archiveMay 2021

 The remaining abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna have regained their freedom after spending 55 days in captivity. The students were released on Wednesday and are currently undergoing medical examination at a health facility in Kaduna. The spokesman of the Police Command in Kaduna state,...

  An 80-year-old woman, Mrs. Mary Adebayo, her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo and two other ladies have been arrested in Akure, the Ondo state capital by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for selling assorted illicit drugs like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, tramadol, swinol and skuchies. A press...

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it registered 34 new cases of COVID-19 in three states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The centre disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. It stated that the 34 new cases were recorded in Enugu (19),...

A bill seeking to give legal backing to the establishment of the Chatered Institute of Directors of Nigeria scaled second reading during plenary on Tuesday. The bill was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (APC, Kebbi North). Abdullahi, while leading debate on the bill, said the Institute of Directors...

  The Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning is to interface with the Nigerian Army on improved funding for security operations in the country.Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed said this during an interactive meeting in Abuja with Senate Committee on Army and representatives of Chief...

The Senate, on Tuesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to provide a five-year post COVID-19 special intervention programme for Nigerians living with various types of disabilities. This was just as it urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through the NIRSAL Micro Finance Bank, to provide  Special Loan facilities to Persons with...

  The United Nations has disclosed that no fewer than 22,000 Nigerian children get infected with HIV annually.The UN system made the statement on Tuesday, at the National dialogue meeting for  the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Nigeria otherwise known as vertical transmission of HIV. Speaking...

The Senate has considered a bill seeking to establish the Federal College of Education, Gwoza, Borno State.   The bill which scaled second reading on Tuesday during plenary is sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South).   Leading debate on the bill, Ndume said the intent behind the establishment...

  seeks end to indiscriminate firing, retrenchment of workers by employers The Senate, on Tuesday, moved to strengthen labour institutions in the country when it considered the Labour Institutions (Establishment) Bill, 2021. The bill which scaled second reading on the floor during plenary, seeks to, among others, address the indiscriminate...