In a bid to ensure a smooth rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Government has launched an electronic strategy, T.E.A.C.H. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who spoke at the launch, yesterday, noted that T.E.A.C.H and Electronic Management of Immunization Data (EMID) utilise all the benefits of traditional, electronic, assisted and concomitant house-to-house registration […]
Business operators in Kwara and neighbouring states have heaved a sigh of relief as free movement of goods and traffic has been achieved after some hoodlums reportedly blocked the Ilorin-Jebba Expressway at the weekend. It was reported at the weekend that truck loads of food items from the northern parts of the country were denied […]
Adewale Momoh, Akure A middle-aged man was on Monday nabbed with two human heads in Ondo State. The suspect, identified as Hassan Saka, was nabbed by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), during a stop and search exercise in the state. The culprit, who is a commercial driver, was arrested […]
A hunter, Chidube Onyema has shot his girlfriend, Chinwendu, to death for allegedly cheating on him. The incident occurred Sunday evening at Umuokirie village in Okuku Community, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. A community source told our correspondent that the victim had visited the suspect from her village, Ohabele in Obosima community […]
Despite a slow down in the nation’s economy, majorly occasioned coronavirus pandemic, Dangote Sugar Refinery has recorded an increase in production volume which rose by 13.7 percent to 743,858 tonnes in the financial year ended December 31, 2020, compared to 654,071 tonnes in 2019. The sugar group also posted increase in sales’ volume which rose […]
Despite assurances from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) there was no plan to increase petrol price in March nor was there limited stock of petrol, long queues are still found at filling stations in Abuja. The NNPC had on Sunday appealed to marketers not to hoard petrol and for Nigerians not to engage in […]
Few days after their release, students of the Government Science College Kagara, Niger State have revealed more information they gathered about the bandits while in captivity. One of the students said the bandits claimed there was no way they could succeed in their attacks without the help of informants in all their targeted areas. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed failed policies and programmes for the underdevelopment of Nigeria and tasked the newly inaugurated Senior Executive Course SEC 43 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies NIPSS to unlock the mysteries of failure of policies and programmes. Buhari stated this during the inauguration of SEC 43 of the […]
The Director-General, All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has decried the level of insecurity witnessed in the country, quipping that the numbers of kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements out number the Police and other security men. Lukman, in a statement he issued in Abuja on Monday titled: ‘Poverty and […]
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has announced the suspension of both the National Union of Road transport workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria, (RTEAN). The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr Doyin Odebowale told reporters that the suspension was with immediate effect […]