From Our Correspondent in Abuja The Federal Government, on Wednesday in Abuja, approved the implementation of the National Blockchain Policy for Nigeria. Prof. Isa Pantami, Communications and Digital Economy Minister, announced the approval after Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Pantami said his ministry developed the policy in consultations with stakeholders involving more […]
A road traffic crash on Wednesday claimed one life and injured four others in Anambra State, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Sector Commander of FRSC, Adeoye Irelewuyi, announced this in a statement in Awka. Irelewuyi said the crash involved three vehicles; two buses with Registration Numbers AKL978XM and SKA439XA. The third is […]
The Biochemist Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BPAoN) says it is set to release test treatment for the cure of HIV/AIDS. This is coming after several years of clinical research on how to completely remove the existence of life-threatening viruses in the human body’s circulatory system. Ikotun Olayemi, President of BPAoN, disclosed this to newsmen in […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denounced an alleged fake LinkedIn account, attributed to its Executive Vice Chairman, Prof Umar Danbatta. Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs of NCC gave the denial in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “We wish to state that the LinkedIn account is fake and has no affiliation with the […]
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has joined others in pleading with the UK government to show leniency with former Nigeria Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of NiDCOM made the plea in a statement on Wednesday, in Abuja. The NewsZenith reports that Ekweremadu is awaiting the verdict of the UK court […]
A personal bodyguard has shot dead, the Ugandan Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Charles Engola. This incident occurred at his residence in Kyanja on Tuesday. One of his bodyguards allegedly fired several shots at him at close range. “He fled from the scene up to the trading centre at Kyanja Ring […]
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has pleaded with the UK government to be lenient with former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu for organ harvesting. The plea followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Toby Okechukwu (PDP-Enugu) at a plenary, on Tuesday, in Abuja. Okechukwu titled the motion “Need for Clemency for […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has started a $25 billion solar power project to provide electricity to no fewer than 250 million people. President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, announced this in an address delivered to the Class of 2023 at Calvin University, Michigan, USA. Adesina titled the address “Be God’s Instrument of […]
Confirmed cases of measles are increasing in South Africa, now reaching 970 since its outbreak in October 2022, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Tuesday. NICD said 43 per cent of those infected are aged five to nine years. Twenty-four per cent are from one to four years and 20 per cent […]
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared Wednesday, May 3, as a work-free day in honour of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is paying a two-day visit to the state. Wike announced the decision in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. He said Tinubu would visit Rivers on a two-day visit […]