Benedicta Daudu, a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, is facing allegations of examination misconduct at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), an offence which was allegedly committed on May 4, 2016.Mrs Daudu, who is an associate professor of law and head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the […]
Continue ReadingThe faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by a former Minister of Information, Jerry Gana, has carried out its threat of conducting a parallel national convention. The faction is currently holding its national convention in Abuja, while another convention is simultaneously holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The Port Harcourt convention is […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of eight persons in a motor accident on Malumfashi-Katsina road in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The FRSC Sector Commander, Abdu Bagadawa, told News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Saturday in Katsina that the accident involved three vehicles. He said two of the vehicles […]
Continue ReadingThe ECOWAS Parliament has called on Liberia to reconsider aspects of its constitutional review where proposals have been made to make the country a Christian state. Members made the call following the presentation of Liberia’s country report at the parliament’s ongoing 2016 first ordinary session in Abuja on Friday. Members noted that the aspect of […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the sack of Mr. John Kennedy Opara as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission. The announcement came barely two hours after Opara attended the third session of the 9th synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), with the theme, ‘The poverty of riches’ in Abuja. A […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Friday announced that he would establish an animal feeds factory in Abuja as part of his contribution towards boosting employment in the country.In a statement released to newsmen in Abuja by his Head of Media, Paul Ibe, Atiku said arrangement for the take-off of the factory was at an advanced […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Raymond Omatseye, to five years in prison for a N1.5bn contract scam.Omatseye was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 27-count charge bordering contract scam to the tune of […]
Continue ReadingThe chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has raised the alarm over the illegal use of his name by unidentified individuals to extort money from the public. In a statement released by the agency’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, it was revealed that it had come to the notice […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement by Colonel Usman Sani Kukasheka, army spokesman, more girls have fled Boko Haram captivity after military operations.The name of the Chibok schoolgirl now with the Nigerian army was given as Serah Luka (pictured), and she was quoted as saying three other girls ran from their captors following the military operations. “At about […]
Continue ReadingBritish health experts on Thursday said some 10 million people could die annually from infections by drug-resistant “superbugs” by 2050 unless the world takes decisive action to cut the use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs. The experts made this known in a government-funded review of antimicrobial resistance. In the review, the experts stated that […]
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