Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new coronavirus, the health minister said Monday, as officials scrambled to stop the disease spreading. Africa’s most populous country on Friday confirmed the first case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa after the patient was diagnosed in the economic hub […]
President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the life of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is full of unrelenting service to humanity. Adesina stated this in a birthday message to Obasanjo. The ex-President will turn 83 on March 5. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) obtained a copy of the […]
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), in an over-night enforcement exercise at the weekend removed illegal structures comprising of shanties, mechanic workshops, containarised kiosks and commercial bus garages around Government Public Schools in Mile 2 and Badagry Expressway. Chairman of the Agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, […]
The Man ‘O’ War, Nigeria, Anambra State Command has called for an improved welfare packages by the state government to ensure more effective and efficient service delivery. State Commander, Amb. Amene Nkem made the appeal yesterday in Onitsha at the occasion of the first promotion ranking of 97 officers of the command in the state, […]
The stage was set on Sunday night for the resumption of legislative works on the bill seeking to establish Amotekun Corps in the six Southwest states. Lawmakers in Osun, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Ondo states will be finalising the process beginning from today. Speakers and Attorneys-Generals of the states met in Ibadan, the Oyo State […]
We are joined by two guests from Christ Embassy Abakaliki as they talk about the forthcoming Night of Bliss with Pastor Eunice Oyeyemi.
The President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, recently acted with dispatch uncharacteristic of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) when he declared the seats of two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators vacant. Coming barely a few months after some stakeholders in Abia State urged the Senate to declare vacant the Abia North Senatorial seat occupied by […]
The federal lawmaker representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Dr. Kola Balogun, has urged proponents of restructuring to engage those who are opposed to the concept. He made the assertion after the Senate constituted the 56-man Constitutional Review Committee. While speaking with The Guardian in Ibadan, the senator who is the Vice Chairman of Senate Committee […]
The Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ) has lost one of its pioneer companies, Jackson Devos, to a mysterious fire, destroying property and equipment worth over N 1 billion. The razed factory, according to engineers, is a pre-fabricated building imported from Belgium, and due to its unique features, “is valued at about $600,000 besides the six […]
• Sanwo-Olu urges calm as PPPRA allays fear of petrol scarcity • 43 person quarantined in Plateau • ‘HOW MSAMS cure for HIV/AIDS can cure COVID-19, Lassa fever’ Indications have emerged that the Federal Government may restrict all foreign airlines to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. […]