The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the management of FCT Women Rehabilitation Centre, located at Sabo-Lugbe in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media...
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced 189 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 57,145. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. “As at Sept. 19, 2020, 189 new confirmed cases...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Federal Government is partnering with the Bauchi State Government to construct additional 4,000 housing units in the state worth billions of Naira to cater for the housing needs of low income earners. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that this is in addition to the construction of the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A 50-year old man, Bawada Audu, has been arrested by the Police in Bauchi State for allegedly burying his grandson alive. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday reiterated that Buhari-led administration is determined to keep boosting the nation’s technology sector and digital economy, just as global social media and technology giant, Facebook informed the federal government of Nigeria of its decision to open an office in Lagos....
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said 13 ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are being expected from September 19 to September 30. The NPA made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, in Lagos on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. According to NPA,...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has appealed to the United Nations Resident Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, and other stakeholders to shift their mission and mandate from humanitarian support to tackling the root causes of insurgency in the north east region. The...
WHO delegation visit last polio victim in Nigeria, renovated state psychiatric hospital in Maiduguri
WHO delegation visit last polio victim in Nigeria, renovated state psychiatric hospital in Maiduguri
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri World Health Organization delegation on Friday visited the last polio victim in Nigeria and the renovated state psychiatric hospital in Maiduguri. Nigeria was recently declared free of wild polio virus. Speaking during the visit, WHO Country Representative, Dr Walter Kazadi said the states that the federal...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Police in Bauchi state has arrested no fewer than five staff of the Local Government Pension Board in the state for breach of trust, criminal conspiracy, misappropriation, forgery and fraud amounting to N21,580,000. The Bauchi State Command’s Spokesman, Ahmed Wakil, made the disclosure in a media...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 221 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. According to it, the new cases are confirmed from 18 states in the country. The new infections brought the total...
By SUFUYAN OJEIFO In the human story, goodbyes are usually simple, touching transitions. But deploying quirky hubris, cant and divisiveness, the outgoing Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has ignobly tried to change the narrative. I was reading the book of Daniel Chapter 5 earlier in the week and...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A former Senator in Bauchi State, Isa Hamma Misau, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and rejoined the All Progressives Congress. Misau who is a supporter of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, announced his defection back to the APC during...
This feature article by Segun Kasali takes a look at how The Voice Nigeria Season 3 is discovering raw music talent in the country and nurturing them into music superstars in the nearest future. The challenges of cost of production, cost of promotions and especially identification with renowned music...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has said that tree planting would stimulate green environment and help to check the impact of climate change and deforestation in communities across the federation. Tallen said this on Friday during the Federal Government’s launch of the National Cooking Gas Distribution...
Facebook on Friday said it would be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria, as part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa. Facebook, in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, said this would be its second office on the African continent. It said the opening...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri A high-powered committee set up by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has traversed Monguno, Cross, mile 4 and Baga. The committee working assiduously towards safe and dignified resettlement of thousands of internally displaced persons living in different camps in Monguno and Maiduguri. Zulum had on...