…Says students’ feeding expenses posted during lockdown By Emma Ujah Corruption has continued across federal government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), despite several measures to curb financial infractions in public offices, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC ), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has said. He spoke at a one-day […]

Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world’s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization. In televised remarks, the head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated the strain’s genetic […]

Governors from the SouthWest zone of the country and some first class rulers on Saturday okayed the decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) for each state in Nigeria to manage its forest. This took place at a closed-door meeting which was held at the executive chamber of the Oyo state governor’s office, Agodi in […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants world leaders to back efforts to speed up development times for vaccines to 100 days – a third of the time needed for the first coronavirus jab. “The development of a coronavirus vaccine in approximately 300 days was a huge and unprecedented global achievement,” said the British government in […]

The Niger State House of Assembly says it would amend the law relating to kidnapping, to provide for stiffer punishment to people who serve as informants to bandits in the state.