Year: 2021
-
Education
Underage not required to produce vaccination card – – JAMB
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that unvaccinated underaged persons are not barred from its premises. In…
Read More » -
Local
Senator hails Ondo CP for removing illegal checkpoints on Sagamu-Ore-Benin expressway
By Aderemi Bamgbose Okitipupa (Ondo State), Dec. 28, 2021 Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the…
Read More » -
Africa
Itunu Babalola: FG, family reject autopsy, demand justice
Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerian Diaspora Commission, father of the deceased, Mr. Emmanuel Babalola and stepmother, Adebukola Babalola, receiving…
Read More » -
Local
Anambra sympathizes with Obi family over Next International inferno
The Anambra State Government has commiserated with the Obi family of Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area over the fire…
Read More » -
Local
Don’t make political capital out of non-payment of gratuity to pensioners – Gov Emmanuel warns politicians
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has said that non-payment of workers’ gratuity is a…
Read More » -
Local
New AIG Zone 5 warns against extortion, bullying by police personnel
By Deborah Coker Benin, Dec. 25, 2021 The new Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone 5, Benin, Ahmad Abdurrahman, has…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Videos surface showing Uche Nwosu free from detention
Videos have emerged, online, of Uche Nwosu, son-in-law of former Governor Rochas Okorocha being given a rousing welcome, apparently freed…
Read More » -
Local
Buhari commiserates with ThisDay Executive Director over loss of mother
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Dec. 27, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Komolafe family on the…
Read More » -
Local
Abaribe to Abia people: Look forward to seeing me as your Governor in 2023
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Ahiaba (Abia), Dec. 27, 2021 Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senate Minority Leader, on Monday declared interest to contest…
Read More » -
Local
Her Royal Highness, Ugoeze Norah Omosu Okwale goes home
The entire people of Umuchieze in Umunneochi Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State, particularly the families of H.R.H Eze…
Read More » -
Arts & Entertainment
Why we’re wary of choosing moneybags as DAME sponsors – Founder, Lanre Idowu
26 December 2021 Diamond Awards for Media Excellence clocked up 30 this year. Its Supervising Trustee, Mr. Lanre Idowu, speaks…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Confusion over Uche Nwosu’s whereabouts; Uzodimma is after my family – Okorocha; The guilty are afraid – Uzodimma
There were conflicting reports Monday concerning the whereabouts of Uche Nwosu, son-in-law of former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Nigerian troops nab injured bandits at Zamfara Clinic after fleeing military raids; Foil ISWAP attack on Special Forces’ School
Nigerian troops have arrested injured bandits at a health facility in Zamfara State. In another development, the Special Forces and…
Read More » -
Local
Humanitarian Affairs minister sympathises with victims of NEXT fire
Scene of the fire incident in Abuja By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Abuja, Dec. 27, 2021 Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister…
Read More » -
Health
Soot and our collective conscience (1) By Dakuku Peterside
As you read this column, there is a high probability that there is at least a 500 percent increase in…
Read More » -
Local
Desmond Tutu, Kukah and the protests in London By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 27 December, 2021) Proverbs are not just the palm oil with which yam is eaten; they are the yam.…
Read More » -
Business and Economy
Nembe Spill: Regulatory agencies conspiring with Aiteo against devastated community – Bayelsa Tech Committee
The Bayelsa State’s Government Technical Committee on the Nov 5 oil leak at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 at Nembe…
Read More » -
Local
Buhari mourns Archbishop Tutu
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africans and the global Christian body, particularly Anglican Communion, over…
Read More » -
Health
12 medical laboratories sealed by A/Ibom Govt for flouting regulatory standard; Campaign to extend to more towns in 2022
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo No fewer than 12 medical diagnostics laboratories in Akwa Ibom state were closed down by the…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Breaking news: Uche Nwosu not kidnapped; Arrested by Police for alleged sponsorship of unknown gunmen
Former All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Imo State, Mr. Uche Nwosu, contrary to reports that he was kidnapped,…
Read More » -
Lead Story
Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law Uche Nwosu kidnapped during church service
26 December 2021 •Uche Nwosu Former APC gubernatorial candidate in Imo State, Mr. Uche Nwosu, has been kidnapped, according to…
Read More » -
Business and Economy
Obasanjo recalls Archbishop Tutu’s role in Nigeria’s debt cancellation
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has recalled the role played by late Desmond Tutu in getting the Nigeria’s…
Read More » -
Faith
Anti-apartheid icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu passes on at 90
December 26, 2021 Hero of South Africa’s anti-apartheid crusade, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has died, aged 90, on Sunday. President Cyril…
Read More » -
Lead Story
NEXT Supermarket, Abuja, on fire
Firefighting fighting fire at NEXT Cash and Carry supermarket in Abuja By Kelechi Ogunleye Abuja, Dec. 26,2021 Next Cash and…
Read More » -
Arts & Entertainment
I don’t have Covid-19, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture cries out
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied reports that he has Coronavirus otherwise called COVID-19. Mohammed, in…
Read More »
