The number of athletes diagnosed with COVID-19 has jumped from two to seven as screening continued at the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin. Mr Musa Ebomhiana, the Project Manager, Media and Communications, Sub-Committee for the Edo Games gave the update on Monday. He said the infected athletes had […]
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Hoodlums Bomb Imo Correctional Centre, Set Hundreds Of Inmates Free
A total of 1,844 prisoners were freed on Monday when gunmen attacked a correctional facility in Owerri, an official has said. Francis Enobore, the spokesperson of the correctional centre confirmed the attack stating that it was carried out by unknown Gunmen.According to him, a total of 1,844 inmates in custody […]
WAEC announces the date for the release of the result
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a date for the release of the result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private candidates 2021-First Series. WAEC said private candidates who sat for the WASSCE examination can now look up their results from Today.The examination body […]
Special Women Squad to be commissioned by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps(NSCDC).
As the saying of what a man can do, a woman can do better goes, a special Women Squad is to be commissioned by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps(NSCDC). Speaking at an interview with journalists, the new NSCDC boss , Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi said his leadership will […]
Chris Ngige faults the rejection of the Memorandum of Action (MoA).
It has been accusation and counter-accusation between the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Senator Chris Ngige has faulted the rejection of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed on Wednesday 31,2021 by the president of NARD, […]
Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria to Embark on Nationwide Strike on Tuesday
Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called on its members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike to drive home their demands for financial autonomy. In a letter dated 1st April and signed by JUSUN’s General Secretary, I M Adetola, all courts and departments in the states are directed […]
Covid-19: virus still active around the world, as well as in Nigeria, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu.
Nigerians have been reminded that there is still a need to curb the spread of Covid-19 as the virus is still very much active around the world, as well as in Nigeria. The director of Nigeria Center For Disease Control ( NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu told Newsmen on Saturday in […]
International Demand Causes Delay In Arrival Of AstraZeneca Vaccines
The Federal Government has tasked all states to administer only half of the Covid-19 doses given to them. According to media reports, the executive director of the National Health Care Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaibu, directed the state to halt vaccination when they reach half of the doses delivered to […]
250 beggars protest low patronage in Oyo state.
Reports say about 250 beggars in Ibadan, on Thursday, April 1, protested low patronage by members of the public following a recent rumour that they sell money received from people to ritualists. Spokesperson for the indigent beggars; Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, Serikin Hausawa of Hausawa Community, Oja’ba, Ibadan, who spoke to […]
Strike: Resident Doctors continue the nationwide strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors, on Friday, insisted that it would continue the ongoing nationwide strike until the Federal Government implements the terms of their agreement, including the payment of salary arrears and indemnity for their colleagues who died from COVID-19. The resident doctors’ strike entered its second day […]