archiveMarch 2021

  At least, 72 per cent Nigerians are ready to accept the COVID-19 vaccine, says the African Center for Diseases Control (Africa-CDC). A statement on Friday from Africa-CDC made this known as part of the findings of a report released by the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) Consortium...

  The National Universities Commission (NUC), has approved the upgrade of three institutions in Delta to universities.The approval was given by the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, when the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, led top state government officials to present strategic documents of the universities at...

VP adds: Mr President’s priority is how to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty In order to bring about a society and economy that works for all especially the poor and vulnerable, Nigeria’s national development plans must among other things, promote economic diversification, be modern, ambitious, realistic, flexible enough to...

A 67-year-old cleric, Alhaji Abdul-Fatai Gbadamosi, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in  Lagos, for allegedly destroying  the Aje shrine in Badagry. Gbadamosi, whose address was not given, is charged with malicious damage and breach of public peace. The prosecution counsel, Insp Ade Adeosun, told the court that the...

 Dr Aliyu Barau of Bayero University Kano (BUK) says 97 per cent of households in Kano state drink contaminated water.Barau, who disclosed this at a one-day seminar on drought in Kano city, on Wednesday, said that most drinking water in the state was contaminated by Escherichia coli (E.coli), a bacterium...

  In continuation of a steady run of low infection figures, Nigeria recorded 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, one of the lowest daily figures this year, even as the country recorded no death from the disease on the day, the sixth day in the past nine days that...

The Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Lagos, has appointed Mrs. Patricia Kalesanwo as its first female Registrar since the establishment of the Institute in 1971. The NIJ is Nigeria’s Premier Monotechnic. A statement on Thursday by the institute’s Provost, Gbenga Adefaye, said that the Segun Osoba-led Governing Council of the...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N82 billion for the completion of infrastructure projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammed Bello, made the announcement while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu...

  AstraZeneca has issued an updated phase three trial data for its COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, after facing criticism on its accuracy over a preliminary report from its U.S. study, earlier this week. The UK-based company said in the updated report that the vaccine was 76 per cent effective (down...

A coalition of Yoruba people in Diaspora, Yoruba One Voice (YOV), has concluded plans to hold a webinar lecture on the current state of Nigerian federalism and what may become of it. In a statement on Wednesday by the Secretary-General of the Diaspora group, Dr. Sina Okanlomo, the coalition said...