No fewer than two persons were shot dead at Luubara community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday by gunmen suspected to be cultists. An indigine of the community, Nwibani Barry, who spoke to reporters at Luubara about the incident, said the gunmen invaded the community at about 8pm and proceeded to […]
Members of the Senate Public Account Committee have expressed their dissatisfaction towards some officials of the Ministry of Defence who paid N 968. 8m to contractors without approval. The report of the Auditor -General for the Federation specifically indicted the ministry officials of paying the huge sums to the contractors. It was meant for the […]
A coronavirus vaccine developed by drug firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University has been approved for use in Britain, the government said Wednesday, adding the mass rollout will start on January 4. The vaccine can be stored, transported and handled at normal refrigerated conditions, and is therefore cheaper and easier to administer than the Pfizer/BioNTech and […]
Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Church, Tunde Bakare and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode engaged in a war of words, on Tuesday, over last Sunday’s sermon of Bakare which has continued to generate varied reactions. Sunday’s sermon saw Bakare, particularly, render adulations about the former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu while telling […]
Two children were killed yesterday in a petrol tanker accident on Zaria-Kaduna highway. It was gathered that the petrol tanker lost control and fell in the middle of the highway. The tanker was immediately engulfed by flames, as its contents split around the vicinity accompanied by the raging fire. The accident occurred close to the […]
Nigeria is yet to test up to a million people for COVID-19, several months after announcing plans to do so, and nearly a year since the deadly virus arrived the country. On April 28, the federal government announced its target of testing at least two million people within the next three months. It planned to […]
Kelechi Igwe, deputy governor of Ebonyi, says Dave Umahi, his principal, must run for president in the 2023 general election. According to NAN, he stated this on Tuesday, when he led members of the state executive council on a visit to Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, in his hometown at Uburu, Ohaozara local government area (LGA). […]
Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), is dead. PCAC is headed by Itse Sagay, a professor of law. TheCable gathered that Odekunle, Nigeria’s first professor of criminology, died at the COVID-19 isolation center in Gwagalada, Abuja, on Tuesday evening. At the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted that January 2021 would be a tough month as the Nigerian government renews its efforts in fighting the scourge of COVID-19 in the country. NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, stated this on Tuesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the […]
….Says recent promotions marred by padding, nepotism & favoritism…promotions must be overhauled & regionally balanced The International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law, (INTERSOCIETY) has condemned reasons and excuses given by the Police Service Commission concerning its Friday, 18th Dec 2020 promotion of senior police officers to their next ranks, to the effect […]
