As the Naval Officers’ Wives Association (NOWA) celebrates its 55th anniversary, the association on Thursday vowed…
Month: December 2020
Authorities in India launch investigation as 9 newborns die in hospital
The local government in the western Indian state of Rajasthan has ordered a probe into the…
Police arrests 40 suspected armed robbers, cultists in Uyo
By Saidu Idris The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested over 40 suspected armed…
Access Bank denies sacking 2000 workers
By Ade Jacobs Ahead of today’s meeting between Access Bank Plc and the representatives of the…
Spurs seal top spot with 2-0 Europa League win over Belgium’s Antwerp
Tottenham Hotspur secured first place in Europa League Group J with a 2-0 home win over…
FCTA receives 8,744 fresh land applications in 2020, despite Covid-19
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it received 8,744 fresh land applications for different purposes…
COVID-19: NCDC decries inadequate testing in some states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says there is inadequate testing for COVID-19 in some…
Biden in leaked audio says Republicans beat ‘living hell out of us’
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly said that the Republican Party “beat the living hell out…
FIRS urges taxpayers to take advantage of E-service platforms
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Thursday urged tax payers to take advantage of its…
Random thoughts on investigative reporting
By Olukorede Yishau There is an argument by some journalists that all reporting is investigative in…
Buhari’s obstinacy and appalling national security
By Emeka Alex Duru We are fast receding to the French society of the 17th and…
COVID-19: NDE trains 50 women on spices production in Ebonyi
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has begun training for 50 women on local spices production…
NLC flexes muscles over plans by states to borrow from pension funds
The president, Nigerian Labour congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba said on Thursday in Abuja that the…
Sack Service Chiefs now, Agbakoba, Utomi, Kukah, Jega, others tell Buhari
By Deborah Hassan Irked by the spate of insecurity in the country, senior advocate of…
Lekki Shootings: Bernice Luther King, Alicia Keys, others flay Buhari
The Federal Government on Thursday received knocks from global activists and celebrities over the violent crackdown…
Army GOC 6th Division Olu Irefin dies of COVID -19
The General Officer Commanding 6th Division, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Maj-Gen. Johnson Olu Irefin has reportedly…
Enugu Police Commissioner bags ESUT’s fellowship award
By Kenneth Onuoha The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, has bagged a…
Police nabs suspected kidnappers of rescued US citizen
By Ife Osemedua Two suspected members of a transnational kidnap syndicate alleged to have kidnapped…
Court adjourns Maina’s son’s trial to Dec 21 for EFCC’S final address
Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, December 10, 2020, adjourned till…
Maina slums in court
Abdulrasheed Maina, a former pension chief who is being tried for stealing pension funds, collapsed in…
Offa Poly student bags 9 months imprisonment over internet fraud
A 23 year-old HND 1 Student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Oladipo Opeyemi Juwon…
Saudi Arabia approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had approved the registration of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine developed…
Bill On Hisbah Names Sultan As Grand Patron
A Bill for a law to establish Hisbah Board in Sokoto State to promote public welfare,…
Ogun Assembly’s mace not stolen – Spokesman
By Moses Okorie Contrary to media reports that the mace of Ogun State House of Assembly…
APC postpones nationwide membership registration exercise
By Moses Okorie The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its nationwide membership registration, update and…
We won’t Sell Petrol at N162 per litre – IPMAN
By Ade Jacobs Oil marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of…
NCAA, Airlines agree on N20bn debt liquidation
By Ade Jacobs Airline operators in the country have reached an agreement with the…
Gov. Obiano’s MOU Farce
Early this week, eerie photographs of structural skeletons, seemingly standing in limbo, flooded the cybersphere. A…
Ebonyi PDP petitions Umahi over alleged illegal closure of supporter’s school
By Kenneth Onuoha Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, December…
Rangers FC regrets absence from CAF League, says Captain
Tope Olusesi, Captain, Rangers International FC of Enugu, has said that the players were regretting their…