archiveMarch 2021

The  Vice- Chancellor of University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and another botanist, Dr Temitope Onuminya, have won 2021 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) grants. Mrs Nonye Oguama, a Principal Assistant Registrar, Corporate Affairs of the institution, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. According to Oguama,...

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen militia on Saturday made an attempt to assassinate Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state. The militia however failed in the attempt to assassinate the governor, as security men attached to him were able to repel the attack. Ortom fingered the Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association...

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the southwest have demanded a review of the ruling party's constitution. The governors' position was confirmed by the chairman of the southwest governors' forum, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state. Akeredolu spoke at the APC Constitution Review and Stakeholders’...

  An 18 year-old-girl, Idowu Biletiri, on Saturday allegedly stabbed her elder brother, Kehinde Biletiri, to death at Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that trouble started when the suspect returned home after leaving the house for some days...

Three people were reported to have lost their lives in Ekiti State on Saturday as violence marred the bye-election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to fill the vacant seat of Ekiti East Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly. The vacancy arose following the death of...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 130 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 161,539. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. “On the 19th of March 2021, 130 new confirmed cases were recorded in the...

  Manchester United were on Friday drawn to face European newcomers Granada in the 2020/2021 Europa League quarter-finals. Manchester United, who ousted AC Milan in the last 16, travel to Spain first on April 8 before hosting the return leg on April 15 at Old Trafford. Manchester United are the...

  Title-holders Bayern Munich were on Friday drawn to meet Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in what is a rematch of last year’s final. Bayern Munich won the 2019/2020 decider 1-0 in Lisbon to lift the top European trophy a sixth time against first-time finalists...

The 35the National Qur’anic recitation competition has begun in Kano, on Friday, with 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja,  participating. Declaring the competition open, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar II, noted that Nigeria had participated severally and won the international version of the Qur’anic...

celebrates death of Madam Adaramaja, says her spirit lingers on Oyo State Governor, “Seyi Makinde, has reiterated the call for South West integration, adding that political or religious affiliations should not constitute barriers. The governor, who stated this at the funeral thanksgiving service of Madam Aderonke Adaramaja, held at Christ...