archiveMarch 5, 2021

   Twenty-one African countries are reporting COVID-19 case fatality rates higher than the global average, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Africa now stood at 105,001, the specialised healthcare agency of the 55-member AU said. According to...

  Alhaji Ahmed Rabiu, Managing Director, Dala Inland Dry Port in Kano State says the project will cost 27 million dollars.Conducting an inspection of the project located at Zawaciki, in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state, Rabiu, said the first phase would be completed by June at a cost...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday inaugurated the 1.4 kilometre Dual Carriageway Flyover Bridge in Pen Cinema Junction, Agege. Speaking at the inauguration, Sanwo-Olu said that the flyover would reduce travel time and save man-hour that would have been otherwise lost to traffic on the road. He said...

  The Federal Government has delivered food items to victims of Shasha Market crisis and also inaugurated Special Cash Grant to 5,280 rural women in Oyo. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in a statement on Friday in Abuja signed by her...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday directed Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to replace faulty and obsolete meters for their customers. The commission made this known in Order No. NERC/246/2021 signed by its Chairman, Mr Sanusi Garba and Mr Dafe Akpeneye, Commissioner Legal, Licensing and compliance on its website...

Zamfara State Government on Friday said a Nigerian soldier and his girlfriend were recently caught supplying ammunition and military uniforms to armed bandits in the state. The State Governor, Bello Matawalle, represented by his deputy chief of staff, Bashir Maru, at a press conference, said the soldier was arrested by...

A medical doctor, Dr. Cyprian Ngong, of the National Hospital, Abuja, is the first person to receive a jab of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. This happened today after the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, flagged...

  The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has appointed new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Commandants of Tri-Service Institutions and other functionaries, including a new spokesperson. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement,...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Service Chiefs to deploy competent officers and men to restore peace and order in troubled areas across the country.The president gave the ultimatum when he decorated the recently appointed service chiefs with their new ranks at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. He said...

 The Czech Republic is introducing a quarantine bonus payment of 14 euros as part of its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. President Milos Zeman signed a law on Friday stipulating that employees receive the equivalent of up to 14 euros a day (16.7 dollars) if they are in a quarantine...