Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, decried the rising cases of kidnapping, killings and attacks on clergy men and worship centres in the country. Governor Okowa made the remark at a security seminar organised by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Religious Matters, Asaba. Okowa stated that while security agents were working hard to apprehend […]
The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised sick and too old people to henceforth stay away from worship centres. This is part of the guidelines released on Monday by CAN to churches following the second wave of COVID-19 ravaging the globe. CAN further appealed to Christians to continue to adhere to […]
Leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has decried the reopening of schools without putting in place structures that will ensure adherence to covid-19 protocols. NMA President Innocent Ujah on Monday in Abuja averred that government has continued to pay lip service in the face of the pandemic. Meanwhile, a Delta state based educationist Rita […]
The Federal Government has asked schools to stop requesting for COVID – 19 test results from returning students before they are admitted. The government, in a short statement issued on Monday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, warned school authorities to refrain from asking students or parents to […]
In what seemed to be an emotional period for the first family of the united states of America, first Lady Melania Trump released a farewell message on Monday as she prepares to finally leave the White House, quoting her, she says “violence is never the answer,” weeks after the president’s supporters stormed the US […]
The Association of Local government supervisors and Chancellors in Delta State has lauded Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Warri South LGA chairman Michael Tidi for their continued efforts to sustain the peace in Warri and across the state. Chairman of the body, Comrade Elvis Eboh while speaking during the Association’s annual Thanksgiving service on Sunday in […]
MTV Africa and MTV Base is set to hold the iconic MTV Africa Music Awards this year. The event which was first held in Abuja, Nigeria in 2008 and last held in 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa is to take place in Kampala, Uganda. The Celebration which showcases African culture, music and creativity aims to […]
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) says Nigeria does not have enough freezers to store thousands of doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine when they are delivered to the country. Nigeria would this month receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which is required to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Speaking in an interview […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will spend N3.4 billion on feeding and travel expenses. This is according to the budget analysis seen by newsmen. While President Buhari approved about N2.6 billion of the amount for his office, about N873 million was earmarked for Mr Osinbajo’s office. As in the last five years, […]
The Federal Government says the National Identity Number (NIN) is compulsory for diplomats who will be resident in the country for more than two years. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Adeluyi, technical assistant to Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, said an enrollment centre will be set up at the ministry of […]