138 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive to Coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Monday. Director General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, noted that none of those who tested positive was allowed into the camps. According to him, out of the 34,785 […]
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As Nigeria slips into recession for the second time in five years, President Muhammadu Buhari, says it came about because of the severity of the global downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. He said this on Monday in Abuja, while declaring open the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit with the theme: […]
Court on Monday ordered the remand of Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, in Kuje Prison following his failure to produce former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who he stood surety for. Justice Okon Abang gave the order when Ndume, failed to file a formal application to […]
The sum of N311 billion is to be spend on the construction and rehabilitation of the 127.6-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by the Federal Government. The road awarded to RCC Nigeria Ltd and Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria, in 2013, was reviewed in 2018 following infrastructural increase development in the axis. Babatunde Fashola […]
Contrary to the widely circulated rumour on the numbers of death recorded in a ghastly accident along Ojoku Road that involved Students of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, an eyewitness who is a survivor has debunked all rumour as he is back home alive and kicking. The Rector Dr. […]
The Anambra Government said on Wednesday that it vaccinated about 5.5 million residents against yellow fever during the 10-day campaign against the disease in the state. Dr Vincent Okpala, the state Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure during the budget defence of the ministry before the State House Committee on […]
The Management of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, has visited the ghastly accident scene which involved a Tricycle and Toyota Camry on Wednesday, November 18th 2020. However, the Management has revealed that among the three students of the Polytechnic that were in the tricycle, two students are in a […]
Federal Capital Territory Administration says it will implement the national minimum wage for workers in the territory to avert another strike. Hajia Ramatu Aliyu, FCT Minister of State, said this in a statement issued by her Special Assistant on Media, Austin Elemue, on Tuesday in Abuja. Aliyu made the promise […]
Akeem Ibrahim, Lokoja The Kogi State Government has announced that the state recorded 20 new cases of leprosy. This was disclosed during a press briefing by the Kogi State Programme Officer, Leprosy Mission Nigeria (LMN), Mrs. Hannah Fashona. She noted that said the new cases were recorded between January and […]
As insecurity trails the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests hijacked by hoodlums in states causing disappearance of police in the public space, Osun state residents have been witnessing robberies and burglaries. The insecurity in the state has made the Osun State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun to take over the […]