Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), is harmonizing all the measures being taken by the various agencies and organizations saddled with the responsibility of screening and preventing the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus at the nation’s airports. Director-General of the agency, Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, who made this known in...
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By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has kicked against the bill the in the Nigerian senate that proposes to give repentant terrorists in the country foreign education. The group, in an open letter it sent to the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, at the...
Earlier in the year, it was announced that Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, the Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited had been honoured with the coveted and renowned Cranfield School of Management Distinguished Alumnus of the year Award 2020. The recognition which was celebrated across Nigeria – the highpoint...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army has called on the inhabitants of Baga and its adjoining communities in Borno State to return home. A statement issued Saturday by the Deputy Director Army Public Relations (DDAPR), Colonel Ado Isa, said the communities are now safe...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has frowned at the arbitrary increase in the prices of protective face masks and latex gloves by suppliers and retailers of the products. Mr Babatunde Irukera, the chief executive officer of the commission, in a statement on Saturday described the practice...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri North East Development Commission, (NEDC) has expressed commitment to rebuild Garkida town and its sorroundung communities in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa state badly affected by recent Boko Haram terrorists attacks. The commission disclosed this recently when it received on official visit, the Adamawa State...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday assured that the federal government would continued to ramp up efforts through the National Health Insurance to effectively tackle non-communicable diseases and Tuberculosis, and safeguard the lives of Nigerians. Osinbajo stated this when he received at the Presidential Villa on...
The Police in Ondo State have arrested a 50-year-old man (name withheld) with human skull and two badly-roasted human arms in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of the state. CSP Femi Joseph, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State Command, stated this in a statement on Friday in Akure,...
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services, Africa’s largest network cargo operator and multi-award winner, has won the ‘International Air Cargo Marketer of the Year’ Award at the 2020 STAT International Award for Excellence in Air Cargo. At the event held Feb. 25-27, 2020 in Mumbai, India, Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited was recently presented with the Oil and Gas Banker of Year 2019 award at the Patrons’ Dinner and Industry Awards of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit held recently at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The four-day event, comprising conference and award dinner, is acclaimed to be Nigeria’s Government official...
Two Ugandan men have sued a reproductive health company for reportedly distributing condoms which they claim they used but still contracted sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). According to media reports, Joseph Kintu and Sulaiman Balinya claim that Marie Stopes negligently distributed fake condoms that they used thus leading them to...
A woman in South Africa has told the BBC how she was sterilised without her consent after she gave birth at the age of 17, and only learned about it 11 years later when she tried to have another child. Bongekile Msibi was among 48 women sterilised without consent...
On Thursday, February 27, the first case of coronavirus was recorded in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria, West Africa’s most populated country and biggest economy confirmed that an Italian has been diagnosed with the virus and was receiving treatment in a confined area. The story has not only shaken Nigeria but...
In the Greek city states, the oldest known democracy in the world, there was a group of people known as the Sophists. The Sophists were itinerant teachers, great intellectuals, scholarly, very intelligent and articulate, knowledgeable in grammar and rhetoric. The Sophists were skilled in argument and in the presentation...
The Federal Government has commenced contact tracing of reported first case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country to monitor health of people that travelled with the patient to prevent the spread. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire said this while answering questions from journalists on Friday in Abuja...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Council on Skills (NCS) as part of efforts to further boost the employability of young Nigerians, as well as to reduce unemployment in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the inauguration of the NCS at the Presidential Villa,...