Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and damaging variant of HIV, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). It said on Monday in a statement that “people living with the newly revealed subtype, experience double the rate of...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A Non Governmental Organization (NgO), Life Helpers Initiative with support from UNICEF and British Council has began an awareness campaign in higher institutions across Sokoto State which centered on enhancing women participation in decision making as well as political processes in the state. Speaking...
Mr Japhtah Yekorogha, a cousin of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, abducted on Jan. 24, has regained his freedom from his kidnappers. The announcement was contained in a statement by Mr Azibaola Robert, the younger brother to the kidnapped victim in Yenagoa on Monday. The statement signed by Mr Austin Ekeinde,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, has confirmed the abduction of one of its priests, Rev. Fr. Joseph Shekari of St Monica’s Catholic Church, Ikulu Parish in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Okolo, who confirmed the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Foremost industrialist and leading agriculturist, Olusegun O. Dada has been elected President of Iwo Chamber of Commerce and Industry at its meeting held this weekend. Others officers elected alongside Mr Dada are Mr Kudaisi Ismaila (Esq) as First Deputy President and Mr Olawale Rasheed,...
Family members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) are relocating after military airstrikes killed four high-ranking commanders of the terrorist group in Marte, Borno State. An intelligence source in the axis told PRNigeria that the senior Commanders were eliminated during recently coordinated airstrikes targeting the terrorists’...
The Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA, has debunked reports that it is presently conducting a recruitment exercise. DIA, in a statement obtained by PRNigeria, titled: “DIA is Not Recruiting New Staff… Agency Warns Job Scammers,” tersely said: “The Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) wishes to inform the public that it is...
An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ms Adewunmi Omotosho on Monday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how alleged Access Bank hacker, Chris Ihebuzo was apprehended by the anti-graft agency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ihebuzo in a video that went viral...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on key stakeholders in Ebonyi to support its efforts in mobilising residents for the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Joseph Chukwu, made the call in an interview with the...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Operatives from the Kogi State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack on its command post in Okene Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, who disclosed this in a statement, said local hunters, men of the...
Mobile subscribers trying to complete SIM swaps across the country have been unable to do so due to the unavailability of the National Identity Management Commission’s NIN Verification Service (NVS). Responding to complaints from users, MTN Nigeria said the “NIMC application is currently unavailable. “Please bear with us as...
President Muhammadu Buhari commenced the week under review with a promise that the Federal Government would honour promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) This the President said, was to prevent disruptive strikes, engender uninterrupted academic programmes and improve funding of education institutions. The President made...
By JIMIN GEOFFREY, Markudi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has told former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that people of the state are not happy with him for abandoning them during their trying times. Governor Ortom spoke on Sunday at the Benue Peoples House when he...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said the death of the Emir of Jama’are, Ahmad Wabi III, one of the longest-reigning traditional rulers in Africa, “is the end of an era.” The president expressed his grief over the death of the Emir, who was laid to...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto Missionary Zonal Pastor of Christian Evangelical Fellowship of Nigeria (CEFN), Rev Stephen Okadonye has urged christians to cultivate the attitude of self discipline in order to sustained progress in life. Rev Okadonye who made the call on Sunday while preaching on the...
The Old Students’ Association of Community Comprehensive High School, Ikaram Akoko, says it has attracted construction of projects worth N12 million to the school. The President of the Association, Olurotimi Williams-Daudu, stated this at the inauguration of renovated five classrooms block and foundation laying ceremony of the schools’ administrative...
Sen. Victor Lar, Campaign Director, Ali-Modu Sheriff Campaign Organisation, has debunked allegations that Sen. Ali-Modu Sheriff, has links with the Boko Haram sect. Senator Lar debunked the allegations in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja. He said that Sheriff, a frontline All...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has warned that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is on the rise among Nigerian girls aged 0-14 years and it have risen from 16.9 per cent in 2013 to 19.2 per cent in 2018. In a bid to reduce this worrying trend, UNICEF has...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – African growth and development will require strong, visionary leadership that caters for the needs of the people, and effectively strengthens institutions that encourage peaceful co-existence, while providing disincentives to conflicts and coups, President Muhammadu Buhari and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has received a comprehensive briefing on the coup attempt to oust President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, but which was aborted by loyalist forces. On the sidelines of the African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government holding in Addis...