The European Commission on Friday said it was not triggering an emergency override clause in the Brexit deal relating to the sensitive Irish border with new restrictions on vaccine exports. The European Union’s (EU) executive arm “will ensure that the…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is to distribute 36 waste disposal trucks, two boat ambulances and 162 waste bins to the nine Niger Delta states to improve healthcare and improve sanitation. The states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared three days of national mourning over the death of Mrs Victoria Asher, Chairman of the union in Benue. The NUJ National President, Mr Chris Isiguzo, made the declaration in a statement signed by the Assistant National…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,883 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 130,557. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late Saturday. The country has…
Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has said that strong government institutions would help in managing the country’s volatile politics. He said this in a statement titled:” Nigeria’s volatile politics and the All Progressives Congress (APC) report on…
Mr Yakubu Dogara, former speaker, House of Representatives, on Saturday, buried his father-in-law, Mr Stephen Gonto, in Mwari, Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gonto, father of Dogara’s wife, Gimbiya, was…
Maryam Abacha American University Niger (MAAUN), Maradi, in collaboration with AAG-Foundation, has donated 60-seater Mercedes-Benz luxury buses to three universities, comprising two Nigerian, and one Nigerien, a statement issued by the institution on Saturday, in Kano, has said. The statement…
The Kwara State Ministry of Environment has called on residents to adhere strictly to the monthly sanitation exercise, to make the state clean and conducive to live in. This is contained in a press release, signed by Mrs Taiwo Okanlawon,…
‘It will benefit the people’ —Oyetola Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo As Osun State Government prepares to kick off the proposed flyover project at the popular Olaiya junction in Osogbo, Osun State, residents and citizens of the state have expressed their thoughts.…
Akinlabi Afolabi, Ibadan In continuation of his activities aimed at complementing the efforts of the State Government in stemming the tide of kidnappings, killings, banditry, armed robbery, rape and destruction of farmlands by herders in Ibarapaland, the Speaker Oyo State…
