The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger on Wednesday issued certificates to 801 corps members of the 2019 Batch ‘C’, Stream two. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the certificates were issued to them during a low-key passing out ceremony at the Bako Kontagora Stadium in...
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The Coordinator, CACOVID Palliatives Distribution for Zaria Local Government, Malam Sabiu Sani, said about 4,000 poor and vulnerable people have been earmarked to receive CACOVID palliative in the area. Sani disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Zaria. The coordinator who...
Federal Government has solicited the support of the National Assembly in formulating a national policy on use of social media to control fake news and misinformation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the request in Abuja while defending the 2021 budget proposal of the Information...
A U.S.-based Nigerian rights advocate, Dr Emmanuel Orji, has urged organisers of the #EndSARS protest to constitute a team to dialogue with the Federal Government. Orji, a research Fellow at the City University of New York, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A city in western China finished testing 4.7 million people for coronavirus in four days after workers at a factory tested positive, state media reported on Wednesday. Kashgar, in the far-western Xinjiang region, had tested its entire population by Tuesday after a coronavirus cluster emerged last week, according to...
The President of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on Wednesday announced he was self-isolating after testing positive for the coronavirus. Ghalibaf hoped he could nevertheless continue working in quarantine, the 58-year-old politician wrote on Twitter. Ghalibaf, who has been leading Iran’s parliament since May, had been travelling a lot...
Voting in Tanzania’s presidential election began on Wednesday, with an opposition leader who survived being shot 16 times facing off against an incumbent who claims prayer can prevent COVID-19. The run-up to the East African country’s polls had been marred with violence. Rights groups and the opposition have reported...
The Federal Government has declared Thursday as public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud Celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this is in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mohammed Manga, on Tuesday in Abuja....
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has entered self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person with COVID-19, his office said on Wednesday. Ramaphosa “has begun a period of self-quarantine following the positive COVID-19 diagnosis of a guest at a dinner attended by the President on Saturday, Oct. 24...
The Ministry of Power is to collaborate with the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to improve power generation, transmission and distribution in the country. Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, made this known when he received the National Executive Members of the NSE in his office. This is...
President Donald Trump has cut the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. to historic low of 15,000 in the current fiscal year. The figure includes 6,000 unused places from the previous financial year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Trump said in a statement distributed by the White House...
The ECOWAS Court has ordered the Republic of Senegal to pay 50 million CFA francs (about N8,3 billion) as compensation to a Belgian, Mrs Lays Ghislaine, for violation of her right to liberty while in detention in the country prior to her extradition five years ago. Delivering judgment, Justice Januaria...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has congratulated Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on his re-appointment as Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging him to continue with the electoral reforms he initiated.IPAC National Chairman, Dr Leonard Nzenwa, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described Yakubu’s re-appointment as a welcome development and a blessing...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Kano, FCT, nine more States in first batch*Enumeration, verification still ongoing for Payroll Support Scheme Free CAC Business Names’ Registration for 250,000 MSMEs also commences As the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) progresses, the payment of N30,000 one-time grant to 330,000 artisans...
Lekki Massacre: Nigerian Army debunks allegations, says LASG invited troops as no protester was shot
Lekki Massacre: Nigerian Army debunks allegations, says LASG invited troops as no protester was shot
The attention of Headquarters 81 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to a viral video on social media in which it was alleged that civilians’ protesters were massacred by soldiers at Lekki Toll Plaza. This allegation is untrue, unfounded and aimed at causing anarchy in the country. At no...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 113 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with three additional coronavirus-related deaths in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC made this known via its verified wedsite on Tuesday. The public health agency said that the new infections bring...
By VERA AWUAH – honnyveea3@gmail.com Fiber is a blanket term that applies to any type of carbohydrates that your body can’t digest. Fiber is incredibly important as it leaves your stomach undigested and ends up in your Colon, where it feeds friendly gut bacteria, leading to various health benefits. ...
Excerpts from the opening remarks by the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the capacity building programme for members of Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association on October 27, 2020 at the Digital Bridge Institute, Abuja. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, said on Tuesday the engagement with the Nigerian youths has to be transparent and honest in order to build a progressive society and nation. This, according to Osinbajo, was why the implementation of the Buhari administration’s Social Investment...
“The question is who is the public going to believe.” By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN The 2020 US presidential election, like many of this year’s most important decisions, will be decided by COVID-19. Just as the coronavirus has spread across America, it has seeped into the political campaigns of US President Donald Trump and...