Dr. Akintunde Ogunfeyimi, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) , Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Okitipupa, says heaps of unclaimed corpses that used to litter the hospitals’ morgue in the past years have been cleared. Ogunfeyimi told the Newsmen on Tuesday in…
The Plateau Disability Rights Commission has called for the establishment of a Disability Trust Fund to enable it improve the wellbeing of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the state. The Secretary of the commission, Mr Carl Gurumyen, who made the…
Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, Secretary to Katsina State Government says the state government did not pay any ransom to rescue the abducted 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. Inuwa said in an interview with the Newsmen in Katsina on…
The Bauchi office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has embarked on a one-week sensitisation tour of filling stations and existing Liquefied Petroleum Gas plants (LPG) on strict adherence to safety measures during the harmattan season. Malam Abdullahi Iliyasu,…
The Police Command in Kaduna State says it has arrested a suspected armed robber and recovered a berretta pistol. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Muri, said this in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad…
The Kano State Fire Service says 134 lives and property worth N635million were lost to fire incidents in the state from Jan.1 to Dec.31, 2020. Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, the Public Relations Officer of the Service said this while speaking with…
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has described the demise of Prof Oye Ibidapo-Obe, as a great loss to the state, Nigeria and the academic world. Ibidapo-Obe, who was the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos and the Pro-Chancellor…
The Police have arrested five suspects over the killing of one person in Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, announced this in a…
From just two National Reference Laboratories, Nigeria now has over 100 public and private laboratories across all the states for the testing of COVID-19. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a media briefing…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the academia over the passing of former Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of First Technical University, Ibadan, Prof Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe. In a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Femi…
