archiveMarch 2021

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...

Former Senator from Kaduna State, Shehu Sani, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari that tragedy looms in the country. Sani gave the warning in a post on his Twitter account on Friday while reacting to the abduction of students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna State by...

 Teenager Amad Diallo found the net with his first-ever shot for Manchester United on Thursday but AC Milan struck in injury-time to secure a 1-1 draw in the Europa League. The match was one of the competition’s last 16 first leg ties. Manchester United’s Premier League rivals Arsenal and Tottenham...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 287 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 159,933. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has tested  1,601,396 people...

  The Federal Government has announced that the 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged ‘Edo 2020’ will hold from April 2 to April 14 in Edo.Mr John Joshua-Akanji, Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

 President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of the Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire, Hamed Bakayoko.Buhari in a condolence message released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday conveyed his deepest condolences to the family of the prime minister....