Athletes should be prioritised for the novel coronavirus vaccine so the beleaguered Tokyo Games can go ahead later this year, according to senior Olympics official Dick Pound. Canadian Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympics Committee (IOC), told Sky News in the UK that the Games could still go ahead with mass athlete participation, […]

The  Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the kidnap of six children of one Alhaji Sani Gyare and one other in Kadauri village, Maru Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Gusau. He said the […]

Kano State Government have on Friday announced the re-opening of all it tertiary institution in the state from 18th January, 2021.

Eight youths were on Friday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged arson of Police Stations and stealing, during the #EndSARS protests

…Says Nigeria Security situation may become irredeemable By Boluwaji Obahopo FORMER Acting Governor of Kogi State, Chief Clarence Olafemi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his service chiefs; saying that failure to do so may make the security situation in the country to become irredeemable. Olafemi, who spoke, yesterday, in Lokoja described the […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness across the nation from Saturday to Monday. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja predicted sunny and hazy conditions over the northern region on Saturday. According to it, the North Central region should be in sunny condition with partly cloudy skies over some parts […]

As the second wave of COVID-19 continues to hit harder, Nigeria closes in on 100,000 mark with new daily figures of 1,544 recorded. Lagos State still tops the chart with 739 new cases recorded, with Plateau and Abuja coming distant second and third with 168 and 153 new cases respectively. ALSO READ: London declares emergency […]

D r. Mustapha Inuwa is the Secretary to the Government of Katsina State, SGS who doubles as the Chairman, Amnesty Programme to end banditry in the state. In this interview, he bares his mind on series of challenges and setbacks they are facing in their fight against banditry.   Current waves of insecurity in Katsina have continued […]

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the US drugmaker. The not-yet peer-reviewed study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch indicated […]

Social media giant, Twitter Inc, has permanently banned United States President Donald Trump’s personal account for repeated rules violations, marking the most high-profile punishment the social-media company has ever imposed. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on […]