Two persons were confirmed dead while 13 others were injured in an accident involving a lorry and a commercial bus that occurred along Ihiala axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway in Anambra today Friday, May 22. The Anambra state Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Andrew Kumapayi, confirmed the incident and said the accident occurred at about 7.10am […]
Governor Umar Ganduje and his aides on friday afternoon congregated for the first Juma’at prayers since he lifted the ban on religious gatherings in the state. Recall that three weeks ago, the Federal government placed the state on total lockdown as part of measures to stop the spread of Coronavirus in the state. Despite the increasing number of […]
A senior Olympics official has warned that holding the postponed Tokyo Games next year faces “real problems” with even a vaccine unlikely to stave off the threat of the coronavirus. John Coates, the International Olympic Committee’s pointman for Tokyo 2020, indicated that officials would start deciding in October if and how the pandemic-hit Games could […]
Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has disclosed that there are plans to soon reopen schools nationwide, however, it won’t happen in two weeks as being speculated in some quarters. Nwajiuba, made the clarification on Thursday during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, following rumours making the round the Federal […]
A top ISIS commander has been captured by Iraqi special forces, the country’s national intelligence service has claimed. Abdul Nasser Qirdash, once tipped to replace Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as head of ISIS, was arrested on Wednesday, May 20. “Today, the terrorist named Abdulnasser al-Qirdash, the candidate to succeed the criminal al-Baghdadi, was arrested. [The arrest] […]
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointment of Prof. Godswill Obioma as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. The council announced the appointment in a statement on Friday, saying it was contained in a letter, FME/PS/396/C1/1/134, signed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Obioma, a Professor […]
The Federal Government has said three Nigerians, who have been stranded in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand, for two months, would return home soon. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, an agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known via Twitter on Wednesday night. It said the Nigerian Embassy in Bangkok has been in touch […]
A 17-year-old wife accused of killing her husband as he tried to have sex with her in Bauchi has said she had no idea sex is a marital obligation, so she thought her husband was trying to defile her. Salma Hassan, a resident of Itas-Gadau, was paraded at the Bauchi Police Command on Tuesday, May […]
The Lagos State Executive Council has approved a review of the state’s 2020 budget by 21 per cent. The state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube, made this known at a press briefing on Thursday in Lagos. Egube said this was to help mitigate the economic and social headwind precipitated by the […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a secret laboratory where hashish oil is manufactured in Lagos. Hashish oil is a derivative of cannabis Sativa, a banned substance in the country. A statement released by the Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs of the NDLEA, Jonah Achema on Friday May 22, said the laboratory, […]