By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja AS environmental challenges continue to escalate, a renowned environmentalist and Director Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, Friday, pointed that poor biodiversity maintenance in Nigeria poses threat to nutrition, agriculture, health and others. Bassey speaking during an interview with Vanguard said the issue of biodiversity is very critical to […]

Ahead of the launch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Domestic card scheme come January 16, 2023, through the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) in partnership with the Bankers Committee, experts say there are already existing cards fulfilling the rationale put forward by the apex bank. They insist it is an unnecessary duplication of […]

The national leadership of the College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, has kicked against the sack of its chairman in Abia State College of Education Technical Arochukwu, ASCETA, Comrade Egesi Onyemaechi Kevin, by the college provost, Dr. Philips Nto.

By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja FOLLOWING completion of contract, 44 consultants at the Area Council Service Commission of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have cried out and appealed to the Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Hajia Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, to intervene over alleged unpaid N600 million consultancy fee since 2020. This was contained in […]

World Cup hosts Qatar announced Friday that national coach Felix Sanchez had been let go with the end of his contract after the team’s dismal World Cup where they failed to get a point from their group games. The Qatar Football Association said it had decided “not to extend Felix Sanchez’s contract as head coach […]

China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, has kept to its promise, with the completion of the Lagos metro blue railway line.

Oyo State Government says it has commenced the payment of 13th month salaries to workers in the state. Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ibadan. Olatubosun said that the workers have started receiving alerts for the payment. According to him, the […]

High fares at Lagos motor parks on Friday saw some residents abandoning their plans to travel out of the state for the festive season. Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos expressed disappointment over the high cost of transportation. Mrs Juliana Friday told NAN that she could […]

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the reappointment of Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila as Director General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission. Gbajabiamila’s reappointment which took effect from November 21, 2022 is for a final term of four years. Director, Information, in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF, Willie […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun says 81 people lost their lives in various degrees of accidents that occurred from January to November 2022. The Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo. Okpe said that 244 people sustained various degrees of […]

Two brothers in Police net over kidnap of mother, son for ritual

Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday signed for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the club announced, in a deal believed to be worth more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old penned a contract which will take him to June 2025. “I can’t wait to discover a new football league in a different country,” said the former Manchester […]

Director General, of the ObiDatti Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Akin Osuntokun, on Friday, announced Mr Olusola Ebiseni as  campaign coordinator of the South West zone for the presidential campaign council. Osuntokun held the position before his appointment as Director-General of the Obidatti presidential campaign council. Mr Ebiseni is the Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba socio-political Organisation, […]

A passenger bus plunged off a cliff in eastern Bolivia Friday, killing 11 people and injuring 23, police said. The bus was traveling on a road between the regional capital Santa Cruz with the small rural town of Saipina when it crashed in the early morning hours for reasons as yet unknown. Some of the […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Commuters and motorists in Benue state are lamenting and groaning over price of Premuim Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol which is still selling for as high as N380 per litre despite the intervention of the NNPC Limited. The situation has been made worse by the non availability of the […]