President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the Acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment. This was revealed in a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity) on Monday. Garba noted that the president has formally conveyed to the Minister of State,…
The sum of N624 million has been approved and released by the Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum, for the payment of scholarship to 23,776 citizens in 49 tertiary schools across Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Babagana Mustapha Mallambe in a statement on…
The on-going shake-up in the Nigerian Police System ensuring transfers of Senior Police Officers (SPOs) to different formations and offices has also hit the State criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Lagos State Police Command. The State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on Friday, 15th of January 2021, witnessed the redeployment of the Officer-In-Charge…
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio said his attention has been drawn to a piece of fake news which claimed that he paid $5 million bribe to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and others to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development…
The Dangote Group has completed Nigeria’s longest rigid pavement located in Kogi State. It is the first of its kind, top engineers say. The 43KM Obajana-Kabba road constructed by Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), has been described by motorists as the country’s most strategic highway that is aiding travelers between the North and the South. Olatunbosun…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is pleading with Nigerians to beware of fake vaccines reported to be in circulation as no COVID vaccines have been approved by the agency. The Director-General of the Agency, Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye who disclosed this on Friday revealed that those fake vaccines can…
Even though the second wave of the pandemic has seen a high surge in cases of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, especially after the festive periods, this would not stop the planned resumption of schools across the country as the Federal Ministry of Education has confirmed that the January 18 school resumption date stands. The Minister…
The Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) has closed down its campus in Ikeja after three of its students tested positive for COVID-19. A statement released on Thursday by Head, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations of the Lagos State University, Ademola Adekoya, disclosed the information, noting that contact tracing has begun and…
Help has finally come the way of 29-year old Mbahi Sarki Suleiman who is in critical need of kidney transplant as the Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday approved the release of N10 million to save his life. Sarki Suleiman, a 300 level student of geography at the University of Maiduguri…
An employee of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Felix Diete, has been convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment. Felix Diete was jailed on Monday, January 11, 2021 by Justice Jane Inyang of the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State after four years of diligent prosecution by the Port Harcourt zonal office…