5-year-old boy drowns in a well in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a five-year-old boy, Yusha’u Usman, after falling inside a well at Zangon Dinya in Bagwai Local Government Area of Kano state. Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Kano. Abdullahi explained […]
We spent N203bn on doctors’ welfare, did everything humanly possible to stop strike —FG
The Federal Government has said it did everything possible to stop the ongoing nationwide strike by members the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, which has paralysed activities in government-owned hospitals across the country, saying it has spent over N203.3 billion on the striking doctors’ welfare
Banditry/Criminality: Police arrest 1,503 high profile suspects; rescue 393 kidnapped victims in Katsina
Against the backdrop of the war against criminal elements, especially bandits and kidnappers, the Police in Katsina State has within the past four months, arrested a total of thousand, five hundred and three (1,503) suspected high-profile suspects in connection with different violent crimes.
Nigeria’s investment in oil palm not matching population growth, POFON insists
Chairman, Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON) and Chief Executive Officer, Aden River Estates Limited, an agro-industrial subsidiary of Ibru Organisation, Mr Emmanuel Ibru, in a chat with journalists on the state of oil palm, cash crop production in the country, challenges, potentialities and need to get mobilised for industrial investments and revolution through oil palm production and other tree crops. By Jimoh Babatunde
FG to improve transportation modes
The federal government is set to improve transportation modes as a way of cutting cost of production and enhancing the ease of doing business in the country.
Breaking: Nigerian ‘hacker’ bags 5yrs imprisonment in US
As the case of a suspected internet scamster, Raymond Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, lingers, a United States district judge, William M Ray II, weekend sentenced Bamidele Muraina, a 34-year-old Nigerian hacker to five years and ten months in prison.
FG advocates smart technology for efficient housing
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of Federal Housing Authority, FHA, Senator Gbenga Ashafa has called on stakeholders in the housing sector to embrace smart technology for efficient housing delivery in Nigeria.
Obasa condoles CP Odumosu over mother’s death
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has commiserated with the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, over the loss of his mother, Alhaja Sikirat Odumosu.
el-Rufai calls for hitch-free LG polls
By Ibrahim Wuyo – Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has called on residents of the state to help make the LG council election scheduled for Saturday, 4 September 2021, “peaceful, free and exemplary exercise of democratic choice”. The governor in a statement on Friday said; “the Kaduna State Government has demonstrated its commitment to […]
Iheanacho, Iwobi shine as Super Eagles down Lone Stars 2-0
By Temisan Amoye The Super Eagles of Nigeria opened their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign with a comfortable 2-0 over the Lone Stars of Sierra Leone on Friday. Leicester City hitman Kelechi Iheanacho and Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi ran riot on the day, delivering a brace and two assists respectively to send the Super […]
Electricity: DisCos battles GenCos over eligible customer status
Disagreement over the implementation of the Eligible Customer Status, a policy designed by the Federal Government in 2017 that allowed Power Generation Companies, GenCos, to sell electricity directly to customers with capacity to consume at least two Mega Watts of power monthly, has pitched the generators against Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos.
