Anambra State First Lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo has appealed to parents, guardians, school heads and religious leaders to allow children under their care to get vaccinated when the Measles-Rubella vaccination programme is fully rolled out. Mrs Soludo stated this while inaugurating the Measles-Rubella vaccine introduction advocacy in Anambra State. According to the governor’s wife, it…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday received the chairman designate of the National Youth Services Corps (NYSC), Ntufam Hilliard ETA at the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja. Eta paid a courtesy visit at the National Secretariat to formally intimate the party leadership of his recent…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has said that the Banjul Accord Group (BAG) member states have been tasked to prioritise aviation infrastructure development and create conducive environment to attract investments. Speaking during the 4th Council of Ministers after the 18th Plenary Session of BAG in Abuja on Thursday, Keyamo said…
Suspected hoodlums have burnt an excavator being used for boundary demarcation between the Abaomege and Ishinkwo communities, in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The Chairman of Onicha Local Government, Chief Ikechukwu Ogbofia, who spoke through the Public Relations Officer, Omekannaya Orogwu, confirmed the incident and described it as an act of sabotage….
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has directed all commissioners and political appointees in his cabinet to either defect with him to the All Progressives Congress, APC, or resign from their positions. The directive was reportedly issued during an ongoing State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting on Thursday, where the governor openly confirmed…
The deceased reportedly developed severe complications after being placed on intravenous drips and medication at a shop operated by the suspect on New Era School Road, Off Jakpa Road in the Uvwie Local Government Area. Elizabeth Oyibode, a 21-year-old resident of Warri, Delta State, has died after receiving treatment from an alleged unregistered nurse identified…
The Department of State Security Service (DSS) has told the Abuja division of the Federal High Court that the paramilitary wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Eastern Security Network (ESN), is an illegal organization without the backing of the law. IPOB, a proscribed pro- Biafra separatist movement had early in December 2020,u…
Nasir El-Rufai, a former Kaduna State Governor has given confirmation that a meeting by the coalition was held in Abuja on Tuesday. El-Rufai said President Bola Tinubu would be sent back to Lagos State while his Minister, Bosun Tijani, who, according to him, is doing a great job, would be retained in the next administration….
The Nigerian police has arrested a police officer who mistakenly shot and killed a 14-year-old WASSCE candidate in Ibadan. It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday along Gbagi-Alakia road when the student, Kehinde Alade, was on his way to write his Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. According to the Police Public Relations…
Senators of South-East extraction have lodged a complaint over the “exclusion” of the zone from the Federal Government’s irrigation projects in the 2025 budget. The government budgeted N3.2 trillion under the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund. Out of the figure, N380bn was earmarked specifically for irrigation development projects to be implemented through the various River…
