The Police Command in Kebbi has confirmed the release of an 18-year-old girl, Naja’atu Faruq, who was abducted on March 13. The girl was abducted at Gangaren NEPA GRA in Birnin Kebbi by gunmen. DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the command’s spokesman…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Mrs Azuka Ogugua, ICPC spokesperson,…
Oyo State is conducting sterility test on the 127,740 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines it received from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA). Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashir Bello, made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan while briefing newsmen…
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called on Christian leaders not to relent in praying for Nigeria to overcome its challenges. Fayemi made the call when he received the Southwest Zonal Executives of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)…
Eight students of the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, FCT, on Wednesday received the sum of N2.2 million for undergraduate research in various disciplines. Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, the Vice-Chancellor of the university while presenting the cheque called on academics and students…
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, flagged off the construction of a fly-over bridge at General Gas, on Idi Ape-Akobo road, Ibadan. Speaking during a brief ceremony held at IDC Primary School, Basorun, Makinde said that the flyover…
Russian world number eight Andrey Rublev has joined U.S. Open runner-up Alexander Zverev in criticising ATP Tour’s current rankings system during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the revised rules do not fairly reward performance. Zverev, ranked seventh, said it was…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed two filling stations in Lagos for under-dispensing of petrol. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, confirmed the development after an inspection visit to eight filling stations located in Ikorodu…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has approved the appointment of Mrs Catherine Odu as Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG). Mr Richard Olatunde, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor (CPS) in a press statement on Wednesday in Akure…
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says that 1,800 civil servants in the state have benefited from the Federal Government’s Home Renovation Scheme. Lalong made the disclosure while declaring open a one-day seminar, organised by Association of Senior Civil Servants of…
