Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr Ali Inname, yesterday, confirmed the deaths of 24 family members after eating some poisonous food. The commissioner said in a statement that the incident occurred on Monday in Danzanke village of Bargaja ward, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. He explained that the incident was caused by use […]

Contrary to the rumours making the rounds in Anambra State, that unknown gunmen on Monday attacked a Naval checkpoint at Awkuzu and allegedly killed three naval personnel and took their corpses away, the Naval Outpost, Onitsha, Anambra State has described the alleged killing of it personnel as fake news.

The Peoples Democratic Party, Ebonyi State chapter, on Monday, condemned the killing of suspected travellers at Obiozara, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state, by assailants believed to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, during the sit-at-home order.

Godswill Akpabio, has commended the dexterity and capability displayed by the 389 security personnel that provided security for the auditors in the just concluded forensic auditing of the activities of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying the exercise wouldn’t have been successful without them.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has again berated the Federal Government for lack of commitment to tackle the security challenges in Nigeria. According to the governor, security forces in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari have demonstrated capacity with the arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu; and […]

Amnesty International says the failure of Nigerian authorities to protect lives and property has enabled the bloody attacks in some communities in Plateau and Kaduna states.

By Babajide Komolafe Pressured by widening fiscal deficit worsened by weak revenue inflow, the Federal Government took advantage of investors’ appetite for higher interest rate to increase  domestic borrowing in the first half of the year (H1’21) by 3.9 per cent, year-on-year, to N3.3 trillion from N3.18 trillion in the corresponding period of 2020 (H1 […]

Government revenue from Value Added Tax, VAT,   rose by 3.0 per cent, quarter-on-quarter, QoQ,   to N512.25 billion in the second quarter of the year, Q1’21,   from   N496.39 billion in Q1’21.

THE federal government has said that COVID-19 vaccinations will resume in the country on August 16. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib who disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, said the doses of the Moderna vaccine, which arrived  from the United States last week, were being prepared for rollout.

DOCTORS under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have been told by governors of  the All Peoples’Congress, APC, to end their protracted strike and negotiate with their  state governments.

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, directed the interim leadership of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association Nigeria, ASPAMDA, to conduct elections within 60 to 90 days for the election of substantive executives of the association.

The chairman, house committee on health, Rep. Tanko Sunumu Tuesday, disclosed that the ongoing strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD mag be called off before the week runs out.

Climate change or man-made deforestation anywhere on earth is mostly the same and Nigeria is no different, but when it comes to sustainable goals one business owner is trailblazing a pathway showing another narrative while accumulating mineable data.

Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, handed the embattled  National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, a two-month life line.

Air Peace airline is to commence scheduled commercial flights from Lagos and Port Harcourt to Douala, the capital of Cameroon, on August 19, 2021.  The airline also announced that it is set to launch Abuja-Ibadan route on August 17.