona had been hospitalised since Monday night for anemia and dehydration though his condition had been improving, his personal doctor...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has redeemed his pledge of N20 million to each family of the 10 security personnel allegedly killed by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state. The governor had, during a condolence visit to the...
…also destroys 3 anti-aircraft guns, arms, ammunition From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralized 75 Boko Haram terrorists, recovered and destroyed some equipment and weapons, as well as arms. This followed the commencement of Operation FIRE BALL, a subsidiary operation under Operation LAFIYA DOLE...
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has been commended for his role in community and national development through his Danbatta Charity Foundation (DCF), a non-profit organisation. The Sarki Bai of Bichi and District Head of Danbatta, Alhaji Isyaku Wada Waziri and...
First Bank of Nigeria Plc says its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has won the 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020. Mr Gbenga Shobo, Deputy Managing Director of the bank, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News...
The Senate on Tuesday made a case for more funding for the Ministry of Information and Culture to enable it to execute its mandate. Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, Sen. Danladi Sankara, made the appeal during the budget defence of the ministry and its agencies held...
As voting began in the U.S presidential election, U.S President Donald Trump highlighted his contentious relationship with Democratic lawmakers. He said that they are harder to deal with than countries like Russia, China and North Korea. “We have some very deceptive people,’’ Trump said on Tuesday. “Who is the country that’s...
An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that one Jayeoba Oluwafemi, 51, be remanded at the Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly raping his 14-year-old step daughter.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police prosecutor, Insp. Caleb Leramo, said the offence was committed on Oct....
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Oyo state chapter, on Tuesday received farm equipment worth N5 million from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the equipment included rice transplanter, 3HP water pump, multipurpose thresher, drip irrigation kit with accessories two tank...
The Geospatial Society of Nigeria (GEOSON), has appealed to National Assembly to pass the bill on the regulation of practitioners in the geospatial information technology sector to ensure sanity.GEOSON President, Dr Matthew Adepoju, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)in Abuja on Tuesday.Adepoju said that...
Mr Charlse Akpuenika, Ebonyi Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, has called on youths in the state to shun destructive tendencies under any guise. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abakaliki, Akpuenika tasked the youths to become agents of societal change instead… The commissioner...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has directed public servants in the state to declare their assets or face the consequences. Sule gave the directive in Lafia on Tuesday at a two-day Workshop on Strict Compliance with Assets Declaration and Code of Conduct for Public Officials, organised by the...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi Council has inaugurated a five-member committee to enforce ethics and discipline among members of the union. Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Umar Said while inaugurating the committee in Bauchi on Tuesday, said the members had been carefully selected based on their track...
The United Kingdom will contribute one million pounds (1.3 million dollars) to help victims of the powerful typhoon that struck the Philippines on Sunday and those affected by devastating flooding in Vietnam, an official said. The UK Minister of State for Asia, Nigel Adams said this in a statement...
The Jigawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA) says it is targeting no fewer than 1.7 million children in the ongoing polio immunisation campaign in the state.The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Kabir Ibrahim, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on...
The Akwa Ibom government has expressed its readiness to lease out government lands to farmers in the state to assist them expand their agribusinesses.The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet, stated this in Uyo on Tuesday while declaring open a training programme for farmers on smart farming and,...
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N143.7 billion to the State House of Assembly for approval. Obiano, who tagged the appropriation bill “ Budget of Economic Recovery and Consolidation,” said that it would help sustain past performance and ensure the state maintained it...