The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops of Operation Hadin Kai eliminated 31 terrorists, arrested 71 and received 1,186 surrendered insurgents in two weeks in the North East. The acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while…
Africa’s sharp surge in cases of diabetes is clashing with the COVID-19 pandemic and poor access to vaccines, the World Health Organisation has said. Africa’s death rates from COVID-19 infections are significantly higher in patients with diabetes, according to a…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has suggested why President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to reopen the Nigeria-Benin Republic border. Omokri claimed that Buhari was trying to pressure the Benin Republic government to hand over Yoruba nation…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Jigawa Command, said it arrested 48 drug suspects in the state. NDLEA Commander in the state, Hajiya Maryam Gambo, made this known in a statement issued in Dutse on Thursday. Gambo said the…
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a 2021-2025 National Development Plan with an investment size of N348.7 trillion. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this after the virtual meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said that governors are not afraid of direct primaries, amid speculations that some governors have determined the political fate of federal lawmakers from their states. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today…
The government of Bayelsa on Thursday stated that it had yet to receive a N17 billion loan facility approved by Bayelsa state legislature for development of Agriculture in the state. Mr Maxwell Ebibai, Commissioner for Finance in Bayelsa, gave the…
Pastor Jeff Okoroafor, Head Minister, Jesus Fellowship, Civic Center Lekki, says outcome of Anambra governorship election has vindicated the Federal Government and put critics of alleged rigging plans to shame. He also said the outcome had exposed those who gave…
FW de Klerk, an apartheid-era leader who helped to bring about the end of white-minority rule in South Africa, has died of cancer at the age of 85, his foundation said on Thursday. De Klerk helped orchestrate the release of…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo alongside several captains of the Nigerian industry have been selected to drive discussions pivotal to entrenching corporate governance principles at the 2021 Annual Directors’ Conference. Alhaji Lamis Dikko, Chairman, National Organising Committee, Annual Directors’ Conference (ADC)…
