President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in…
On Tuesday, a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court ordered that a 23-year-old labourer, Shehu Abbas, be given 12 strokes of cane for stealing a Tecno phone valued at 56,000. Abbas, resident of Kawo in Kaduna State, was convicted after pleading guilty…
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has given his heartfelt wishes to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the confirmation of her appointment as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO confirmed Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister, as…
Africa Business Ventures and Investment Group (ABVIG) has urged Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to consider trade policies that will boost Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). ABVIG is a multi-purpose organisation that…
Gov. Mai Mala-Buni of Yobe on Friday pledged continued support for capacity building in Quranic calligraphy, the art of writing the Holy Quran. Mala-Buni disclosed this in Damaturu during a symposium organised by Yobe State University, Damaturu, with the theme…
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos Commissioner for Health: says bed occupancy level in the state’s public and private COVID-19 care centers has reduced. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the bed occupancy level in the state’s public…
The Attorney-General of the federation, Abubakar Malami has said the Federal Government is still contemplating options allowed by the law if or not to unfreeze the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters. A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday…
Medical doctor cum musician, Tobechukwu Victor Okoh, popularly known as Peruzzi, has taken to social media to ask for prayers from his fans and well-wishers. The ‘Majesty’ crooner in a tweet disclosed that there is a scary issue going on…
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man, Zakari Dauda, in correctional centre for allegedly extorting N40, 000 from one Abdullahi Adam. The Magistrate, Farouk Ibrahim-Umar, ordered the remand of the defendant in…
Dr Monday Ogeili, an optometrist at Estate Clinic, Benin, has advised elderly persons to go for regular eye checks to prevent Diabetic retinopathy. Ogeili gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Benin. He described Diabetic retinopathy…
