archiveNovember 2021

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has flagged off at two centres in Yobe State free medical outreach for 2021 for the less privileged who are in need of treatment for some medical conditions but for which they could not afford the cost. Lawan flagged off the event both...

 President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coscharis Group, Dr Cosmas Maduka, over the passing of his wife, Charity, urging prayers for the family at the trying period.In a condolence message released by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Monday in Abuja, President Buhari...

  JAMB says it has taken over the collection of the N700 registration fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), from 2022.It said in its weekly bulletin issued in Abuja on Monday that it would collect the approved N700 registration fee at the point of registration and remit same...

  World Health Organisation (WHO) says it still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta variant. WHO, in a statement on Sunday, said that its experts, researchers in South Africa and around the world are currently conducting studies to better understand Omicron. The...

President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke,has cautioned the Federal Government against further aggravating the suffering of Nigerians through the proposed subsidy removal that will lead to hike in the price of petroleum. In a release issued on Sunday by his Media Office, Bishop Oke,...

Canada said it has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant from persons who had recently travelled from Nigeria. According to report by Associated Press, the government of Canada had announced the detection of the new COVID19 variant in a statement issued on Sunday. “Today, the province of Ontario has...

The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Customs Service to ground 91 private jets belonging to some wealthy Nigerians over their alleged refusal to pay import duties running to over N30 billion, documents obtained by The PUNCH have revealed. As such, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali, (retd.) following...

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Sunday dismissed the #EndSARS panel set up by the Lagos State Government and the report it presented to state government recently. Keyamo said it was out of the jurisdiction of the panel to investigate the activities of Federal...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 116 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to “direct and compel President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to ensure the arrest of soldiers and police officers indicted by the Lagos #EndSARS panel report for the...

Power has changed hands in the media industry and online – rather than print – is now the king. The online media, therefore, deserve to get a greater chunk of the advertising and publicity spend rather than the token presently being budgeted for the sub-sector. News Express Publisher, Isaac Umunna,...