archiveApril 5, 2021

As part of its commitment to environmental protection, Rite Foods Limited has sponsored the cleanup of the Alpha beach, in Lekki, Lagos, where 1,640kg and 127.2kg of solid and recyclable waste respectively, were cleared, as part of efforts at preserving the environment and in support of the Lagos State Government...

  The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Education, Mrs Idongesit Etiebiet, says the state government spends N1.5 billion yearly on external examinations in public secondary schools in the state.Etiebiet made the disclosure during an interactive session with newsmen in Eket Local Government Area of the state on Monday. “The state government...

 Mr Musa Ebomhiana, the Project Manager, Media and Communications, Sub-Committee for the Edo Games, says seven athletes at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin have tested positive to COVID-19 screening.Ebomhiana confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Monday. He...

The death has been formally announced of the 20th Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, and a new Olu designate presented to preside over the affairs of the Itsekiri nation. The announcement was made on Monday at the ancestral home of all Itsekiri people, Ode-Itsekiri (Big Warri) by the Iyatsere of...

The wreckage of the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that went missing last week may have been found in Bama, Borno State, an authoritative military source told THISDAY on Sunday. The source said it was found with the body of one of the pilots intact. The pilot was Flight Lieutenant...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 82  new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 163,195. The NCDC official Twitter handle on Sunday disclosed that the country’s active cases stood at 9,139 in the last 24 hours with  the national recovery rate now at 93.14 per...

 The Presidency, on Sunday in Abuja, described as ungodly attempt by Bishop Matthew Kukah to politicise the nation’s security challenges and the hijab saga in Kwara in his 2021 Easter homily.A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu noted that Kukah, the Catholic...

I’m here on behalf of the President, VP tells affected communities Relief materials will be provided to help rebuild affected communities   The Federal Government will do everything to ensure that security is beefed up in communities affected by recent communal clashes and violent attacks in Ebonyi State, while ensuring...

    By Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese If a religious leader is afraid to say what is right, what else can his silence mean but that he has taken flight? Hiding behind a wall of silence is like taking flight at the approach of the wolf....

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has advocated the use of artificial intelligence to predict security threats and proffer solutions. Akinwuntan who made this assertion at a webinar themed, “Cyber threat Landscape: Financial services, 2021 and beyond”, organised by Information Security Society of Africa, Nigeria (ISSAN), said as cyber-attacks...