Kano state government has declared Tamburawa in Dawakin Kudu local government area along Zaria Road as planning location for the siting of the proposed gas industrial layout under the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC’s) Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline project. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who announced this while briefing newsmen, said the state Executive […]

Winifred Bosa Governor of Lagos state , Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commissioned a fully equipped 110-bed Maternal and Child Centre (MCC) built in Epe to reduce maternal mortality rate and address complications that may lead to birth defects. The four-storey Epe MCC makes it the fourth to be delivered in two years by the Sanwo-Olu administration. Others […]

Winifred Bosa The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has received news of the cancellation of Hajj for international pilgrims for the 2021 season. As was contained in a press statement signed by  Fatima Sanda Usara, Head, Public Affairs, NAHCON, the Commission’s officials in Saudi Arabia  confirmed that state television and radio stations in the Kingdom […]

Winifred Bosa The FCT Police Command has arrested five (5) suspects for kidnapping along Tungan-maje, Bwari and Kwali-Kuje axis Amongst the suspects are: one Usman Musa 20years, Bello Musa 21years and Haruna Alhassan 22years all male, arrested by Police Operatives from the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad during an intelligence-led operation. According to a press release signed […]

Clashes have erupted in the Tunisian capital as hundreds of young people came out to protest against police brutality in working-class neighbourhoods following the latest death of a man in police custody. Protesters were seen throwing sticks, chairs and water bottles at security forces who were firing tear gas and roughly detained several people in […]

Nigeria spent almost N1tn on debt servicing payments in the first quarter of this year, the latest data obtained from the Debt Management Office have shown. The DMO  disclosed that the country’s total public debt increased to N33.11tn at the end of Q1 2021 from N32.92tn in December. It said the domestic debt rose to […]

Winifred Bosa , Lagos Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an Uber driver and two other traffickers with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. A press statement by the Director Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters Abuja Mr Femi Babafemi said, “the Uber driver, Lawal […]

The police in Lagos say five persons who participated in the Democracy Day protest at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park were arrested and later released. Hakeem Odumosu, the police commissioner in the state, said no suspect was detained in connection with the protest. “I want to emphasise that no single person is in police custody […]

Africa’s largest syringe production company, Jubilee Syringe Factory in Akwa Ibom State is set to expand its scope of production to cover varieties of medical consumables, as the government doubles efforts to suitably position the state as a budding medical tourism destination. The state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, dropped the hint while playing host to […]