BANDITS ATTACK VILLAGE IN KATSINA, TAKE TWO GIRLS

On Sunday night, Gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked Kurfi town, Katsina State, after which they took two girls. The suspected bandits stormed Sabuwar Unguwar and Sabon Layi communities in…

NIGERIA NEEDS CONSTANT POWER SUPPLY TO GROW~MAN

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said the Nigerian economy cannot grow if industries continue to rely on electricity generators for power supply. The Chairman, Rivers/Bayelsa States Branch of MAN,…

INTELLECTUALS, ACADEMICS COMPETE ONLINE FOR SOYINKA@86

The 11th Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange started on a good note on Sunday with the playwright, essayist, and social critic reciting poetry to participants online. Many eminent Nigerians including…

NNPC FIRED 850 RIFINERY WORKERS, SAYS OIL UNION

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association said on Monday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had sacked 850…

JUST IN: FG APPROVES SCHOOL RESUMPTION GUIDELINES

The Federal Government has released guidelines ahead of the planned resumption of schools at every level in the country but failed to disclose the dates. The guidelines outlined actions, measures…

STATES WARNED NOT TO PARTAKE IN WASSCE WITHOUT FG’S APPROVAL

State governments in the country have been told not to go ahead and enrol their schools in this year’s West African Senior Secondary School Examination. WASSCE, if the Federal Government-owned…

THE SECOND WEEK RUNNING, MAGU APPEARS BEFORE PANEL STILL

The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Monday appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential panel for the second week running. Magu has…

MAGU’S DRAMA HAS AVENGED NNAMDI KANU~IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday, said its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who has been saying that the present administration cannot salvage Nigeria, has been vindicated with the…

WORLD RISKS ANOTHER VIRUS LIKE COVID19 IF WILDLIFE CRIMES NOT STOPPED — UNODC

The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) says that the World risk another virus of the magnitude of COVID-19 if the trafficking, sales and consumption of wildlife are…

COVID-19: US FACES PRESSURE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS

The Trump administration on Sunday again pressed for full school reopenings in the fall, even as resurgent COVID-19 infections and a record spike in cases in Florida raised mounting questions…