Deeper Life School Saga: Magistrate’s absence stalls arraignment of 74-yr-old doctor, others
THE absence of the Chief Magistrate in court, on Wednesday, stalled the arraignment of four staff of Deeper Life High School, Idoro, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and Dr Effiong Udimidue in connection with the alleged molestation and maltreatment of an 11-year-old student of the school, Don-Davies Archibong.
Senate raises alarm over possible loss of FG’s N478m in Aso Savings Bank
As Lawmakers uphold indictment report of mismanagement of N180m by NYSC By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate has exposed a possible loss of N478 million meant for Zungeru power project in Aso Savings and Loans PLC. According to the Senate, the deposit was meant for payment of compensation to displaced persons under the Zungeru […]
COVID-19: FG to start administering vaccines on Nigerians soon
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Federal Government said it is planning to begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine on Nigerians before the end of March. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib disclosed this in a letter sent to Media Executives inviting them to a sensitization meeting on the […]
For telecoms, a look back in Hope
By Okoh Aihe THE above title is not totally my idea. It is inspired by John Osborne’s 1956 play, Look Back in Anger, which played out at the Royal Theatre in the United Kingdom and was staged in parts of the world, thus making the playwright very wealthy and quite popular. But placed side by […]
ASO faults report claiming Atiku sold INTELS shares to finance 2023 ambition
Atiku Support Organisation, ASO, has condemned a report by an online news platform claiming that the former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, sold his INTELS shares in 2018 to finance his 2023 ambition.
2023: Local hunters, native barbers, rally support for Atiku
Leaders of groups of local hunters, traditional barbers, and blacksmiths in Kaduna have declared support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to contest for the presidency in 2023.
Kukah’s message’s poisoned arrow fired at Islam, Muslims— JNI
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Apex Muslim organization in Nigeria, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has taken a swipe at Bishop Kukah’s Christmas homily, describing it as a poisoned arrow fired at the heart of Islam and Muslims in Nigeria. The JNI, in a statement signed by Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, Secretary-General, and issued to […]
INSECURITY: I won’t negotiate with bandits — Gov Bello
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru , Abuja Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on the increasing wave of insecurity as well as infrastructural decay in the state. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Governor Bello said that the menace of bandits who come into […]
NDDC: Urhobo Youth Leaders sue FG, want Sole Administrator sacked
Urhobo Youth Leaders Council, UYLC, a body of leaders of youth groups in Urhobo land, a major oil and gas producing community in Delta and Bayelsa States, Wednesday asked the Federal High Court Warri to declare the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as illegal. The group wants the […]
Lagos Deputy Gov mourns younger brother’s death
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Wednesday mourned the death of his younger brother, Dr Haroun Hamzat. Hamzat, who made the announcement through his Instagram page (drobafemihamzat), however called on the public to be conscious of the volatility of COVID-19 pandemic. He implored everyone to obey all the rules of COVlD-19. […]
Trump: Kickin’ and screamin’ and burnin’ the house down
HUNDREDS of millions of people who thought US President D J Trump will run out of steam and options on his way out of office and into infamy and ignominy have just found out they are wrong. It turns out even the most hardened supporters of the defeated President had underrated his capacity for damage.
Appoint competent chairman for NDLEA, workers, tell Buhari
By Dapo Akinrefon SOME officiers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, under the auspices of Concerned Officers of NDLEA, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a competent chairman for the agency after the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent, Mustapha Abdallah. Mr. Abdullah was appointed as Chairman of the Board of […]
Ozil in final stages of move to Fenerbahce
Mesut Ozil is expected to sign a three-and-a-half year deal with Fenerbahce that will see the Arsenal’s out-of-favour German midfielder switch England for Turkey. The reports came after the 32-year-old, a World Cup winner with Germany in 2014, fanned speculation by tweeting a photograph of himself in Istanbul with the words: “This city … #throwback […]
Engage archaeologists in solving COVID-19 problems, Cambridge University researcher tells govts
Dr Abidemi Babalola, Research Fellow, Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, says governments should engage thorough breed archaeologists to meet the Coronavirus (COVID-19) challenges. Babalola said this during an exhibition marking 60 years of excavations of archaeological materials in Igboukwu in Anambra on Wednesday. The event held at the National Commission for […]
Edo 2020: High Court disqualifies APC deputy governorship candidate
By Gabriel Enogholease & Ozioruva Aliu— BENIN AN Edo State High Court presided over by Justice Courage Ogbebor, on Wednesday, held that the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election, Gani Audu, was not qualified to contest the election as a result of discrepancies in the […]
WHO urges countries to shun vaccine nationalism
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says it is in countries self-interest to shun vaccine nationalism and work toward equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, noting that people must come first over short-term profits. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said this at the first COVID-19 news conference for the year at WHO headquarters in Geneva. Vaccine nationalism […]
