archiveAugust 2020

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, on Tuesday, announced that the registration of Batch C of its N-Power programme has closed. It said the registration closed on August 9, 2020, adding that a total of 5,042,001 Nigerian youths applied as at the end of the...

The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Abdullahi Gana said that 13 state commands of the corps have moved out of rented apartments into new permanent office structures built by the Corps. Gana disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in on Tuesday in Abuja. He...

The Federal Government on Tuesday received the donation of 200 ventilators promised by the Donald Trump-led administration of the United States Government, to support the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The ventilators were received by the Ministry of Health from the USAID in Abuja. In his remark, the Minister...

The President General Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting some representatives of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and security chiefs inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is in continuation of efforts aimed at tackling the deteriorating security situation in parts of the country. Buhari is joined at the Council Chamber venue...

FBNQuest has revealed that the loan books of deposit money banks in the country over 12 months rose by 21 per cent to N3.3 trillion with the manufacturing sector receiving a boost of about 35 per cent. “As well as leaning on the banks to boost lending as their regulator,...

A shooting outside the White House fence on Monday evening prompted security agents to suddenly usher U.S. President Donald Trump out of the briefing room. Trump was minutes into his daily news conference when the shooting began and Secret Service agents were seen escorting him out of the room. He...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on President Mohammed Buhari investigate into allegations of funding by Boko-Haram against the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). The Islamic group was accused of receiving money from Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP). However, MURIC’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, denied receiving any...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Tuesday said it has no link with any terrorist group in or outside Nigeria. The director of the organisation, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made this known in a statement in Lagos. Akintola gave assurance that the group was discipline and would never be affiliated with...

The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mr Muhammad Babandede, has ordered the prosecution of an irregular Cameroonian migrant, Kouaha Dieudonne, 42, who was caught with multiple standard passports. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPEO) Mr Sunday James disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria...

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia is the world’s first country to register a coronavirus vaccine and one of his daughters has been inoculated, according to comments carried by state media. “One of my daughters got vaccinated, so in this sense, she took part in the testing,’’ Putin...