By Sola Ogundipe Leaders of countries must step up investments to end malaria as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten historic gains against one of the oldest and deadliest diseases, participants at a Virtual Forum on Malaria Elimination, co-hosted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and the World Health Organisation, agreed on Wednesday. Held […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has recommended the use of Antigen-based Rapid Diagnostic Tests (Ag-RDTs) for offshore workers in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The DPR made the recommendation on Wednesday in a circular to the oil and gas industry operators and all industry service providers on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]

The Police Command in Delta has arrested a suspected member of a car snatching syndicate in Warri. The acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, DSP Edafe Bright disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Warri. Bright said the suspect, Nnachi Cypraim was apprehended by the Quick Response Team of the “A […]

The Niger Police Command says it has arrested one Festus Okeke of Ishau village, for having unlawful sexual intercourse with four minors in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state. Mr Adamu Usman, the State Commissioner of Police, who disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Minna, on Wednesday, said […]

By Davies Iheamnachor, Port-Harcourt Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eleven persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Rivers State. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, during a sting operation by men of the commission covering Rivers and Bayelsa States. The […]

By Olayinka Ajayi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, over alleged illegal financial dealings and misappropriation of funds. Yari, who was arrested on Tuesday by operatives of the anti-graft agency was taken to the Sokoto office of the commission where he was detained after […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The federal government on Wednesday presented a total of 10 million to five winners of the 2021 Creativity and Innovation Challenge organized by the National Information and Technology Development Agency, NITDA in Abuja. The five winners, who were given N2 million each emerged from 800 contestants that participated in the contest from […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NIS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, says it generated over N38.8 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021. The command’s Comptroller, Auwal Mohammed, disclosed the figures in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Mohammed said the command generated a […]

Professor of Political Science, Abia State University, Professor Hatz Ofoeze, has cautioned members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, and other Biafra agitators not to be carried away by the promise by the United Kingdom to grant asylum to ‘persecuted’ members of the movement.

Angry reactions have trialed the death of Nigerian Comedienne Ada Jesus who was confirmed dead on Wednesday after battling with a kidney problem. Ada Jesus who celebrated her birthday few days ago on a hospital bed died in an Abuja hospital, according to reports. Some Nigerians on social media have angrily blamed people she had […]

By Arogbonlo Israel Popular Nigerian Comedienne Ada Jesus has died of kidney failure after two days of marking her birthday. Confirming the news on Wednesday, Harrison Gwamnishu who led group of Nigerians that took Ada Jesus to hospital told BBC news this afternoon. His words; “She is gone.” Recall the popular Comedienne Ada Jesus has […]

Incoherent, illogical vituperations on restructuring, secession not surprising to Nigerians Nigerians have looked beyond Buhari on salvaging what is left of the country Dayo Johnson – Akure The Pan Yoruba Socio- Political Group, Afenifere has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being insensitive to the yearning of Nigerians in the face of undeniable national calamity. Afenifere […]

Gunmen on Wednesday shot two operatives dead during an attack on Adani Police Station in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, an official statement has confirmed. The incident is contained in a statement issued in Enugu by the Spokesman of the state police command, ASP Daniel Ndukwe. Ndukwe stated that the station “was violently […]

Professor of Political Science, Abia State University, Professor Hatz Ofoeze, has cautioned members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, and other Biafra agitators not to be carried away by the promise by the United Kingdom to grant asylum to ‘persecuted’ members of the movement.

Bida Road, Modebe Avenue, Odoakpu, Onitsha, is usually noisy and bustling during the day, but at nightfall, the place is as silent as a graveyard.