The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the deployment of new Commissioners of Police (CPs) for 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the CPs are Mohammed Gumel, Kano State; Haruna […]
The Federal Government has said the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine is expected to be in the country by April 2024. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who spoke at a press briefing in commemoration of World Malaria Day on Tuesday said Nigeria has applied for the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in the third application widow for […]
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new dimension as it’s chairman for Lagos chapter, Philip Aivoji and his Deputy, Benedict Felix Tai, suspended over alleged anti-party allegations brought against them by members in the state. After removing both party leaders over their actions during the general elections especially the governorship […]
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to end the dichotomy and discrimination between Higher National Diploma (HND) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) holders before leaving office on May 29, 2023. NAPS Deputy Senate President, Adeniji Temitope, in a press statement made available to newsmen on Monday, April 24, 2023, […]
There were 222.5 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers over the 195.5 million subscribers recorded at the end of 2021. The NBS stated the figures in its Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet […]
Japan has evacuated 45 nationals and their spouses from Sudan, and temporarily closed its embassy, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and officials said Tuesday. “A total of 45 people took off from eastern Sudan for Djibouti in the C2 transport aircraft dispatched” by Japanese troops, Kishida told reporters in the early hours of Tuesday. He said […]
The US President, Joe Biden, on Tuesday said he would seek a second term, setting the stage for a potential rematch with his predecessor, Donald Trump. In a video released on Tuesday, 80-year-old Biden described next year’s contest as a fight against the Republican extremism and indicated that he needed more time to fully realise […]
Nigerians have been urged to remain calm as efforts are being made to evacuate stranded citizens in Sudan. The Federal Government gave the assurance in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development (FMHADMSD). The statement was signed by […]
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has debunked rumours that his health was failing. Over a month ago when the former Lagos governor jetted out of the country to France at night, there have been rumours that he was rushed abroad for medical attention. Although his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, insisted that the president-elect […]
The Naval Dockyard Limited (NDL) is capable of providing the much needed shipbuilding and ship repair services the nation needed if supported, the Rector, Crown Maritime Academy (CMA), Dr. Musa Akinyemi has hinted. He therefore called on the Presidency and the Federal Ministry of Transportation to commission the Naval Dockyard Limited (NDL) to design, develop, […]
