Members of the Biochemist Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BPAON) have volunteered to check drug abuse and addiction among Nigerian youths. Olayemi Ikotun, the association’s President, said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ikotun explained that in the last 20 years, youths have rapidly been involved in drug addiction, misuse and abuse in a […]
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has directed immediate payment of June salary to civil servants and pensioners across the state. Abubakar Bawa, Chief Press Secretary announced the governor’s directive while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Sokoto. Aliyu said the gesture is in fulfilment of the governor’s campaign promise of ensuring prompt payment of salaries. […]
An ongoing cholera outbreak in Ethiopia has claimed 156 lives so far, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said. “Since May 7, the outbreak keeps spreading with rising confirmed cases by 85 per cent from 6,157 to 11,407 cases as of June 20. “This is with 156 related deaths,” the UNOCHA […]
A High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, convicted three men for cybercrime in a case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The convicts are Richard Asaolu – an interior decorator from Iloffa in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state; Adeoye Olashile and Madiu Tajudeen, both from Oyo State. They […]
Clashes renewed between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in parts of Khartoum on Wednesday. This is coming after the latest 72-hour truce ended at 6.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT). Eyewitnesses said SAF warplanes flew over southern areas of Khartoum and bombarded a major RSF camp there. The warplanes […]
The Managing Director of Lagos Ferry Services (LAGFERRY), Mr Abdoulbaq Balogun, has sensitised residents of Badagry on the need to patronage ferry services which guarantee seamless transportation. Balogun made the plea during a stakeholders meeting held at Ferry Terminal, Ebute Miller, Marina Badagry on Tuesday. Represented by Mrs Bunmi Mofunlewi, the Head of Administration and […]
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, on Wednesday held talks with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Montgomery, who fielded questions from State House correspondents afterwards praised the new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on some economic measures announced so far. The envoy particularly commended the government on subsidy removal […]
Two experts in security operations have lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing experienced personalities as service chiefs for his administration. The experts spoke in separate interviews with newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. Mr Dennis Amachree, President of Security Strategic Group, remarked that the Presidednt was meticulaus in picking the right people for the security […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Abubakar Abubakar (APC-Kano), has donated laptop and desktop computers and other educational materials to 4,274 secondary school students in his constituency. The NewsZenith reports that Abubakar, representing Bichi Federal Constituency of Kano State, presented the items to the beneficiaries on Wednesday in Bichi. He said that the gesture […]
A supply ship loaded with hundreds of tons of relief aid from Egypt had arrived in conflict-torn Sudan, the Egyptian Military announced on Saturday. The Military Spokesman, Gharib Abdel-Hafez, said in a statement that the Egyptian Navy ship had arrived at Port Sudan. He said workers are offloading the ship offloaded with hundreds of tons […]