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William Attah, Gombe No fewer than 154 health workers drawn from the eleven Local Government Areas of Gombe State are currently undergoing training on the detection and treatment of hydroceles (swelling of the scrotum in males) and elephantiasis. Amen Health Care and Empowerment Foundation, who brought together 14 Primary Health …

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday chaired the induction of 1,000 hunters freshly engaged to join existing ones in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram. The hunters are to provide dedicated protection to farmers who cultivate crops in the outskirts of Jere, where over 70 farmers were killed …

From: Ruth Yarnap, Bauchi Bauchi state  Governor, Bala Mohammed  has appealed to the people of the  state  to get vaccinated against cholera . Governor  Bala said this  during the flag-off of cholera vaccination ceremony at the old banquet hall of the government house, Bauchi where he took a drop of oral vaccine …

By Monday Ijeh Abuja, July 29, 2021 The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has ordered an internal review of the bribery allegation brought against Mr Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement …

By Dennis Udoma, Uyo The story of Hon. (Barrister) John Elijah, one of those who were called to the Nigerian Bar on Wednesday July 28, 2021 at Eagle Square, Abuja is one of dogged determination to succeed, a grass to grace story. Prior to his law degree, LL. B (Hons) …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 29, 2021 UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday urged States to take action against human trafficking, where a third of all victims are children. Highlighting how the COVID pandemic has pushed as many as 124 million people into extreme poverty, the UN chief insisted …

Lawyer to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has cried out that the Department of State Services (DSS) has refused him access to his client, contrary to the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by His Lordship,  Hon. Justice …

President Muhammadu Buhari and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, Thursday, appraised the war against different forms of terrorism in Nigeria, and agreed that the judicial process be allowed to run its course. Holding bilateral talks at the sidelines of the Global Education Summit in London, the two leaders, according …

By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, July 29, 2021 Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has assured members of the public that Bureaux De Change (BDCs) operators still provide foreign exchange services. ABCON Executive Secretary, Cletus Uduma, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, that the recent decision …

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has assured that the ongoing 614 kilometres Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project would be delivered on schedule, create prosperity through massive job opportunities and guarantee peace for the country. A statement by the Group General …

By Chiazo Ogbolu Lagos, July 29, 2021 The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 24 ships are presently discharging different items at the Lagos ports. The items according to NPA are bulk wheat, general cargo, container, bulk salt, base oil, soya, soda ash, petrol and butane gas. Others are automobile gasoline …

By now it is no news that the Supreme Court in Jegede v Akeredolu while dismissing Jegede’s suite expressed concern about the functions of the Extraordinary Caretaker and Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leadership of HE Gov. Mai Marla Buni, relying on Section 183 …

Life is unfair. The heavens are not fathomable. We are all captives of the cruel whims of fate. My younger brother is gone. Prince Muis Adediran Shodipe-Dosunmu has transited to the realm beyond the human ken. There were five of us who sprung from the womb of Alhaja Taibat Abiola …

 … Adds N15,000 as monthly allowance   Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday approved N12.8m as support for 641 candidates currently at their final stage of exercises to qualify for recruitment into the Nigerian Army’s 81 regular intake for 2021. Zulum announced the support, while addressing the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 percent over the next two years. In a document titled, Heads Of State Call To Action On Education Financing Ahead Of The Global Education Summit, signed as a form of commitment at …

By Victor Okoye Abuja, July 29, 2021 A total of 12 Nigerian athletes have been cleared by the Integrity unit of the World Athletics Council and are eligible to compete at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. This is according to Adeniyi Beyioku, Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of …

By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, July 29, 2021 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to set up teller points in designated branches for the sale of Foreign Exchange (forex) to Nigerians. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the directive was sequel to CBN’s …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 This is not about the PDP or APC or any political party – better still, political platform – for there are really no political parties properly so-called in the present Nigerian political system. What we have are mere political platforms on which politicians contest elections, considering …

By Philomina Attah Abuja, July 28, 2021 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited  former Governor of Nasarawa State and serving senator, Tanko Al-Makura, and his wife, Mairo, over alleged corruption. A source at the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday evening. …

  By Ijeoma Okigbo Abuja, July 28, 2021 A total of 10 Nigerians are part of 20 athletes declared ineligible to participate in the athletics events of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of World Athletics, the sport’s world governing body, said in a statement on …

By Babatunde Ogunrinde Lagos July 28, 2021 Some basketball fans have expressed shock over the senior national men basketball team, D’Tigers’ loss to Germany 92-99 in their second group game at  the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team also lost their opening game …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 28, 2021 It has never been more urgent to recommit to the spirit and fundamental principles of the 1951 Refugee Convention, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday as the world body marked the 70th anniversary of the key international treaty. “The …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, July 27, 2021 Chikelue Iloenyosi, an ex Super Eagles defender has called for a probe of an alleged assault on Nigeria’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics team. He made the call  while speaking with newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday, against the backdrop of a viral video on social …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on the Supreme Court judgement, which upheld his re-election in the October 10, 2020 polls. President Buhari, who, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, joins members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in …

The Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has appealed to protesting Niger Delta youths to bear with the Federal Government, assuring that the Ministry is taking adequate intervention steps to soon address the deplorable state of the Eleme-Onne Section of the East-West road and ensure the completion …