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 […]
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 […]
… affirms revocation of immigrant visa restriction on Nigeria Wale Elegbede United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, Monday admitted threats that violent extremists in Nigeria could pose to both the country’s and regional security. In a statement attributable to his office, the Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price, said the American Secretary of State spoke […]
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 […]
…asks DSS, Police to arrest operators The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it has jammed the signals of a station “claiming to be Radio Biafra”, and broadcasting in “many parts of Lagos”. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said it has also requested the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police […]
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 […]
The African Bar Association (AFBA), has called on the President of Cape Verde to release a Venezuelan Diplomat, Mr. Alex Saab, who is allegedly being detained in Cape Verde since 2019. Addressing a press conference Monday in Lagos, President of AFBA, Hannibal Uwaifo, stated that the association’s investigation revealed that Saab’s continued detention is in […]