By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has approved the appointment of Oba Olugbenga Ojo as the Iralepo of Isinkan in Akure South Local Government Area of the state. The appointment, according to the letter, took effect from…
The Speaker, Delta House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori has advised residents of the state who were of voting age to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) for the 2023 polls. Oborevwori, the 2023 Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
The Executive Chairman of Enugu East Local Government Council, Mr Livinus Anike on Friday presented a budget of N2.6 billion for 2022 to the legislative council for approval. Presenting the budget tagged budget of transformation, Anike said it was made…
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Awalu Bello, to three months in prison for riding his motorcycle recklessly and dangerously on the public highway. Bello whose address was not provided, was convicted following his plea of…
The Anambra State Police operatives have rescued two kidnap victims and recovered two vehicles in Awada area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, made the disclosure in a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect on…
A Kubwa Grade I Area Court sentenced a 32- year-old sales representative, Idoko Sunday to 18 months imprisonment for misappropriating his employer’s N1.3 million. Sunday, who was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to criminal breach of trust, cheating and…
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 40-year-old farmer, Teryila Akperakya, in a Correction Centre for allegedly abducting his own daughter. Akperakya, who lives at Ukan Mbaded village in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue was charged with…
President Muhammadu Buhari said 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention, aiding reduction in severe malaria in children in the country. He made the declaration on Friday in Kigali at the Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical…
The Nasarawa State Government says it administered malaria preventive drugs to 775, 905 children under five years across the state in 2021. The Commissioner for Health, Mr Ahmed Yahaya, made the disclosure at a media parley to commence the second round…
The Plateau Government is to has establish a drug and commodities management agency to regulate and control drug administration in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar, made this known while briefing journalists on Thursday at the Government…
