Two candidates Senegal’s Augustin Senghor and Cote’d Ivoire’s Jacques Anouma, have withdrawn from the CAF presidency race. It was learnt that the 3rd candidate, Mauritania’s Ahmed Yahya, may follow suit any moment. Their withdrawal may pave way for the South Africa’s billionaire Patrice Motsepe, to emerge as the new CAF […]
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A Nigerian sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Cambodia
A 45-year-old Nigerian, Ekwegbalu James Nzube, has been sentenced to death by the People’s Court of the southern border province of Tay Ninh, in Cambodia, after he was found guilty of drug trafficking. Nzube was handed the death penalty on March 2, for illegally transporting nearly 4kg of methamphetamine in […]
President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo receives COVID-19 Vaccination, as PTF says COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate will soon become travel requirement
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, received their COVID-19 vaccine jab at the Old Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja. The President was injected with the vaccine by his Chief Personal Physician, Dr Shuaib Rafindadi Sanusi, while the Vice President was injected by Dr Nicholas […]
Generator fume kills two students of Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Two students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) are believed to have suffered heavy suffocation by inhaling carbon monoxide from power generator resulting to their death. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Imo State Command, Godson Orlando Ikeokwu, revealed the unfortunate incident in a press statement. […]
World Obesity Day: Groups Urge FG To Tax Sugary Drinks To Help Check Obesity
Government has been called upon to tax sugary drinks to help curb obesity among Nigerians. A coalition of frontline organisations, working to prevent communicable diseases and controlling Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Nigeria, made the call recently in a Press Briefing to mark the 2021 World Obesity Day. The groups revealed […]
Anambra State Police Command says it has recorded more breakthroughs in the week under review, as it arrested 13 suspected criminals
Anambra State Police Command says during the week under review, police operatives attached to the Anambra State Command have recorded cases of interest to members of the public. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, on the 3rd of this month, at about 2:20 pm, following […]
Five Buildings, over 500 million naira Goods gutted by fire at Amobi Street, near Ochanja Market, Onitsha, Anambra State
A fire incident that occurred at early hours of yesterday, Saturday, 6th March, 2021, at Amobi Street within the vicinity of Ochanja Market, razed five buildings housing plastic and rubber footwear dealers, and also destroyed goods worth over five hundred million naira. The cause of the fire was not immediately […]
Anambra State welcomes Loyola Jesuit College, established in Okija, Ihiala Council Area
The people and government of Anambra State are delighted at the taking off of a Jesuit Secondary School in Anambra State. According to the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, the school, named Gonzaga Jesuit College, will start in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area, in […]
YouTube Removes Myanmar’s Military Channels On It’s Platform
Social media video platform; YouTube has cut five television channels run by Myanmar’s military from its platform. This was made known in a statement on Friday in the latest in a string of moves by American internet giants against the military’s online presence. The company — a unit of Alphabet, […]
Zamfara State Assembly rejects FG’s ban on mining, “no-fly-zone” order
Zamfara state House of Assembly has rejected the Federal government’s declaration of Zamfara State as ‘no flight zone. On Friday, the lawmakers also passed a vote of no confidence on the National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno over his ‘poor handling’ of security issues in the state. Also Reacting to the […]