archiveMarch 12, 2021

 The Lagos State Government has commenced its COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccination programme, while setting up 88 centres for administration of the vaccine to enhance the immunity and health of its citizens.Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health, disclosed this during a media briefing on the Official Rollout, Distribution and Administration of...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says equity, justice and fairness for all segments of society are imperative in the pursuit of unity in the county. Osinbajo said this on Friday in Sokoto while delivering the Convocation Lecture of the Sokoto State University. The vice president, who was received at Sokoto airport...

  Key indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed on Friday with a loss of 0.13 per cent, as turnover volume increased by 73.59 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index, which opened at 38,697.17 inched lower by 48.69 points or 0.13 per cent to close at 38,648.48. The market capitalisation...

  The Kaduna State government has revealed that troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 180 citizens abducted by gunmen in the state on Friday. The state said the citizens were abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A statement issued...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Office on Friday, March 12, 2021 arrested 57 suspected internet fraudsters at their hotel hideouts and recovered two pump action rifles. The suspects were arrested in Yewa Frontier Hotel & Resort, Ellysam Hotel & Suits, April Suits and IBD International Hotels,...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Friday took the first injection of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Sanwo-Olu took the injection at 3:03p.m. while Hamzat was injected at about 3:10p.m. at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Supreme Court on Friday, March 12, 2021, upheld the 10 years prison term imposed on former Plateau Governor, Joshua Dariye who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for fraud. It would be recalled that the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on November 16, 2018...

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said the Astrazeneca vaccine used in treating COVID-19 has no side effect. President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, on Thursday, March 11, urged Nigerians to...

The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, March 11, 2021 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ebe Aniekeme Okokon, before Justice Archibong Archibong of the State High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Okokon, an ex-banker who was sacked by an...

NNPC insists no increase in ex-depot price The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPRA) has revealed in a new monthly template that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, has reached N212.6 per litre. According to the template, which the PPPRA released midnight, petrol is expected to...