As Nigeria battles with coronavirus pandemic, a report has indicted some universities for failure to update their websites with necessary information about COVID-19 for its students and staff members. The report titled, “Response, Contribution and Adaptation of Nigerian Universities: Internet ...
Read More »NASENI unveils made-in-Nigeria ventilator
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has launched the made-in Nigeria ventilator to boost the fight against the deadly coronavirus. Minister of State for Science and Technology, Abdullahi Mohammed, while commissioning the prototype, commended the agency for ...
Read More »Buhari sends solidarity message to UK PM Johnson, Mourns Wamakko’s brother
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of solidarity to the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, wishing him a quick recovery and restoration to full health. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, ...
Read More »Traffic resurfaces in Abuja as NYCN lauds NNPC over uninterrupted fuel supply
Notwithstanding Federal Government’s stay-at-home order being enforced by officials of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), vehicular and human traffic resurfaced in parts of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) as residents have begun to flout the directive. As the directive ...
Read More »Security operatives go tough, barricade Abuja-Nasarawa boundary
As part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, security operatives have barricaded major roads linking Nasarawa State with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The development, which lasted all day, forced a long queue of vehicles ...
Read More »At World Health Day, WHO, NMA, others canvass more support for nurses, midwives
The World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and other stakeholders on the World Health Day (WHD) April 7, have advocated more support for nurses and midwives, especially those fighting to contain COVID-19. The WHO said April 7, ...
Read More »Seek debt reprieve over coronavirus, Atiku tells Nigeria, others canvasses jettisoning of 2020 budget
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has charged Nigeria and other African nations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to seek debt forgiveness from their creditors. In a statement entitled, “What Africa must do to mitigate the damaging effects of coronavirus”, the ...
Read More »PDP charges Buhari to speak on Nigeria’s liberation by Idris Deby
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm reports that Chadian President Idris Deby personally led his troops to rout the insurgents and free Nigerian territories and soldiers seized by them in Borno State. The ...
Read More »Multinational troops kill 19 Boko Haram terrorists in Lake Chad region
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) yesterday said it had killed 19 Boko Haram terrorists while conducting Operation Yanchin Tapki at Tumbums in Lake Chad region. The raids, which were supported by Air Task Force (ATF), resulted in the bombardment ...
Read More »National Assembly condemns alleged multi-billion naira fraud at SIP, queries N12b monthly bill for school feeding project
Allegations of monumental fraud perpetrated at Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), has drawn the ire of the leadership of the National Assembly. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made ...
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