archiveMay 2021

  The former Chief of Defence Staff to late Gen. Sani Abacha, Lt-Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro has died. He died at the age of 80 Joseph, first son of the deceased disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an telephone interview in Pankshin on Thursday. “Daddy has been...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Federal Government to renew its efforts in addressing security challenge facing the country. The association made the appeal in a communiqué issued at the end of its Annual General Conference and Delegates Meeting (AGC/ADM), tagged “Tin City 2021”, held in Jos Plateau,...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported one more death in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease in Nigeria to 2,066. The centre also reported 44 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,559....

More than 16,000 jobs would be created during and after the ongoing renovation of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Prof. Sunday Ododo, General Manager of the 44-year-old complex, said on Thursday in Lagos. Ododo told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that most of the jobs would come from the fields...

 Three persons including an infant on Wednesday died in a gas explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred around 3pm at Oke-Egunya, along NTA Road in Abeokuta South Local Government Area. According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred when...

  Marriot International group is set to extend its premium hospitality service into Nigeria with the opening of a 250-bed five-star hotel complex in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seven storey hotel facility, which is located at Ikeja GRA, is co-owned by Sifax Group. Its...

 The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), appointed by World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 pandemic.WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, in his opening remarks at the launch of the IPPPR Report at the world health body’s headquarters in Geneva welcomed the...

A social critic and an ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, for saying that the Federal Government and its security agencies know the whereabouts of kidnappers and bandits but only being careful. According to Omokri, the government...

  The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that the commission has recovered $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has been living in Britain since leaving office. He also said the anti-graft agency recovered no fewer than 80 choice property...

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)   have arrested 11 suspected illegal oil bunkerers in Port Harcourt,  Rivers State. Six of the suspects: Adinadu Chinonso;  Chinedu Okoh;  Paul Ejiofo;  Christian Nweke,  Nnaji  Chidinma and Donatus Nnamani were arrested on May 7,  2021,...