Google on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Flood Hub platform to cover 80 countries worldwide, adding eight new countries in Africa. Yossi Mattias, Vice President Engineering & Research and Crisis Response Lead, said in a statement that 23 African countries were on its Flood Hub. Mattias said this...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The MTN Foundation has officially announced a call for applications for its annual undergraduate scholarship award. The award seeks to recognise and reward high-performing students in Nigerian public tertiary institutions. It targets two categories of students – undergraduates in Science and Technology-related courses and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja declared that making infrastructure development a key point of focus in his administration was a deliberate action to create wealth and make poverty alleviation easier. Speaking at the virtual commissioning of three bridges, three secretariats and one...
The Police Command in Delta has apprehended a suspected gun runner in Okpe Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe told newsmen on Tuesday in Warri that the suspect was arrested on Monday by the operatives attached to the Orerokpe Police Division....
The family of co-joined twins namely Hassana and Hasina has expressed gratitude to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Saudi Monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for the support in helping to separate them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Siamese twins Hassana and...
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NDICOM) for a second term. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the report,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday flagged off crude oil drilling campaign at Wadi-B l Tuba village 35 kilometers away from Maiduguri City off Monguno road or Borno State. President Buhari said that the oil exploration if successful will improve security,, electricity energy, reduce unemployment...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia – The Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), is set to graduate a total of 7,661 worthy graduands at its 7th convocation coming up this Saturday. Professor Suleiman Bala Mohammed, Vice Chancellor of the University, disclosed this during a pre-convocation press conference at the old senate...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the policies taken by his administration were deliberately made for the development of the country. He stated this on Tuesday at the inauguration of a new Customs Headquarters, built at the cost of N19.6 billion, in Abuja. Buhari said that such policies became...
The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Power and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to find a lasting solution to the issue of power distribution and supply across the country. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of an urgent motion of public importance by...
The delayed rape trial of Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko resumed in the capital Dakar on Tuesday as his party called for “resistance” and a national shutdown. Security forces patrolled crossroads and enforced a temporary ban on motorcycles as the city braced for another round of protests that have...
Thai Government on Tuesday said seven people were killed and 23 others injured after a school sports arena collapsed in northern Thailand. According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the accident occurred at around 7:00 p.m. local time on Monday when the roof of a primary...
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of a Police Inspector by suspected gunmen in Abakaliki on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed this on Tuesday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki. According Onovwakpoyeya, the command is aware of...
Absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun of a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday stalled proceedings in the case of assault brought against afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. The chief magistrate was said to be on an official assignment. The information was communicated to counsel in the...
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has called on the newly elected , re-elected and out-going public officers to declare their assets before being sworn-in or leaving office on May 29. Dr Mustapha Musa, the Special Assistant to CCB Chairman, Prof. Mohammed Isah, said this when he spoke with...
The Nigeria Customs Service has built a N19.6 billion smart Corporate Headquarters. The Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, made this known at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Adeniyi, Chairman, Organising Committee for Commissioning of the edifice, said the building had a 12-floor tower with five...
A nine-member delegation is expected to attend the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu next Monday. This is according to an official statement issued by The White House on Monday. The Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia L. Fudge, is scheduled to lead the...
The Chief Shepherd of The Harvest Centre Mission, Prophet Wale Ojo-David, says Tinubu’s emergence as the President-elect is divine and urges Nigerians to accept it in good faith. The Ikorodu-Lagos based prophet, who spoke against the backdrop of the legitimacy crisis trailing Tinubu’s victory, told the News Agency of...
Rep. Fredrick Agbedi (PDP-Bayelsa), Convener “Greater Majority” says the group has not adopted any candidate for the 10th speaker of the House of Representatives ahead of the June 13 inauguration. Agbedi said this at a meeting of the greater majority caucus in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Chairman Committee on Information at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), Hon. Mohammed Adamu Omadefu, says no less than 16 members have declared support for incumbent speaker. Omadefu (APC- Keana), who disclosed this while featuring on Option 92:3 FM Akwanga, Monday, said Rt....