Reps task FG on construction of irrigation Dams for agricultural purposes
House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to carry out a holistic Needs Assessment of Irrigation Dams across the country and ensure their expeditious construction for agricultural purposes.
WHO reviewing data, recommends AstraZeneca Covid vaccines continue
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday its experts were still reviewing safety data on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine following concerns around blood clots but recommended that injection programmes continue. While millions of doses of the vaccine have been administered, small numbers of people have developed blood clots, prompting countries including the EU’s three largest […]
Media Panache celebrates five years of impactful PR
Leading Nigerian Public Relations Agency, Media Panache is celebrating five years of operating as full-service communication and PR brand that provides innovative solutions for companies and individuals in Nigeria. Starting out as a team of five individuals communicating via a Whatsapp group, Media Panache has grown to become a technology and digital-driven Public Relations agency […]
Court sentences man to life imprisonment for raping boy, 8, in Akwa Ibom
By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 40-year-old man, identified as John Udom to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year-old boy and his neighbour in Uyo, the state capital. The presiding judge, Justice Bennett Ilaumo while delivering his judgment yesterday in suit number HU/23C/2020 between the […]
THEIR LIVES; OUR TEMPLATES: Misleading youth through standardised ideologies
Like me, did you also attend a secondary school where science class was for the brilliant students, commercial for the average and arts for the playful ones? In fact, the position of the Senior Prefect was exclusively reserved for the science students in my secondary school until one radical art student interrupted the norm.
Dog blamed for crashing owner’s Jeep into building
A Jeep crashed into a building in Wisconsin and the incident is being blamed on the inexperience of the vehicle’s driver: a dog. Sturgeon Bay Police said officers responded Wednesday to art museum Pearl of Door County, where a Jeep had crashed into the building. The vehicle’s owner told police his Jeep had been […]
Insecurity: Reps set up special C’mte to brainstorm way out
To stem the tide of insecurity in the country, the House of Representatives, Wednesday, set up a high powered special committee to brainstorm and proffer solutions.
DELSUTH lauds Okowa over provision of COVID-19 vaccine for frontliners
The Chief Medical Director, Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara, Dr. Onome Ogueh, has thanked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ononye Mordi for their efforts in providing the COBVID-19 vaccine for frontliners.
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 4.05 mln — Africa CDC
The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has reached 4,051,362 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said
Bandits kill father, abduct his two children in Katsina
By Bashir Bello Gunmen suspected to be bandits have in the wee hours of Wednesday invaded Jargaba village in Bakori local government area of Katsina state where they killed a father, Ibrahim Kwatahi, and whisked away two of his children. It was gathered that the incident happened around 1:00 am on Wednesday morning when the […]
Mastermind behind Twitter celebrity accounts hack sentenced to prison
A Florida teenager accused of masterminding a Twitter hack of celebrity accounts in a crypto currency scheme has been sentenced to three years in juvenile prison in a plea agreement, officials said. State prosecutors announced the deal Tuesday in the case of Graham Ivan Clark, 18, described as the mastermind of the July 2020 “Bit-Con” […]
