Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday commissioned the 2x60MVA, 132/33KV substation in Awka, Anambra State, with a promise that the Federal Government will continue to create enabling environment for businesses to grow. Prof. Osinbajo noted that for Nigeria’s economy to Read more…
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says its intervention in achieving zero tolerance policy on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has led to over 594 communities renouncing the practice so far in Nigeria. Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF, Mrs Nkiru Maduechesi, made Read more…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a motion filed by the Department of the State Service (DSS) seeking further detention of four out of 12 aides of the Yoruba secessionist leader, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Igboho) Read more…
Suspected Kidnappers have abducted a 300-level student of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Khadijat Isiaq. Khadijat, a Mass Communication student, was said to have been abducted last Sunday at about 9pm while on a walk out with a fellow student. Read more…
The pan-Northern socio-political organizstion, Arewa Consultative Forum expressed shock over bandits’ raid on the Nigerian Defence Academy where two officers were killed and one other kidnapped on Tuesday. The ACF lamented that the incident was a slap and embarrassment to Read more…
A 57-year-old rape suspect, Sani Mohammed, on Tuesday died in the premises of the Chief Magistrate Court II in Yola, Adamawa State. Late Sani, who was a butcher, and hailed from Wauru Jabbe in Yola South Local Government Area, had Read more…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said NAFDAC had approved Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine, to step up efforts to battle a third wave of infections in the country. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this on Read more…
Fears in Brussels that the fall of Kabul to the Taliban is a victory for Moscow and Beijing show that the EU is obsessed with playing politics and uninterested in the fate of ordinary Afghans, Russia’s foreign minister has said. Read more…
The Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has reiterated that the militant group will not accept any extension for foreign evacuations past the August 31 deadline, adding that Afghans are no longer allowed to go to Kabul airport. Speaking on Tuesday, Mujahid Read more…
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The Imo State Police Command has rescued a mother and her four children who were abducted in their estate by suspected gunmen operating in the state. The victims included Mrs Odika who happens to be the wife of Mr Obinna Read more…
The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has safely evacuated 135 indigenes of the state who are students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), from the school to their respective homes and destinations following the recent crisis that Read more…