Zulum fires Commissioner of Health
Borno state’s commissioner of health, Dr Salihu Kwayabura, has been sacked by the Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, The governor’s Special Adviser on Public Relations […]
Month: February 2021
Fuel, electricity price hike: FG, Labour to meet again
The Federal Government and the organised labour will reconvene on February 22 for the consideration of the reports of the bipartite technical committees on fuel […]
EFCC pushes for transfer as Court adjourns Orji Kalu’s arraignment
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud until June 7. The […]
Davido plotting to float bitcoin company
Popular Nigerian singer, Davido, has taken to his verified Twitter account to reveal that he intends to float a bitcoin company. He tweeted, “Thinking of […]
Covid-19: PTF declares Kogi high risk state, warns Nigerians not to visit
By Abdullahi Muhammed, AbujaThe Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19 Monday declared Kogi state as high risk for refusing to acknowledge the existence of […]
75 health workers test positive for COVID-19 last week – NCDC
By Abdullahi Muhammed, Abuja The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu said Monday that at least 75 health workers […]
Gov Bello inaugurates committee gender-based violence
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has inaugurated a 20-man committee on Gender-Based Violence GBV in order to curb all forms of violence against both […]
COVID-19 violation: Abuja court shuts down Wuse market, 2 others
…convicts over 100 persons over facemasks violation By Muhammad Tanimu Abuja An Abuja Mobile court yesterday shut down the popular Wuse market, the UTC and […]
COVID-19: NCDC records 676 new cases, 21 deaths in Nigeria in one day
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 676 new cases of Coronavirus infections (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number […]
Rape: Jigawa High Court sentences man to life imprisonment, another to 21 years
The Jigawa State High Court No. 6 (sitting as vacation court) at Dutse had on Monday 1st February, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Suleiman Ahmed, […]
Buhari, Moroccan King discuss strategic dev’t projects
President Muhammadu Buhari and Moroccan leader, King Mohammed V1 on Sunday had a telephone conversation to discuss joint efforts towards realization of strategic development projects […]
Uganda Presidential election: Bobi Wine heads to Court, challenges Museveni
The counsels representing Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said they have filed a suit at the Uganda supreme court, challenging President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in […]
Igboho storms Ogun community, gives ‘killer’ herdsmen quit notice
Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, has vowed to flush out Fulani herdsmen killing and kidnapping people in Ogun State. Igboho stormed Ogun on Monday, on his […]
At last, Makinde visits Oyo community, condoles Herdsmen victims’ families
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Monday, visited the families of some of the victims of herdsmen brutality in the Ibarapa North-West Local Council Development […]
Buhari salutes Nigeria’s first female newspaper editor, Doyin Abiola at 75
President Muhammadu Buhari felicitates with Dr Doyin Abiola, Nigeria’s first female newspaper editor and former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Concord Press Nigeria Limited, on the […]