The organisation is working with countries and manufacturers to increase access to the needed vaccines. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria is the first country in Africa to receive mpox vaccines, aimed at combating the spread of the new strain of mpox virus. WHO in a statement stated that Nigeria received 10,000 doses of…
The group said Plateau plays a crucial role in the political landscape of the nation, particularly toward the success of the current administration. A group, Plateau Youth and Community Volunteers has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint an Indigenous Plateau person into his cabinet, to fill in the state’s vacant ministerial slot. Nanven Mamdam,…
The controller said two companies were earlier awarded a contract for rehabilitation of the road. The Federal Ministry of Works has directed the contractor handling the rehabilitation of the 150-kilometer Potiskum – Gashua Federal Road in Yobe to return to the site immediately. The Acting Controller of Works in the State, Abdurahaman Bukar, gave the…
The Assembly assured the people that the reduction was not for their parochial interest but for the good of Plateau. The Plateau House of Assembly has reduced the tenure of elected local government officials from three to two years. The House Committee Chairman on Information, Matthew Kwarpo, told newsmen on Wednesday in Jos that the…
NAN reports that the defendant who was represented by Timothy Oyeniran was brought to court using a walking aid. A Family Court sitting at Iyaganku in Ibadan has released to his family members an octogenarian, Yekini Akanmu, who was arraigned for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in his neighbourhood. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi,…
Oba Aromolaran also raised concern over the timely completion of the project. Oba Gabriel Aromolaran, the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, has cautioned contractors handling the ₦16.5 billion road project in Ilesa against what could lead to a religious crisis during the demolition of buildings. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Governor Ademola Adeleke…
The statement added that LAMATA demonstrated commitment to collaborative efforts, to ensure the successful implementation of the rail project. The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) on Wednesday in Lagos started the controlled test run of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line. The statement is contained in the official X handle of the…
The CP said the suspect confessed to being a member of a three-man gang specialising in armed robbery and snatching luxury vehicles. Operatives from the Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested twin brothers for the alleged theft of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP)…
George was described as laughable, a report by Abubakar’s media adviser, Paul Ibe, calling him (George) a tribal bigot, over his position on power rotation. A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar must wait till 2031 if he wants to contest for…
Limpopo province witnessed two major road accidents earlier this year. Ten foreigners were killed when a bus they were travelling in overturned in South Africa’s Limpopo Province Tuesday night, local authorities said Wednesday. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from neighbouring Zimbabwe when the accident happened on the N1 highway near Makhado, the Limpopo…
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