The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has appointed Jose Paseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. The Executive Committee of the NFF made this known in a communique made available to the media on Wednesday. The Communique informed that after careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman […]
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Candidates Under 18 Not Required To Produce COVID-19 Vaccination Card — JAMB
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that candidates, clients and other members of the public below the age of 18 years are not required to produce any vaccination card before being allowed access to its facilities. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Spokesman, gave the clarification on Tuesday, saying […]
Citizens, Stakeholders Urged To Support Drive To Transform Anambra To Smart State
Anambra citizens and other stakeholders have been urged to support the drive to reposition the state to meet the demands of the Twenty-first Century. The Managing Director of Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, ANSAA, Chief Jude Emecheta, who made the call in Awka, said this would help expand socio-economic opportunities […]
NAFDAC to reduce drugs importation to 30% by 2025 —D-G
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says it is working to reduce importation of drugs from its present 70 per cent to 30 per cent by 2025. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed on Wednesday in Lagos, adding that this could be achieved through increased […]
FCT Minister Assures On Helping NEXT Supermarket Regain Footing
Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has promised to support NEXT Cash and Carry Supermarket, to ensure that it recovers stronger than it was before the Boxing Day fire incident that destroyed it. Next Cash and Carry, one of Abuja’s biggest shopping malls, was gutted […]
Russian Court Shuts Down Country’s Oldest and Most Prominent Human Rights Organization in Continued Crackdown on Rights Activists
In the latest move in a relentless crackdown on rights activists, independent media and opposition supporters, Russia’s highest court on Tuesday shut down one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations . The Supreme Court’s ruling to close Memorial, an international human rights group that drew international […]
Federal Government, Family Reject Autopsy Report of Itunu Babalola
Report has it that the Federal Government and the family of the late Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who died in Côte d’Ivoire after she was wrongly jailed have rejected the autopsy on the cause of her death. This was made known on Tuesday in a meeting at NIDCOM by […]
“I Do Not Hate Niger Delta”, Obasanjo Replies Edwin Clark
In response to the allegations made by Niger Delta elder, Chief Edwin Clark, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo displayed hatred against the people of the oil-producing states in Nigeria by saying that God has freely placed resources in the soil and indirectly creating chaos and anarchy as anybody in any […]
Malami Defends President’s Refusal to Assent to Electoral Bill
The Minister of Justice and Attorney -General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami’s reasons for President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill has sparked outrage and criticisms from Nigerians. The leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere , Pa Ayo Adebanjo in his response said that it […]
Next International Shopping Mall Inferno, Tremendous Loss to Anambra People – Anambra Govt.
Anambra state government has bemoaned the ugly gate that befell the former governor Peter Obi’s family on the 26th of December when fire destroyed the multi billion Next International shopping mall in Abuja. In a statement signed by the State Commissioner For Information and Public Enlightenment, C.Don Adinuba, he called […]