Nigeria has recorded more than 152 deaths from Lassa fever this year. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) gave the statistics on Wednesday in its latest situation report. It reported that there had been 788 confirmed cases of Lassa fever across the country in 2023. The NCDC said the number of new […]
Barely a year after the death of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Governor Seyi Makinde is set to announce Prince Lukman Adelodun Gbadegesin as the new Alaafin-elect any moment from now. He said to have been chosen by the Oyo Mesi among the large number of princes who presented themselves for the selection […]
The Ebonyi State government, on Wednesday, said it has secured approval from the federal government to inaugurate Flight Operations at the International Airport, Onueke. A reports says that the airport has been named after President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking to newsmen in Abakaliki, the Senior special assistant to the governor on Aviation and technology, Mrs. Obianuju […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker of Ondo State House Of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oloyeloogun before the State High Court in Akure over alleged fraud. The lawmaker representing Akoko South/West Constituency 1 at the Ondo State House of Assembly, Felemu Bankole, and a civil servant, Segun Oyadeyi Bankole […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates who could not sit for the exam on Tuesday, April 25, because of technical challenges. JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin who made the announcement, noted that about 100 centres out of the 708 […]
The Federal Government will today, Wednesday, April 26 begins evacuation of about 5,500 Nigerians, including students stranded in Khartoum and other cities in Sudan. To facilitate the repatriation, the government has released N150m for hiring 40 buses to convey its desperate citizens from Sudan to Cairo in Egypt. The money was paid to an undisclosed […]
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development have expressed concern over the situation in Sudan. Through the ministers, the Federal Government has published emergency numbers for those stranded Nigerians, A joint statement by the Geoffrey Onyeama and Sadiya Faruk urged parents to advise their wards to be calm as […]
Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, finally ended the 16-month of interregnum in the Obaship stool of Olu of Orile Ilawo community in Odeda Local Government Area of the State as he officially presented a staff and other instruments of office to Professor Alexander Olusegun MacGregor to become the new traditional ruler of […]
Almost 100 people have died in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, as intense combat between the country’s military and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rages for a third day. The fierce fighting has left hopes for a peaceful transition to civilian rule in tatters. At the heart of the clashes are two men: Sudan’s […]
A constitutional crisis is imminent as a former presidential candidate has instituted a motion on notice, seeking to stop the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on May 29. Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the February 25 election. He returned to […]
