Founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has faulted the continuous blame on northerners over the challenges the country is going through. Yakasai who noted that the North has produced more leaders compared to the South while speaking at an online conference themed ‘The 2nd Never Again Conference: 51 years after…
The House of Representatives has kicked against resumption of schools amid the the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. The lower chamber of the national assembly which proposed a postponement of resumption for three months, said government officials did not consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that…
A 3-year-old boy, who was rescued alive from a well in Sapele, Delta State, has alleged that a yet-to-be-identified woman threw him into the hole. The incident happened at Comprehensive Road in Amukpe area of Sapele on Saturday night, January 16. It was gathered residents of the area heard a child crying from inside the…
A former Minister of State for Finance and Minister of Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye, has died. He was 78 years old. Late Kuye died in his home at Victoria Garden City, Lagos this morning January 17. Born on August 1942 in Ago Iwoye, Ijebu constituency of Ogun State studied sociology at the…
US President-elect, Joe Biden plans to sign roughly a dozen executive orders on his first day in the White House, that will show a stunning rebuke of outgoing US President Donald Trump’s policies . The executive orders include rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, according to a…
One-time Kogi state governorship candidate, Natasha Akpoti, has blasted the leadership of the National Council for Women Societies NCWS for bestowing the award of the ”Most Gender-Sensitive Governor in Nigeria” on the governor of her state, Yahaya Bello. The award ceremony was held on Saturday, January 16 and televised live. Reacting via her Twitter…
As Nigeria expects to receive 100, 000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine by the end of January, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) says there are not enough freezers to store the doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine when they are delivered. The vaccine is required to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius. In an interview…
Operatives of Ogun Police Command raided a drug dealers’ hideout in Abeokuta, recovered a cash sum of N2,722,750 cash and illicit drugs worth over N10m. Other items recovered from the den named “Mayas,” an abandoned hotel at Lafenwa, Abeokuta, included 55 packs of codeine; 110 parcels of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp; and two packs of Emzoline. Ajogun…
The Nigerian Army’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has raised the alarm of insurgents buying fertilizers to make bombs. Coordinator of the Directorate of Defence Media Operations, (DDMO), Maj. Gen. John Enenche disclosed this on Friday January 15 during a media briefing on military operations from January 7 to 13. Eneche stated that the use of fertilisers by criminal…
An Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Yunana Babas is dead. Babas who was in-charge of Zone 8, died barely 3 days after another AIG Omololu Bishi died. Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara state who commiserated with the police authorities over the death of the AIG, described him as a perfect gentlemen and a dedicated officer. AbdulRazaq…
