Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has received the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as the state government flags off the second phase of the exercise. He took the jab on Thursday along with his deputy and members of the State Executive Council who attended the weekly council meeting at the Government House in […]
Argentina will go into total lockdown for nine days as it grapples with the worst phase yet of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Alberto Fernandez said Thursday. “We must accept that we are in a critical moment,” Fernandez said as Argentina recorded 35,000 new cases in one day. The pandemic has claimed nearly 73,000 lives in […]
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, appeared to hold Friday after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets. Gaza City was quiet under a cover of fluffy clouds, with only a thin column of smoke […]
Bandits have killed the eldest son of the Emir of Kontagora, Bashir Namaska, at his father’s farm alongside others working on the farm at Masuga village along the Kontagora-Rijau Road in Niger State. The traditional ruler’s son was the Sardauna of Kontagora and had been holding the fort for his father, the Sarkin Sudan, who […]
The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated the Ministry of Education, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the implementation of the National Identity Number (NIN) policy. This, according to the Senate, is with a view to extending the JAMB registration deadline or suspending this requirement for prospective […]
Human Rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has slammed Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for declaring President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba and other union leaders wanted. The NLC had on Monday embarked on a protest and strike to press home their demand bordering on the mass sack […]
Last night, Tuesday 18th May 2021, two INEC offices in Ebonyi and Ezza North Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State were burnt down by unidentified persons. No casualties but extensive damages to the building and facilities. Clips and pictures of burnt and badly damaged INEC Office in Ebonyi Local Government Area. pic.twitter.com/woKYGpTnvH — INEC Nigeria […]
Kelechi Iheanco’s goal was not enough as Chelsea avenged their FA Cup final defeat by Leicester to move above the Foxes into third in the Premier League with a 2-1 win in front of 8,000 fans at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Antonio Rudiger and Jorginho, from the penalty spot, scored the goals for Thomas Tuchel’s […]
The police on Tuesday launched a new, special operation designed to restore peace to the South-East. The region has recently witnessed several attacks on police formations and other government facilities. The police said the insecurity situation has been “heightened by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN).” […]
Germany has agreed to return all Benin artefacts by 2022. The artefacts are those taken from the Benin Royal Court following the British incursion in 1849. This was announced on Tuesday at a press briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The event was attended by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed; Edo State Governor, Godwin […]
