Nigeria will participate in the African Weightlifting Championships slated for April 1 to April 8 at Vacoas in Mauritius, an official said on Wednesday in Abuja. Christopher Nwadei, the Technical Director of Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF), told the Newsmen the…
At least 20 doctors have been infected with COVID-19 at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), an official has said. Dr Badmus Habeeb, President of UITH chapter of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) said this in an interview with…
The Nasarawa State Fire Service says it recorded 155 fire incidents in 2020. Alhaji Dalhatu Dogara, the state’s Chief Fire Officer, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday. Dogara said that the service received 172 distress calls during the period…
A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, on Wednesday dissolved a 24-year-old marriage between a trader, Olalekan Soetan and wife Basirat over alleged stubbornness. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade held that peace was necessary…
The Ebonyi Government says it will deploy two nurses to each public schools ahead of Jan. 18 resumption to stem the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Mr…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has commenced the implementation of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA 2020), the CAC Registrar-General, Alhaji Garba Abubakar has said. Abubakar told journalists, on Tuesday, in Abuja, that the commission had also launched…
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command said it generated the sum of N518, 046, 832, 016. 84 in the year 2020 and remmitted same to the federation and non-federation accounts of the Federal Government respectively. The Comptroller, Mohammed…
The World Bank plans to invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods across 11 African countries on a swathe of land stretching from Senegal to Djibouti. World…
The National Association of Nigerian students (NANS) has appealed to the Federal Government not to further postpone school resumption initially slated for Jan. 18 due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. The National President of the association, Mr Sunday Asefon, made the…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TeTFund) on Tuesday promised its support for the newly established Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi, as soon as the university is enlisted by the board. Dr Suleiman Zangina, who led…
