By Emma Una – Calabar Senator Ben Ayade, the Cross River state governor, has sent a strong message to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he stands on the fence and ready to dump the party if not given his due respect and recognition. Speaking in Calabar during the visit of Governor Bala Mohammed of […]

The National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), targets about one million free blood donors to improve the nation’s safe blood units. Its National Coordinator, Dr Omale Amedu, said in Abuja on Saturday that only 5 per cent of total blood donations in the country were made by voluntary donors. The remaining 95 per cent were commercially […]

Denmark said on Saturday that one person had died and another fell seriously ill with blood clots and cerebral haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination. The two, both hospital staff members, had received the AstraZeneca vaccine less than 14 days before getting ill, the authority that runs public hospitals in Copenhagen said. The Danish […]

Set to sanction operators violating existing laws By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government, yesterday, vowed to go tough on recovering N100 million debt owed by lottery operators in the country. This was made known by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, George Akume, at stakeholders’ meeting held in Abuja. According to […]

Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, on Saturday led mourners in paying their last respects to her predecessor John Magufuli, who died suddenly this week after an illness shrouded in mystery. Mourners lined the streets of Dar es Salaam to bid farewell to the late president, weeping and throwing flower petals as the casket was transferred […]

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, officials said, just two days after he received his first vaccination against the disease. The 68-year-old former top cricketer received a shot of the Chinese-produced Sinopharm vaccine on Thursday, as the country battles a third wave of the virus. “At this point, the prime […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Saturday morning narrowly escaped death after armed herders reportedly opened fire on his convoy at Tyo-Mu community in the outskirts of Makurdi town, along Makurdi-Gboko road. At the time of this report, the Governor who is still in shock was being expected to address […]

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Mr ‘Tope Armstrong Akintunde has described the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun as a role model in good governance and whose major concern revolves around enhancing the economic prosperity of the state and lifting many residents out of poverty

NEC pledges support for national broadband penetration plan A Federal Government agency has told the National Economic Council, NEC, that the COVID-19 vaccines have now been distributed across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, leaving just one state out. The National Economic Council (NEC), in the strength of that information, urged Nigerians to […]