A bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Army University, Biu, Borno, to make comprehensive provisions for its management and administration has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which originated from the Senate, seeks to Read more…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has filed a suit seeking to stop the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality and human rights abuses of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical Read more…
Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, former governor of Anambra on Thursday in Abuja said that zoning 2023 presidency to the Igbo people will lift Nigeria. Ezeife said this at a public presentation of two books titled “Good Governance – Instrument for Transformation Read more…
Emeka Ojukwu, son of the late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has indicated interest to contest the governorship seat of Anambra State in 2021. In a statement on Thursday, he said he was contesting the governorship of the state on the Read more…
Social media giant Facebook says it is cracking down on Covid-19 vaccine misinformation and will remove “false claims” posted to Facebook or Instagram which will have been debunked by public health experts. In a company blog post on Thursday, Facebook Read more…
The Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim has cautioned youths against immoralities and quest for earthly possessions. Most Reverend Ibezim stated this at Saint Mark’s Chapel, Saint Paul’s University Secondary School, Nibo-Nise, Awka-South Council Area during Read more…
By Isaac Ojo Akaboezem Uruagu Nnewi community in Anambra State on Wednesday commissioned her ultra modern primary health centre. In his welcome address, the Vice Chairman of Akaboezem Uruagu community, Engr. Eloka Ike said that the health center has all Read more…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, ‘Winner of Winners’ of 25 years of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, will feature in an evening event presented by the Women’s Prize Trust on Sunday 6 December 2020; chaired by Kate Mosse, Founder Director of the Read more…
Each week, good news about vaccines or antibody treatments surfaces, offering hope that an end to the pandemic is at hand. And yet this holiday season presents a grim reckoning. The United States has reached an appalling milestone: more than Read more…
The Managing Director/Chief Executive, Nigeria Export Process (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has said the proposed medical free zone project will revolutionalise the healthcare sector and put an end to medical tourism in the country. He said state governors who had Read more…
The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Arbovirus and Vector Research Centre (NAVRC) to investigate the outbreak of an unidentified ailment in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue. The upper chamber of the National Assembly Read more…
An unidentified Trump administration official has blamed Israel for last week’s assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, CNN said, following an earlier New York Times report citing anonymous US sources fingering Tel Aviv. The latest senior official to attribute Friday’s Read more…