The Director General (DG), National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim has solicited for the assistance of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in combating human trafficking and all forms of human degradation in the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says equity, justice and fairness for all segments of society are imperative in the pursuit of unity in the county. Osinbajo said this on Friday in Sokoto while delivering the Convocation Lecture of the Sokoto State…
Key indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed on Friday with a loss of 0.13 per cent, as turnover volume increased by 73.59 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index, which opened at 38,697.17 inched lower by 48.69 points or 0.13…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) advised the Federal Government against increasing pump price of petrol. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja said any contemplation to increase pump price of petrol to…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it was aware of blood clot concerns linked to “a specific batch” of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, but maintained that to date, no-one has died from any coronavirus vaccine. WHO spokesperson, Dr Margaret Harris,…
Edo government, on Friday, released guidelines for the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine in the state, following the arrival of the first batch of 81, 080 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The state received its allotment of the vaccines,…
A Kano High Court on Friday fixed March 26 to deliver judgment in the trial of one Paul Owne, the alleged mastermind of the abduction of nine children in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Owne, and…
The Nigerian Navy, on Friday in Lagos, court-martialled 13 of its personnel arrested for their alleged involvement in both civil and military offences. The president of the Western Naval Command Court, Rear Admiral Zakariayya Muhammad, said the court-martial was convened…
Mr Oladimeji Bankole, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has expressed his readiness to dump his party, Action Democratic Party (ADP) for All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Gov. Mai Mala…
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested 101 armed robbery suspects and other suspects in the past three weeks in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Sama’ila Dikko, said this while parading the suspects on Friday in Kano. Dikko…
