COVID-19: J&J VACCINE MAY ARRIVE NIGERIA IN AUGUST AS INDIAN VARIANT WORSENS

Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire •NAFDAC has approved J&J, says health minister Nigeria may have to wait till August to receive the 29.5 million doses of Johnson & Johnson…

NIN: 600,000 UTME APPLICANTS UNABLE TO REGISTER, JAMB WEIGHS OPTIONS

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Is’aq Oloyede, has said 600,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination applicants are unable to register for the exam due to inability…

LEBANESE ACCUSED OF USING UNDERAGE GIRLS FOR PORNOGRAPHY IN PLATEAU

There was tension on Friday at the Abattoir community in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State following the arrest of a Lebanese said to be using underage…

GOVT SILENT AS PDP KNOCKS OYETOLA OVER ABSENCE AT SOUTHERN GOVS’ MEETING

Osun State Government on Friday kept mum as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party berated Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for absenting self from the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum meeting held in Delta…

NPA: CSOS BACK REPS, WANT EFCC TO PROBE NON-REMITTANCES UNDER BALA-USMAN

Some civil society organisations have supported calls by a cross section of members in the House of Representatives for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe the Nigerian Ports…

BANDITS DEMANDED ADDITIONAL N100M AFTER COLLECTING N60M RANSOM –PARENTS OF KIDNAPPED KADUNA VARSITY STUDENTS

Parents of the remaining kidnapped students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna in bandits’ captivity have begged the Federal Government to rescue their children, saying the bandits refused to release the…

SANWO-OLU OPENS LAGOS SCHOOL PROJECTS, VOWS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the state government has done over 1,097 school projects in over 970 schools across the state, including libraries, rehabilitation of dilapidated public…

SOUTHERNERS TALK TOO MUCH, NORTH ALREADY PLANNING TO LEAVE NIGERIA – EX-OYO GOV, LADOJA

Former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has said that the northern part of the country is already taking action to leave Nigeria. On their part, Ladoja said Southerners were…

$65M FRAUD: PRESIDENCY SAYS EX-FMBN BOSS NO LONGER BUHARI’S IN-LAW, PDP DEMANDS PROBE

The Presidency has said that a former Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank, Gimba Yau Kumo, declared wanted for $65 million fraud is no longer a son-in-law to the President, Major…

COURT OF APPEAL UPTURNS CONVICTION OF COMPANIES ALLEGEDLY LINKED TO JONATHAN

The Court of Appeal on Friday has set aside the conviction of four companies that were allegedly linked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to Dr. Waripamo Dudafa, associate…