archiveMarch 2021

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State command, has solicited for the support of University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, in training and retraining of its personnel in the handling of accident victims and rescue operations. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, made the request during...

President Joe Biden unexpectedly missed his steps twice on Friday as he climbed the stairs to Air Force One. He was on his way to Georgia. He had gone about one third of the stairs of the aircraft at Joint Base Andrews when he stumbled. Luckily for him, he got...

 Gunmen on Friday attacked a vehicle of the Nigerian Correctional Service conveying some inmates to court in Anambra, leaving two officials of the service dead.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 11:00 a.m. around Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area. Friday’s incident occurred barely...

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen, on Friday, said that Nigeria as a nation may not record any meaningful achievement in life until they are able to free the nation’s Judiciary from the stronghold of politicians. Onnoghen who spoke publicly for the first time since his removal from...

A technology called COVID-19 Contact Tracer, a mobile application that could trace Coronavirus victims, was one of the indigenous technologies displayed at the concluded 2021 technology and innovation expo. Dr Henry Ossamulu, Director of Research and Training, Core Fundamental Inventors, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) about the...

  The nation’s bourse closed trading on Friday in red with key market indices dropping by 1.37 per cent, amid losses by blue chips.Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N279 billion within six trading hours to close at N20.081 trillion from N20.360 trillion recorded on Thursday. Also, the All-Share Index dipped...

  Dangote Cement Plc said it would pay shareholders N16 for every share held in the company for the 2020 financial year, translating to a total dividend payout of N272.648 billion, a note published on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday and seen revealed. The cement maker has been...

  The authorisation of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE)  to  list  at the Exchange will  deepen the market and boost the economy, Mr Boniface Okezie, a capital market operator says. Okezie , who is the President of the Progressive Shareholders Association of Nigeria, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said 20 countries, including Nigeria lost $13.3 billion to internet crimes between 2016 and 2020. In its 2020 report, the Internet Crime Complaint Centre of the FBI said the fraudsters targeted the coronavirus aid relief, and Economic Security Act, which included provisions to help...

  The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, says it will unbundle its computer science academic programmes into different degree awarding departments. Prof. Muhammadu Abdulaziz, the Vice Chancellor of the university, made this known while presenting laptop computers to some staff of department of Mathematical Sciences in Bauchi on Friday....