The emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Party (APC) scheduled for 17 March, has been cancelled, PM News reports. The meeting was called by Victor Giadom, deputy national secretary, who signed as acting national secretary, after the party announced Architect Waziri Bulama as the substantive secretary on Wednesday. He has now … Read more
Tragedy occurred late Saturday evening, when a storey building belonging to Keystone bank, located at Palmgrove, along Ikorodu Road, suddenly, collapsed, killing a yet to be identified male labourer in the process According to punch the building was under renovation when it collapsed and trapped workers on the site owned by Keystone bank. Confirming the incident, … Read more
Not less than 70 people have been trapped after the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday evening, officials said. Quanzhou authorities said over 700 rescue workers had been deployed to the scene along with ambulances, excavators and cranes. Rescue workers are combing through the building’s wreckage … Read more
Force Headquarters, Abuja, has emerged overall winner of the 12th Biennial Police Gamed with 239 medals made up of 102 gold, 70 silver and 67 bronze. News agencies and their correspondents who monitored the medals table on Saturday reports that the biennial games took place between Feb. 27 and March 7 at Awka, Anambra, South-East … Read more
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnnaya Onu, said on Saturday three more Nigerian scientists had submitted for verification their presumed cure for the deadly coronavirus. Dr Onu disclosed this to journalists after delivering a keynote address at a national youth summit organized by the Middle Belt Youth Council in Jos, Plateau State. A … Read more
The petitions and petitioners have been disowned by Residents of Ja’en community in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State where two petitions against Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II emanated from, they dissociated themselves from the claims in the petition and any connection with the petitioners. The petitions had accused Sanusi of violating the culture and … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari Has approved a Power Sector Reform Coordination Working Group, to be led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. A statement by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state and chairman of the committee, set up by the National Economic Council (NEC) on Power sector reforms and Distribution Company ownership (DISCOs), said that the new … Read more
In a bid to consolidate the efforts of the Federal and State Governments to fix the power sector, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a Power Sector Reform Coordination Working Group, under the leadership of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). According to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, chairman of the committee set up by the … Read more
In a bid to enhance Africa’s overall development, Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks in Africa will converge at Transcorp Hotel, Abuja from Monday, March 9 to Tuesday 10, 2020, for a Senior Policy Seminar on agriculture, aimed at promulgating a policy on how the continent would leverage research for agricultural development. The … Read more
The management of Kano State University of Science and Technology, KUST, Wudil branch has settled four of the five demands of members of the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, Kano branch. This was made known in a press statement, signed by Sa’idu Abdullahi Nayaya, Deputy Registrar Information and Public Relations Unit and issued to reporters … Read more
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has administered the oath of office on Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as the Acting President of the Court Appeal. Justice Dongban-Mensem takes over from Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa who retired as the substantive President of the Court of Appeal after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years. … Read more
The South African authorities today confirmed a second case the novel coronavirus, a 39-year-old woman who travelled to Italy with the group with the first confirmed case. The authorities said the woman, who is originally from the inland province of Gauteng, had come into direct contact with the patient from Kwa Zulu-Natal who was confirmed … Read more
Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) has called on the Federal Ministry of Health to provide Anti-retroviral Drugs (ARVs) for the survival of those living with HIV. The National Coordinator of the Network, Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim, made the call in an interview with Newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. Ibrahim expressed concern over … Read more
The operatives of the Niger Police Command have frantic search have apprehended one Patience Roberts at Maraba in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State for impersonation. The Niger Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with correspondents in Minna on Saturday, where he noted that Patience always introduced herself to … Read more
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that the Isolation Centre in Abuja, will be ready in April amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, revealed this as response to the remarks of Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on the poor state of the facility located in Gwagwalada, a suburb in … Read more
Oyo State Government has promised to collaborate with the Federal Government and other stakeholders on development of tourist potentials in the State, adding that it is poised to make the state a hub of tourism in Nigeria. Commissioner of Information, Culture & Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun stated this at the Old Oyo National park, during … Read more
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed about N1.6billion emergency funding is needed to strengthen Coronavirus (COVID19) response activities. The Deputy Director in charge of Special Duties, Dr. Pricilla Ibekwe, noted this yesterday at a press conference presided over by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, she said the emergency fund, if … Read more
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is scheduled to hold An emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The acting National Secretary, Chief (Hon.) Victor T. Giadom in statement in Abuja on Friday night invited all NEC members to attend the emergency meeting in line with Article 25 (B) (II) … Read more
A Kano Federal high Court on Friday granted an interim injunction stopping the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission from further investigating the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. In an ex parte order granted by Justice Lewis Allago, the court ordered the state anti-corruption commission and its Chairman, Muhuyi Magaji, Attorney General and Commissioner … Read more
In a bid to training journalists on how to report gender based issues properly, a two-day workshop organised by TechHer was held in Abuja yesterday. In her session, Editorial manager for the online version of the Guardian Newspaper, Lolade Nwanze urged media practitioners to stop blaming rape victims when reporting rape incidences. Read Also: Kwara … Read more