Auckland City has withdrawn from next month’s FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, the world governing body FIFA said on Friday. FIFA said the withdrawal was as a result of strict coronavirus regulations in the football club’s home country of…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded 13 new COVID-19 related deaths on Jan. 11, its highest daily fatalities since inception of the pandemic. Abayomi made the disclosure through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi…
Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mamman Tsafe has called on stakeholders to support the peace process initiated by Zamfara Government to tackle the lingering security challenges in the state. Tsafe made the call on Friday while receiving the…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that five men who allegedly broke into some shops and set fire, be remanded in Police custody, pending legal advice. The police charged Sulaimon Sherif, 27; Monsuru Rasheed, 28; Babatunde Isiaka, 30;…
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Friday rejoiced with the Emir of Ilesha-Baruba in the state, Prof. Halidu Abubakar, on his 73rd birthday. The governor urged the traditional ruler to continue to offer himself to the service of God and…
—after Adam Zagajewski’s poem of the same title By Othuke My favourite poets are the folks planting trees cleaning up our dying lakes & rivers & oceans. The women & men marching, arm in arm on hot asphalt & chanting,…
The Imo Government has restated its commitment to the delivery of quality infrastructure in the state. The Commissioner for Works, Mr Ralph Nwosu, reaffirmed the commitment while addressing newsmen on Friday in Owerri as part of activities to mark Gov.…
Food availability, sufficiency and affordability will continue to be a mirage as long as banditry and attacks on farmers continue, the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology has declared. Its chairman, Mr Sunday Bamgbose, told newsmen on Friday in…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday led other top government functionaries, including service chiefs and members of the diplomatic corps to honour the Nation’s fallen and living heroes. The event, which involved the laying of wreaths at the National Arcade, was…
Covid Vaccines In Nigeria The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has not received any application from Covid Vaccine manufacturers yet and therefore no vaccines have been approved by NAFDAC. Covid-19 vaccines are new, and the…
