archiveAugust 2021

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condoled with the family of Senator Bala Ibn Na'Allah over the gruesome murder of their son, Abdulkarim Na'Allah, in Kaduna. Lawan is deeply saddened by the dastardly murder of the young pilot by yet unidentified cowardly criminals. The Senate President urged the...

Nigeria has  confirmed 93 COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the number of fatalities to 2,454. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its daily report. The centre said  53 deaths were recorded in the country in 24 hours, an indication that the third wave of the disease is ravaging...

  President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke and the National Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr Supo Ayokunle, have bemoaned the nation's state of affairs, blaming it on the ungodly ways of the leaders and the led in the country. Wale...

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has rejected the 21-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) saying it is in direct collision with the Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 21. The NMA had threatened to join the ongoing strike by the Nigerian Association...

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the murder of the son of Senator Bala Na’Allah representing Kebbi south, Capt. Abdulkarim Ibn Na’Allah by suspected assailants. The 36-year-old pilot was murdered in his house on Saturday in Kaduna state by unknown assailants. According to a statement by the command’s spokesman,...

  The Federal Government is expected to kick off its Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme on Tuesday. The programme aims to place 20,000 skilled young Nigerian graduates (under the age of 30) into jobs in private and public sector organizations around the country. The jobs will last for 12 months, will...

Timi Dakolo, Nigerian singer, songwriter and music producer has advised upcoming artistes to be original and creative in music production. The ‘Great Nation’ crooner said this during an interactive session at The Bridge Church in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dakolo started his music career after...

  European food safety standards for the amounts of lead and cadmium that foodstuffs can contain were becoming stricter as part of a wider cancer-prevention plan.The new limits on the amount of lead in baby food, spices, wines and salt apply from of Monday. New cadmium limits apply to certain...

  The Dangote’s Two Billion US Dollar petrochemical plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene. The Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Ltd., Mr Devakumar Edwin, disclosed this in a statement obtained in Lokoja on Monday ....

Beneficiaries of the maiden Wema SME Business School by the leading innovative financial institution, Wema Bank, have commended the novel and impactful initiative, disclosing that they have gained immensely from it. The Wema SME Business School, another first from the innovative bank, equipped Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises with the...