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The Federal Government has warned Nigerians of significant increase in coronavirus infections in January 2021 as a result of continued violation of safety protocols during this festive period. The Director-General of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu made this disclosure while speaking during the National briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) […]
More than 70 personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) are currently in China on a special training. They have been in the Asian country for four months and will return next week. The contingent will be deployed to activate the 203 Combat Reconnaissance NAF Base in Gombe State. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), […]
Coalition of 92 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) led by Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness (CCLCA), has blamed politicians for insecurity in Nigeria. NAN reports that Nwambu Gabriel, Director-General, CCLCA spoke at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Gabriel said that there was evidence to show that politicians founded and funded the Boko […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N1.163 trillion, seven weeks after the budget was presented to the Assembly by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The House passed the budget after the report of the appropriation was presented during plenary by the Chairman, Joint Committee on Economic Planning and Budget […]
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) to expose unscrupulous members hiding under the association to perpetuate heinous activities. The Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, made the appeal at an interactive session with executives of ANLCA on Tuesday in Lagos. Salim said that exposing […]
Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, December 21, 2020, adjourned further hearing in the trial of Abubakar Ali Peters, Chairman, Nadabo Energy, and his company, who are standing trial for an alleged N1.4 billion subsidy fraud, to January 26, 2021. Peters and his company, Nababo Energy Limited, […]
The UK authority had approved the Oxford-AstraZenecs COVID-19 vaccine, making it the second vaccine to be approved by the UK. It is said to be between 62 percent and 90 percent effective against the virus. Its approval means that it is safe and effective for public use. The vaccine was developed by scientists at Oxford […]