Edo Government says it will meet the Oba of Benin, Oba Eware 11 over the anticipated return of the stolen artefacts from Europe to Nigeria. Gov. Godwin Obaseki made this known, in a statement, on Monday in Benin. The statement…
Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kwara chapter, says two jabs of the COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine are about 92 per cent effective against the Delta variant of the virus. The Chairman of the Kwara NMA, Dr Baba Issa, made this known at…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has prohibited Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) from accepting airtime as a deposit or form of payment, as the country strives to expand banking coverage through MMOs. The CBN stated this in a new set of…
The death of Sound Sultan (Olanrewaju Fasasi) is “a great loss not just to his family and the Creative Industry, but to Nigeria as a whole’’. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in a statement…
Haiti’s national police have announced the arrest of the suspected mastermind in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. A Haitian doctor living in the U.S. state of Florida was arrested, police Chief Leon Charles said at a news conference. The…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will today, Monday July 12, 2021 arraign Ebisintei Awudu, the former Surveyor-General of the Federation, before an Abuja High Court, according to sources. The case was halted last Monday due…
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has raised alarm over increasing theft of transformer oil and cables in its franchise. A statement signed by KEDCO Head of Communications, Mr Ibrahim Shawai, on Monday in Kano, urged communities and individuals to…
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega has kicked against the nomination of Lauretta Onochie, as National Commissioner for the electoral umpire. Jega during an interview with Channels TV said that there are many other…
The Peoples Democratic Party (Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF), has congratulated the Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa-Ibom, as he celebrates his 55th birthday anniversary. The Forum in a statement issued by its Director-General, C.I.D Maduabum, congratulated Emmanuel on his accomplishment. Maduabum said…
The Police Command in Adamawa says it has recorded no fewer than 25 cases of rape and defilement between January and June 2021 in the state. DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the spokesman of the command, who disclosed this to newsmen on…
