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  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged African countries to boost genomic surveillance and analysis as new COVID-19 variants emerge in the region, according to an announcement on the WHO Regional Office for Africa website.It stated that with the recent emergence in the region of new COVID-19 variants, which...

The military neutralised 2,403 suspected criminal elements in various operations across the country between March 18 and Dec. 30, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, has said. Enenche gave the figure on Thursday, while giving update on operations conducted to check criminality in the country during the period....

 The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPO’s) to enforce all COVID-19 protocols as highlighted by the Presidential Taskforce and Lagos State Government. Odumosu gave this order in a statement signed on Thursday by the Lagos State Police Public Relations...

I felicitate with all Nigerians in this festive season and wish them joy and prosperity in 2021. The year 2020 was full of challenges on the economic, security, health and other fronts for most nations of the world. Thankfully, however, the challenges could not dampen our hope for a better...

 An estimated 10.4 million children in seven countries, including Nigeria, will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday., “As 2021 approaches, UNICEF is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has signed the state’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N338.6 billion. The bill was passed by the Ogun State House of Assembly with slight adjustments, less than one month after it was presented by Gov Abiodun. A clean copy of the appropriation bill was on...

  The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday tendered two more documents in support of its allegation of certificate forgery leveled against the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. One of the documents was the original copy of a first-degree certificate awarded to Emmanuel Balogun...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says no date has been fixed for the commencement of sales of the application documents for its 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...

 The Kwara branch of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed shock over the decision of the state government to disengage 2,414 teachers employed by the immediate past administration. In a statement on Wednesday, signed by its chairman, Alhaji Issa Ore, the union said that the decision to sack that...

 The nation’s bourse extended bullish posture on Wednesday with the market capitalisation increasing further by N214 billion on sustained bargain hunting of blue chips. Specifically. the market capitalisation which opened at N20.446 trillion rose by N214 billion to close at N20.660 trillion supported by interestes in BUA Cement. Also, the...