The candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election, Alhaji Usman Bashir Tofa, at the weekend decried the pervasive poverty and illiteracy in Kano, stating that the development was adversely affecting the ...
Read More »President hinges nation’s growth on stable academic calendar
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for universities to maintain a stable academic calendar for the attainment of national development goals owing to the key role they have to play in bring the aspiration to fruition. He made the ...
Read More »Why bandits attacked, killed over 30 persons in Katsina villages, by Masari as Buhari condemns reprisals, orders arrest of perpetrators
Governor Aminu Masari has offered an insight into what led to the attacks and killing of over 30 persons by unknown gunmen on Friday evening at Tsayau and Dankar villages in Batsari Local Council of Katsina State. The mayhem, perpetrated ...
Read More »Nigeria, eight others vulnerable to Coronavirus outbreak, experts warn
Besides Egypt, which already has a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), researchers and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have identified Algeria and South Africa as African countries most at risk while Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and ...
Read More »Federal Government gets ultimatum to account for $5 billion Abacha loot
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to “disclose within seven days the exact amount of public funds stolen by former military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, and details of spending of the about ...
Read More »We are ready for Edo guber election, police chief declares
The Police Explosive Ordinance Disposal Department (EOD) has said its officers and men were fully prepared for the governorship election holding in September in Edo State. The special unit of the police also disclosed that henceforth officers and men of ...
Read More »Assembly orders relocation of headquarters of DPR, others to Akwa Ibom State
The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to take immediate steps to relocate the head offices of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) to the ...
Read More »Minister of state for health, Mamora tasks health workers on peace
Minister of State for Health, Olorunmibe Mamora, has appealed to health workers to constantly dialogue with government on issues affecting the sector to ensure lasting industrial harmony in the nation’s health system. Speaking at a programme organised by the Joint ...
Read More »Osoba urges journalists to reflect media struggles in democracy
MRA tasks govt on use of radio for national peace Former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has urged journalists to reiterate the epic struggles they faced in birthing and sustaining Nigeria’s democracy. Osoba, who was special guest of ...
Read More »NACA explains prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Nigerian youths
Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Dr. Gambo Aliyu has said having multiple sexual partners and low HIV testing rates are increasing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) vulnerability among youths in the country. Aliyu lamented ...
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