The Enugu State Government has extended its yellow fever vaccination to three more Local Government Areas, targeting additional 710,149 residents. Dr George Ugwu, Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu…
The BUA Foundation, a Nigeria-based humanitarian and development organisation, on Thursday donated three new ambulances and 100,000 pieces of facemasks to Yobe State Government to fight COVID-19. Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Chairman of the Foundation, who presented the items in Damaturu…
The Federation of Snail Farmers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (FESMAN), on Thursday underscored the need for Nigerians to invest more in snail farming to ensure food security. The National President of FESMAN, Mr Ebeh Ogoenyi, stressed the need…
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, on Thursday in Abuja called on the Organised Private Sector (OPS) to invest in indigenous technologies. The minister made the call at the launch of a disinfection tunnel developed by the…
The Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Mathew Kolewole, is canvassing for the support of legislators across the country for Gov. Yahaya Bello’s ambition to become the President of Nigeria in 2023. Kolawole stated this in Jos during a…
The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 25-year-old man, Bamigboye Seun, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly constituting public nuisance. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of constituting public nuisance. The Police Prosecutor, Insp…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Thursday gave a two weeks quit notice to artisans plying their trade along the burnt section of the Lagos Airport Road flyover. Newsmen reports that the Flyover which spans the…
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, remanded two pastors: Olumide Peter and Jasulayomi Adetola, for allegedly brainwashing their congregation to disown their biological parents and burn their certificates. The defendants were charged with criminal conspiracy, unlawful assembly, wrongful confinement and…
The Interfaith Mediation Centre (IMC) has called on Nigerians, particularly religious adherents, to shun religious-motivated tension and conflicts in the interest of peaceful coexistence in the country. Director of Communication, Interfaith Mediation Centre, Kaduna, Hayatu Ashafa, made the call in…
The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) says it arrested 2,212 persons for various environmental offences in 2020, while 296 of them were prosecuted by the legal department. The Corps Marshal of LAGESC, Mrs Gbemisola Akinpelu, disclosed this in a statement…
