Federal Government has disclosed that over 700 road projects are currently ongoing across all geopolitical zones in the country. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Ernest Umakhihe disclosed this on Wednesday December 9, while speaking at the ongoing 26th National Council on Works in Port Harcourt. Umakhihe who revealed that the road projects…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad is scheduled to inaugurate 72 legal practitioners recently elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. Justice Muhammad will administer the oath on the 72 SANs at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court on Monday, December 14, 2020. The inauguration is part…
Legendary Italian striker, Paolo Rossi has died at the age of 64. The death of the former Juventus and AC Milan striker was announced in the early hours of Thursday, November 10, by Italian TV channel RAI Sport for whom Rossi had been working as a pundit recently. According to Italian media, he passed away after battling a long illness….
Gunmen shot dead a female news anchor and her driver on Thursday, her employer said, the second murder of a journalist in Afghanistan in a month. Malalai Maiwand was killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad, said Enekaas TV, the private television channel she worked for. Targeted killings of prominent figures, including journalists, clerics, politicians,…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the leader of the Monday’s EndSARS protest, Emmanuel Adebayo popularly known as Captain in Osun. According to reliable sources, Adebayo was detained over an allegation against him. It was gathered that Adebayo was arrested on the basis that he was allegedly impersonating the Nigerian Army and receiving…
The Federal government said on Thursday that the price of data has been reduced by more than 50 percent following a directive that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, should put in place measures to that effect. Accordingly, the price of data of 1GB has been reduced from 1000 naira to 487 nairas beginning from last…
Two siblings and one other person were on Tuesday arrested by operatives of Ogun State police command for threatening and making an attempt to kidnap their former employer. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Wednesday, Dec 9, in a statement. The suspects, Blessing Oyeleke, David Oyeleke, and Kabiru Oniyitan were…
Margaret Keenan, the grandmother who became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for Coronavirus, has been discharged from the hospital. The 90-year-old made global headlines after she was given the coronavirus jab at University Hospital Coventry at 6.31 am on Tuesday December 8. On Wednesday afternoon, December 9, Margaret was…
President Muhammadu Buhari has that said the foreign press coverage of the recent #EndSARS violence was not balanced, citing specifically the Cable News Network and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Since the second week of October, youths across the country led the #EndSARS protests which were peaceful gatherings to protest against police brutality and bad governance…
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have now certified their presidential results, according to CNN’s tally, as the Electoral College process moves forward with the meeting of electors on Monday. West Virginia became the final state to certify its presidential election results Wednesday, formally declaring that President Donald Trump is entitled to the…