Rail transportation in Nigeria generated N5.79 billion between 2019 and Quarter One of 2021 (Q1, 2021), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. It said this in the “Rail Transportation Data for Q1 2019 – Q1 2021” obtained from…
Kano State Government has promised to sustain adequate supply of affordable, quality drugs and other consumables to over 1,000 public facilities in the state. Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, Commissioner for Health, made the pledge in a statement by Mrs Hadiza Namadi,…
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has confirmed that the away goals rule will be abolished from all UEFA club competitions at the start of the 2021-22 season. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin who disclosed this in a statement on…
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Thursday in Abuja charged Olympics-bound athletes Funke Oshonaike and Elizabeth Anyanacho to ensure podium finish at the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics. Dare, while receiving both athletes in his office, described Oshonaike who…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday granted actor Olanrewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha) bail in the sum of two million naira with two sureties in like sum. Reports said that James had pleaded not guilty…
Prof. Abayomi Fasina, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) on Thursday said the university would have faculties of Mass Communication, and Informatics and Robotics before the end of 2021. Fasina made the disclosure in Oye-Ekiti on Thursday while signing…
FC Barcelona sent birthday greetings to Lionel Messi as the club captain turned 34 on Thursday, at a time when his future remains unresolved. The man who holds a near clean sweep of individual club records has yet to sign…
Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka alias Baba Ijesha has beefed up his defence in his trial over allegations of child molestation by hiring two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to represent him during proceedings at an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Reports…
Students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo state on Thursday grounded academic activities over incessant robbery and rape of female students by hoodlums. Reports said that the students partially blocked the Okitipupa-Igbokoda expressway, impeding free-flow…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 56-year-old man, Abiodun Abdulahi, should be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter. The police charged Abdulahi, who resides in Ilado Badagry, Lagos State, with defilement. Magistrate…
