2021: As Nigerian military conducts mass burial for wailers

2021: As Nigerian military conducts mass burial for wailers

By Philip Agbese All President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aides occupy a special place in my heart. It is not easy to discharge the arduous obligation of defending a leader who is deliberately and nastily persecuted. Of all the aides, however, Mr Femi Adesina and Mallam Garba Shehu have caught my endless admiration. Each time I […]
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Zamfara gets new Federal Audit office after 6 years closure

Zamfara gets new Federal Audit office after 6 years closure

The Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Anthony Ayine, on Monday, reopened the Zamfara Federal Audit office, closed in 2014, due to logistics challenges. The AGF, who was represented at the occasion by Mr John Vandu, the Director of Audit, said the Zamfara office had been carrying out its affairs in the last six years […]

FA Cup: Liverpool, Man United square off, other fixtures

FA Cup: Liverpool, Man United square off, other fixtures

By Temisan Amoye, Premier League champions, Liverpool will travel to Manchester to face perennial rivals Manchester United in a highly-anticipated FA Cup fourth-round clash Liverpool strolled 4-1 past a very youthful Aston Villa team due to a COVID-19 outbreak that swept through the midlands team, while United edged past Championship side, Watford, in a 1-0 […]

COVID-19: Virus is spreading fast with mild symptoms, NCDC alerts Nigerians

COVID-19: Virus is spreading fast with mild symptoms, NCDC alerts Nigerians

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has warned that the Coronavirus pandemic is spreading fast, causing mild symptoms in some victims and severe illnesses and death in others. Ihekweazu disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He said […]

Lagos govt jittery over rising cases of COVID-19 among workers

Lagos govt jittery over rising cases of COVID-19 among workers

..Issues fresh directive   By Olasunkanmi Akoni   The Lagos State Government has expressed worries over rising cases of civil servants testing positive for COVID-19 in the state. Determined to stem the dangerous trend, the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola has issued a new directive to workers on safety protocols. Muri-Okunola, in an internal […]

COVID-19: EKSU resumes online academic activities January  18

COVID-19: EKSU resumes online academic activities January 18

The Senate of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has announced that the institution would resume online academic activities from January 18,  due to the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, Head, Directorate and Corporate Affairs and released to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Monday. It […]

#EndSARS: ‘I haven’t seen my husband eight years after SARS arrest’

#EndSARS: ‘I haven’t seen my husband eight years after SARS arrest’

By Ozioruva Aliu A middle-aged woman, Mrs Rita Okungbowa, Monday cried to the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses saying she has not seen her husband for the past eight years after he was arrested by men of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, (SARS) and she is asking […]

Kontagora’s death, huge national loss – PDP

Kontagora’s death, huge national loss – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with the government and people of Niger over the death of a former Military Administrator of Benue and Kano states, Col. Isa Kontagora (retd.).

Medical Director canvasses effective training, utilisation of paramedics

Medical Director canvasses effective training, utilisation of paramedics

Medical Director, Brain and Spinal Surgery Limited, Dr Biodun Ogungbo has canvassed for increased advocacy on the importance of paramedics and how they can be effectively used in the nation’s health sector. “We need to rethink the strategies we have in saving Nigerian lives and develop the system to ensure that every life matter in […]