The All Progressives Congress (APC), UK Chapter has called on electorate in Ondo State to re-elect Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, saying he has been tested and trusted to deliver good governance. The party made the call in statement signed by Mr Jacob Ogunseye, its Publicity Secretary on Thursday in Abuja....
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The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA), Lagos State chapter, on Thursday, urgedNigerians to go for regular eye check to eliminate avoidable blindness. The Public Relations Officer of the association, Dr Emmanuel Okoye, made the call in a statement issued in Lagos. He stated that National Orientation Agency (NOA) was raising...
The Police Commissioner in Sokoto State, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje, has banned the officers and men of tactical squads from carrying out routine patrols, stop-and-search, mounting of road blocks and other conventional low risk duties.Kaoje announced the ban at a meeting he held with the command’s management team, commanders of...
An Abuja-based NGO, Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), has lauded the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu and the Senate for the suspension of activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the decision was sequel to complaints and reports...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ekiti State Chapter, on Thursday, described the death of Mr Ibrahim Khaleel, the President of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), as a great loss. The congress, in its condolence letter, signed by its Chairman, Comrade Kolapo Olatunde, in Ado-Ekiti, said Khaleel’s...
Arsenal FC have closed their Hale End academy after a staff member tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The academy, in east London and separate from Arsenal’s senior training facilities at London Colney, is used to develop players between the ages of nine and 16. “We can confirm that...
A former Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mike Okiro has advised against the ban of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mohammed Adamu on Oct.4, banned the personnel of the FSARS and other tactical squads of the...
Afghanistan on Thursday received more anti-epidemic supplies from China to aid its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The much-needed supplies included 20,000 protective suits, nearly 40,000 test kits, two fully automated nucleic acid extractors, two PCR (polymerase chain reaction) machines, and masks and gloves. Afghanistan was in the sixth...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed that five persons were killed following a gas tanker explosion in Baruwa area of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office, NEMA, who confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has launched a strategic operation to rescue three persons kidnapped in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, Ms Marian Yusuf disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. She said the three victims were kidnapped...
World number one Novak Djokovic reached his 10th French Open semi-final, but suffered an injury scare before beating Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday. A month after being defaulted for inadvertently striking a line judge with a ball while playing Carreno Busta in the U.S....
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has budgeted the sum of N25billion to finance cassava production in the country for the year 2020. The amount is split into two, with N11 billion allocated to five-star farmers (those growing from 5 hectares and above) and...
*** Suspect standing trial for two different crimes also arrested ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than five suspects who allegedly kidnapped a man and his two daughters and collected N2 million as ransom have been arrested by the Police in Bauchi.The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new Coronavirus (COVID-19), infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the COVID-19 national death toll in the country remains 1,113 persons after four days...
Once again, in this blasted year of deaths, we have been robbed of a frontline intellectual of leftist bent. Prof Yima Sen, the journalism teacher, Marxist and minority rights activist had bowed out last Tuesday at an age rather too early for his robust physique. He was 69 years...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagama Umara Zulum of Borno State has commended the North-East Regional Initiative (NERI) of then United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for its six-year intervention projects and programmes in the areas of security, education and infrastructure among others across the 27 LGAs...
The Nigerian Navy has retired 178 Naval ratings, some of whom still have some periods in the service. According to PRNigeria, some of the affected officers mostly Warrant Officers and Master Warrant Officers had sought for extensions of their service years but were rejected by the Navy’s High...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – One person was killed and two injured in multiple road crashes that occurred on Monday and Tuesday along Bauchi-Jos highway in Bauchi State. Our Correspondent learnt that two people were injured in the first crash which happened on Monday involving a container trailer and a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that all necessary measures have been put in place to ensure that the October 10 gubernatorial election in Ondo State is peaceful, transparent and credible. President Buhari also assured the electorate in Ondo of the provision of adequate security...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Government of Oyo State, on Wednesday, launched the ‘T’ỌMỌ T’ÌYÁ Initiative,’ an effort aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality rate in the state. The programme, which was inaugurated at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, was equally aimed at improving the...