Usifo: Chidinma’s father, 4 others docked for alleged obstruction of justice
Aug. 9, 2021 Mr. Onoh Ojukwu and four others were on Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged obstruction of justice and failing to report a crime…
Cholera outbreak kills 12 people in Niger, health minister says
Aug 9, 2021 A cholera outbreak in southern Niger has killed 12 people and infected 201 others across three regions, with heavy rains helping to further spread the disease, the…
CVR: Online fresh registrants hit 1.6m –INEC
Aug. 9, 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says online fresh registrants for the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 1.6 million. The commission has also disclosed…
World leaders, others react to climate science report as UN says human influence “unequivocally” to blame for warming the planet
Aug 9, 2021 Eight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker warnings about how human-induced climate…
SUPPORT FOR MSMEs WILL CONTINUE, OSINBAJO ASSURES AT BABCOCK UNIVERSITY INAUGURAL LECTURE
Aug. 9, 2021 A pivotal element of the Buhari administration’s economic direction is providing support to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in order to raise hope, create jobs and…
Come clean, tell party members my offense, why I should resign – Secondus replies PDP caucus
August 9, 2021 Following calls for his resignation by some members of his party, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, on Monday said he will not…
Court sentences boy, 19, to life imprisonment for attempted robbery
Aug. 9, 2021 An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced one Ademola Oluwaseun, 19, to life imprisonment for attempted armed robbery In his judgment, Justice Lekan…
Protests, wider grievances in Southeast over fate of Nnamdi Kanu
Aug 9, 2021 Southeastern Nigerian city centres were deserted on Monday as many people stayed at home to show solidarity with a detained separatist leader and to express broader grievances…
Swiss national kidnapped in Ogun state
Aug 9, 2021 In southwestern Ogun State, a Swiss national and his Nigerian driver were abducted on Saturday after a gunfight between their police escort and unknown attackers, said Abimbola…
Oil accounts for 10% GDP, 86% export earnings as Nigeria produces 1. 5 mbpd – Sylva
Aug. 9, 2021 Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the oil and gas sector accounts for about 10 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Sylva added…