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The Bayelsa State Chapter of Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) on Sunday said it has suspended the industrial action embarked upon by its members on Feb 12. Mr Barnabas Simon, Bayelsa Chairman of MHWUN said that the Union took the decision after a meeting of the State …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Feb. 28, 2021 The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has confirmed that Nigeria will on Tuesday, March 2, receive the first tranche of COVID-19 vaccines. Mustapha, who is also the chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, made the disclosure on Saturday …

The kidnapped staff and students of Government Science College Kagara have finally regained freedom from the armed bandits in Niger State. A top police officer involved in the counter-kidnapping operation in the State told PRNigeria on Saturday morning that a total of 38 persons regained freedom from the captivity. They …

By Harrison Arubu United Nations, Feb. 27, 2021 President of the UN General Assembly Amb. Volkan Bozkir has added his voice to the growing condemnation of Friday’s abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria. “I am shocked by today’s kidnapping of 317 girls from their school in northwest …

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has warned all those obstructing the movement of agricultural goods between the northern and southern parts of the country to desist from such acts as the full weight of the law would be brought to bear on them. Reacting to a video trending on social media indicating …

LAGOS The Vice President, professor Yemi Osinbajo has given the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, thumbs up for its doggedness and foresight in the management of the nation’s economy, especially through the turbulence of two recessions within a short period. The Vice President, while delivering a keynote address at the …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Feb. 26, 2021 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has urged telecommunications service providers in Nigeria to support the efforts by the military and other security agencies to address insecurity across the country and apprehend perpetrators of crimes across the country. Irabor made …

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the latest abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State as inhumane and totally unacceptable, sending out a strong warning to bandits and their sponsors. Reacting to the incident on Friday, President Buhari, in a statement by Garba Shehu, …

Dignitaries, will, Monday, March 1, 2021, grace the public presentation of the autobiography of Nigeria’s Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. The event, which will have Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections as Chairman, will take place at …

 Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have commenced a coordinated search and rescue operation, involving the deployment of both ground and aerial assets, aimed at locating and rescuing the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, abducted in the early hours of Friday, 25th February, 2021. To ensure the …

By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Feb. 26, 2021 The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has urged Bank CEOs and other stakeholders to work together to reset the Nigerian economy to achieve massive growth. Emefiele gave the advice at a one-day Special Summit on the Economy, …

Marie Chantal Messier, Head of Corporate Communication & Public Affairs/ Nutrition, Health & Wellness / Consumer Engagement, Nestlé Central and West Africa Ltd, has been elevated. From March 1, 2021, she will be taking up a new role as Global Head of Food and Industry Affairs at Nestlé’s Headquarters in …

By Abubakar Ahmed (Jangebe)/Zubairu Idris (Katsina), Feb. 26, 2021 The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Abutu Yaro, has confirmed the abduction of 317 female students of the Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe on Friday. Yaro made this known on Friday while speaking with journalists on Friday in Jangebe, Talata-Mafara …

Buenos Aires, Feb. 26, 2021 Gonzalo López Lauch is helping bring football star Diego Maradona back to life, one mosaic tile at a time. The visual artist, part of a group called Comando Maradona, unveiled on Thursday a colorful mural of the Argentine player and legend who died on Nov. …

By Abubakar Ahmed Gusau, Feb. 26, 2020 The Zamfara Government has confirmed the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata-Mafara Local Government area of the state. The confirmation was made by the Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran in a brief interview …

By Ifeanyi Olannye Asaba, Feb. 25, 2021 Delta Government says the Asaba Airport Concession will fetch more than N80 billion revenue at the end of the 30-year period. Prof. Sylvester Monye, Senior Policy Adviser to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, said this while briefing newsmen on decisions reached at the State Executive …

By Hussaina Yakubu Kaduna, Feb. 26, 2021 The 19 Northern Governors have resolved to work with the Federal Government to tackle the insecurity bedeviling the region and to create a conducive atmosphere for socio-political, economic growth and development of the country. In a communique issued at the end of a …

By Emmanuel Acha Enugu, Feb. 25, 2021 Enugu State Government has imposed a 12-hour curfew on Oruku Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state following the crisis that claimed the lives of two community leaders. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Chidi Aroh disclosed this on Thursday in …

An Abuja High Court has vindicated the long-held position of Zinox Technologies Ltd., and TD Africa, two of Nigeria’s leading technology giants, that its Chairman, Leo Stan Ekeh and its staff, Company Secretary, Barr. Chris Eze Ozims and two others, Shade Oyebode and Charles Adigwe respectively, had no wrongdoing in …

Environmentalists and residents on Wednesday raised concerns over the dangers faced by residents near the Ogboinbiri Oilfield operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Southern Ijaw Local government Area in Bayelsa. Residents from the area fled their homes on Monday following a pungent odour from gas leaks which polluted …

William Attah, Gombe Women and female children in Malam Sidi town of Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State now escape being married off at tender ages with the support of their mothers. According to Malam Abubakar Usman, Sarkin Kofar Ajiya (the gate keeper in the palace of the District …

***Says Ninth Assembly will keep to target on Electoral amendment Bill President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Thursday assured Nigerians that the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) which is before the National Assembly will change the fortunes of the country by the time it becomes law. “The PIB is going to …

Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can only be comic, if not also idiotic and otiose. Yes, you read the headline right. The money I allegedly stashed at a bank in Minnesota, United States of America. Not …

… Orders special medicals for nine attacked CJTFs Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum spent Thursday in Dikwa, supervising distribution of social protection cash and food varieties to 34,000 vulnerable women and male households. 23,000 women received N5,000 cash from a total of N115m, while 11,000 male heads of households …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Feb. 25, 2020 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that the five million homes solar installation plan under the Federal Government’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) will be a game-changer in the renewable energy space. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the …