Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has inaugurated the rehabilitation of the 66 kilometres Maiduguri – Bama road. Speaking at the ceremony on Wednesday, the governor said the N6 billion project being executed in collaboration with the World Bank was part…
Olympic officials on Wednesday unveiled the first of many COVID-19 rules for the Tokyo Games this summer, banning singing and chanting during events. They are also going to mandate participants to wear masks at “all times” except when eating, sleeping…
Mr Patrick Ukah, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Delta, has urged Principals of public secondary schools in the state to strictly enforce the stipulated COVID-19 protocols in their schools. Ukah made the plea on Wednesday in Asaba at…
Up to 600 players, officials and staff for the Australian Open must quarantine until they provide a negative coronavirus test after a worker in one of the tournament’s quarantine hotels submitted a positive test for the Sars-CoV-2 virus. In order…
Two persons, Adeleke Osaguna (50) and Ondia Emmanuel (30), were, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged child abuse. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a three-count charge, bordering on child abuse. The Prosecutor, Insp…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee in Ogun on Wednesday received five out of the seven lawmakers who recently defected from the Allied People’s Movement (APM) to the APC at the party secretariat in Abeokuta. Mr Olakunle Oluomo, Speaker…
The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe on Wednesday called on governments at all levels to develop the tourism sites in their domain to international standard. Runsewe said this on Wednesday in an interview with…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of additional 20 private universities across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, revealed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, presided over by…
An Abuja-based NGO, Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), has commended the enforcement of wearing of face masks by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the group, Ms…
The Kaduna State Government, says it is partnering with Zipline, a distribution service company, to transform access and availability of routine and emergency medicine for Nigerians in the state. The state Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, made this known in a…
