Reasons have come to the fore why the next outbreak of epidemic in Nigeria and some other African and Asian nations might not be far off. Recent reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United States Centre for Disease ...
Read More »Legal practitioners back call for President Buhari, governors to account for security votes
Lawyers have backed the request by rights body, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), urging President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to provide specific details of spending of security votes between 2011 and 2019. The Dean, Faculty of Law, Lagos ...
Read More »Easter Promo: EcobankPay offers special discount to shoppers
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has announced special discount for shoppers using the EcobankPay option to pay for their goods and services during the Easter holidays and will run till the end of April 2019. EcobankPay is a digital QR code/ Unstructured ...
Read More »Search for remaining Chibok girls ongoing, Buratai reaffirms
Five years on, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday reaffirmed that the search by the military for the remaining Chibok girls was ongoing. Delivering the maiden lecture of the Centre for Contemporary Security Affairs of the ...
Read More »CAN accuses govt of condoning criminality for economic motives
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has accused government of tolerating insurgency, kidnapping and armed banditry for economic returns. Briefing reporters yesterday at Government House, Maiduguri after his two-day visit to internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) ...
Read More »Army kills 27 terrorists, recovers arms in Borno
Troops of Section 1, Operation Lafiya Dole and Chadian Defence Forces neutralised 27 terrorists in a coordinated joint military operations in four communities of Borno. The soldiers also recovered five AK-47 rifles and Rapid Propelled Gun tube bombs each as ...
Read More »IGP reads riot act on extra-judicial killings, vows to prosecute offenders
Disturbed by the recurring incidents of unprofessional handling and misuse of firearms leading to the deaths of innocent Nigerians, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, yesterday warned his men to put an end to the ugly trend. During a ...
Read More »Mixed reactions as NUC gets 303 applications for private varsities
The revelation yesterday by the National Universities Commission (NUC) that it was processing 303 fresh applications from individuals, corporate bodies and faith-based organisations for the establishment of more institutions in the country has elicited mixed reactions. Its Executive secretary, Prof. ...
Read More »Herdsmen kill 25 persons, injure 21 in Nasarawa, Anambra, Ekiti
No fewer than 25 persons have been killed in suspected herdsmen attacks in parts of Nasarawa, Anambra and Ekiti states, as militants shot a police officer in Cross River State. While the attack on Noma Village of Andaha in Akwanga ...
Read More »Ohanaeze Ndigbo condemns attacks as militants kill police officer in C’River
National leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing, Arthur Obiorah Uchena, has condemned the killing of six farmers at Mmiata Anam in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State. Obiorah lamented that those attacked were youths who died in their ...
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