Prof. Babatunde Salako, the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), on Friday, in Lagos, said the institute had carried out over 10,000 COVID-19 free tests in the country. Salako told newsmen that the institute, in collaboration with…
More than 200 players are expected to participate in the Edo Cricket League, scheduled to begin on Saturday, the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has said. Theophilus Ibodeme, the Regional Development Officer (RDO), South-South of NCF, made the disclosure while speaking…
The cost of transportation has continued to drop even as holidaymakers return to work from Enugu, after celebrating Yuletide with their loved ones within communities in the South-East Zone. A correspondent of the Newsmen, who monitored development in major parks…
Mr Bello Akoza, the Overseer of Ekye Development Area of Nasarawa State, has appealed to the state government to provide more police and other security agents on Idadu/Agbashi road of the area. Akoza, while speaking with newsmen in Lafia on…
Two teenagers, Davidson Ayo (16) and Adedayo Pelumi (18), were on Friday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged house breaking and stealing. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a two-count charge of house breaking and stealing.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death, on Thursday, of prominent Kano politician, Alhaji Bello Bayero. The President’s condolence is contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. Buhari described the…
The Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye, on Friday, described the death of Sen. Adebayo Salami as a huge loss to the progressives’ family in the state and Nigeria at large. Owoeye, in a statement issued in…
In commemoration of the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has stressed the need for Nigerians to work toward sustaining the nation’s unity and peaceful co-existence. Makinde said this at a Special Jumat Service held…
The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has directed Child Birth Spacing (CBS) coordinators in Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC) to adhere to quality tracking of commodities, to fast track supplies and curb ‘Out of stock syndrome’. The state Coordinator of…
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Friday advised the public to stay off Airport Road Flyover in Lagos dangerously burnt by fire, pending the determination of its structural safety. It was recalled that the…
