A patrol boat of the Italian Coast Guards transports migrants towards the port of Palermo, Sicily, on September 17, 2020 after they rescued them at sea after a group of 76 migrants threw themselves into the sea from the rescue vessel of Spanish NGO Open Arms, off Palermo, Sicily. Dozens […]
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Building Collapse: Four Persons Dead as Rescue Operation Intensifies
Four people have been confirmed dead following a building collapse at the Nnamdi Azikiwe road in Aba, the commercial centre of Abia State. The three-storey building collapsed on Wednesday leaving many trapped and others injured. Four bodies were later pulled out of the rubble by emergency officials. The body of […]
FG, US meet over visa ban
The Federal Government and the United States are holding a meeting on the visa ban on some categories of Nigerians. The meeting, which is ongoing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is expected to provide the country the opportunity to brief the United States government on steps taken so far […]
Anambra State Assembly Tasks Govt Agencies On Due Process In Award Of Contracts
The Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Housing and Urban Development has charged government agencies to follow due process in award of contract to encourage transparency. The Committee made the call when it embarked on oversight at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development at the Jerome Udorji Secretariat […]
Police Smash Child Stealing, Trafficking Syndicate In Awka.
Police operatives attached to Onitsha Area Command have smashed a five member child stealing and trafficking syndicate. The police operatives in collaboration with State intelligence Bureau arrested the members of the syndicate following intelligence reports. Reports has it that eight children were rescued from the suspects. According to the police, […]
APC chieftain, Engr Johnbosco Onunkwo, has appealed to the state government to give speedy implementational accent to sickle cell law already passed in Anambra
A frontline Gubernatorial candidate in the State and APC chieftain, Engr Johnbosco Onunkwo, has appealed to the state government to give speedy implementational accent to sickle cell law already passed by the Anambra state house of Assembly to better the lives of sickle cell patients in the state. Chief Johnbosco […]
Association of Past PGs Harp on Peaceful Co-Existence.
Association of Past Presidents-General of Town Unions in Anambra State has called for all hands to be on deck towards sustaining the relative peace in the State under the leadership of Governor Willie Obiano. The association made the call during its second quarterly meeting in Awka. Our Correspondent reports that […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Calls For Chemical Castration of Rapist.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for rapists and child molesters to be chemically castrated. He made this known in an interview about a rape that garnered national attention in Pakistan.In an interview with Hard Talk Pakistan, Khan said that he had discussed possible punishments for the alleged perpetrator […]
Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday, September 17 published its latest rankings of National Teams.
The Super Eagles have climbed two spots and have been rated 29th globally while ranking third in Africa.Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria and Algeria who all reached the semifinals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations are the top four teams in Africa in that order, followed by Morocco and Ghana.The Super […]
Update on COVID-19 on the 16th of September 2020, shows that 126 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria.
The report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, showed that 3 deaths were also recorded yesterday. Till date, 56,604 cases have been confirmed, across the country since the first case was recorded. Of this figure, 47,872 cases have been discharged, while 1, 091 deaths have also been recorded in […]