archiveSeptember 2021

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says that as a developing country, Nigeria is unlikely to meet the recommendation of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation’s ratio of one doctor to 600 patients. Ngige said this at the two-day quarterly meeting of the Nigeria Health Commissioners...

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded seven more Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths and 444 new infections from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Nigeria. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the...

Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Friday in Gusau, cautioned journalists against reeling out unverified information on the security situation in the state. The governor specifically cautioned journalists, especially social media influencers, against reeling out unverified figures and sensitive information, capable of fueling the already tensed situation in the state....

The Federal Government has raised alarm over the use of what is called  “deep” fake news to attack it and its officials. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, raised the alarm in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Sal Island, Cape...

  The Police in Edo, on Saturday confirmed the killing of one, Mr Olajide Sowore, the younger brother to social activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore.The police said the deceased was shot dead in Edo by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday. He was said to have been coming from Igbinedion...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has handed a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Chinedu Ifesinachi John to the Nigeria Police for investigation over alleged result falsification. John’s father had threatened to sue the Board for N1 billion damages over claims that JAMB...

Olajide Sowore, junior brother to popular activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore has been murdered by suspected herdsmen /kidnappers in Edo State. According to Omoyele, his junior brother was a student studying Pharmacy at the Igbinedion University where he was coming from when he was murdered on Saturday. The activist...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will leave for Tanzania on Thursday , according to his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Laolu Akande. The VP is expected back in the country on Monday. Osinbajo’s aide made this known via his Facebook posting on Thursday evening. Said Mr. Akande, “Vice President Yemi...

Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has ordered the freezing of N19,178, 253,050 belonging to convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche. The Judge gave the order following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...

cautions FG against punishing rtd. Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria(PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has described as illogical, the move by the Federal Government to punish Nigerians who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Besides, the PFN President cautioned the government against molesting or...