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.
FCT arrests 50 dispatch riders for violating traffic
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA said it has arrested over 50 dispatch riders for violating traffic regulations in the city. Director, FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services DRTS, Alhaji Wadata Bodinga disclosed this at a news briefing Wednesday in Abuja. Bodinga warned that the conduct and activities of dispatch […]
COVID-19: Second wave ravaging our land, claiming many lives, says LUTH CMD
Prof. Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday said COVID-19 second wave was ravaging our land and claiming many lives. Bode, who made the assertion at a news conference in Lagos, said: “The resurgence of COVID-19, through the newly mutated form, is ravaging our land, claiming many […]
Akwa Ibom to complete all projects critical to completion agenda — Gov Emmanuel
Lists areas of focus in 2021 to include economy, education, health By Lawrence Ekong Following speculations by a section of the public about the level of completion of projects in Akwa Ibom, the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong has allayed the fears that the state government, under the leadership of Mr. […]
COVID-19: Second wave ravaging our land, claiming many lives, says LUTH CMD
Prof. Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday said COVID-19 second wave was ravaging our land and claiming many lives.
As Zulum revives Borno plastic, NALDA places order for 2 million sacks
… Zulum lauds Shettima for agro ‘war chest’ By Ndahi Marama – Maiduguri Following recent restoration of Borno Plastic Company by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), has placed order for production of two million pieces of plastic sacks, mostly for 50kg capacity. NALDA’s Executive Secretary, Prince Paul Ikonne announced […]
Vaccination could jeopardise our natural immunity to COVID-19, virologist cautions
By Sola Ogundipe A renowned virologist, Prof Sunday Omilabu, has cautioned against vaccinating Nigerians that have acquired natural immunity to the COVID-19 virus. Omilabu who is the director of the Centre for Human and Zoonotic Virology at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital and the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, said giving the COVID-19 vaccine […]
US Democrats control of Senate in reach, as party wins first Georgia runoff
Joe Biden’s Democratic Party took a giant step Wednesday towards seizing control of the US Senate as they won the first of two Georgia run-offs, hours before Congress was set to certify the president-elect’s victory over Donald Trump. Reverend Raphael Warnock’s victory, projected by multiple US networks overnight, capped a grueling nine-week runoff campaign and puts Georgia’s other […]
COVID-19 resurgence: Lawyers urge judiciary to embrace virtual proceedings
Some lawyers in Lagos on Wednesday urged the judiciary to fully implement virtual court sitting as a strategy to control the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. In interviews with the Newsmen in Lagos, the lawyers regretted that the judiciary abandoned virtual court proceedings when COVID-19-induced restrictions were eased. A former Chairman of the […]
Why woman stole lover’s 3-month old baby for husband in Ondo
Fresh facts have emerged on why Temitope Adeniyi kidnapped the three-month-old baby of her lover, Wasiu Mamukuyomi, in Ondo town, Ondo State.
ERA Laments oil spill impact on Bayelsa Coastal Communities
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The group, Environmental Rights Action/Friend of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has expressed concern over what it described as “the unsafe environmental practices” at an offshore oilfield operated by an oil company and it’s impact on communities along the coastline of Akassa in Brass local government area, Bayelsa State. ERA/FoEN wondered why […]
