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Just in: Court stops compulsory Covid-19 vaccination in Edo

Just in: Court stops compulsory Covid-19 vaccination in Edo

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an Exparte order restraining the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki from enforcing the order mandating all residents of the state to get vaccinated for Covid-19.

BUA builds 2,000-ton POP plant

BUA builds 2,000-ton POP plant

BUA Group, one of Africa’s leading industrial companies, is set to commence the construction of a 2,000tons/day Plaster of Paris (Gypsum Powder) production plant.

(Breaking) UTME: JAMB cancels national cut-off mark

(Breaking) UTME: JAMB cancels national cut-off mark

*Each institution to fix minimum admission point *Stakeholders fail to arrive on deadline for 2021/2022 By Joseph Erunke, ABUJA THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cancelled national admission benchmark, otherwise called cut-off mark. With the scrapping of the age-long method, each of the nation’s tertiary institutions is now authorised to peg its admission […]

3 docked for allegedly stealing 9 goats, sheep

3 docked for allegedly stealing 9 goats, sheep

Three vagrants on Tuesday appeared in a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Kano for allegedly stealing nine goats and sheep. The police charged Hussaini Bala,18, Babangida Idris,18 and Ahmed Abubakar,20, with criminal conspiracy, theft and unlawful assembly while armed with dangerous weapons. The Prosecution Counsel, M A Abdulrahman, told the court that the defendants committed the […]

UPDATE: More players join Super Eagles camp ahead of Qatar 2022 qualifiers

UPDATE: More players join Super Eagles camp ahead of Qatar 2022 qualifiers

More players are billed to arrive at the Super Eagles training camp in Lagos ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifying campaign kicking off in Lagos. Napoli striker Victor Osimhen landed in camp on Tuesday morning. Others still expected to arrive include, Chidozie Awaziem, Zaidu Sanusi, Paul Onuachu, and Joe Aribo. Meanwhile, Hoffenheim defender, […]

Help! There’s hunger in the land

Help! There’s hunger in the land

By Samson Bright Food insecurity which the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defined as a situation of “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways,” is an aggrandizing socioeconomic emergency capable of plunging Nigeria into an abysmal ruckus if […]

Plateau attacks: Ex-Minister Fani Kayode urges forgiveness, peaceful co-existence

Plateau attacks: Ex-Minister Fani Kayode urges forgiveness, peaceful co-existence

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Fani Kayode on Tuesday in Jos urged people of Plateau to forgive one another and live peacefully. Kayode said the call to co-exist peacefully had become necessary following recent attacks in the state. The ex-minister, who made the call when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Simon Lalong […]

US OPEN: Osaka begins title defense with comfortable win

US OPEN: Osaka begins title defense with comfortable win

By Temisan Amoye Defending US Open champion Naomi Osaka commenced her title defense with a straight-sets win over Mari Bouzkova. Osaka’s performance put to bed any worries about her lacking match fitness following a turbulent year which saw her withdraw from the French Open and skip Wimbledon, citing mental health issues. The third seed was […]

Taliban celebrates victory as last U.S. troop leaves airport

Taliban celebrates victory as last U.S. troop leaves airport

Taliban fighters took control of Kabul airport on Tuesday,  following withdrawal of last  U.S. troops, marking  end of a 20-year war that left the Islamist militia stronger than it was in 2001. Celebratory gunfire resounded across Kabul,  as shaky video footage showed fighters entering the airport after the last U.S. troops flew out a minute […]