Senate confirms 40-year-old Bawa as EFCC chairmanNigeria Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Senate president Ahmad Lawan during...Wed Feb 24th, 2021 Read More → |
COVID-19: NCDC reports 571 new Infections, 12 death for Feb. 23The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 153, 187. The NCDC disclosed this on its official...Wed Feb 24th, 2021 Read More → |
Death toll in Boko Haram on Nigeria's Maiduguri rises to 16The death toll from a Boko Haram mortar attack on the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has risen to 16, security sources said Wednesday. Jihadists on Tuesday fired two volleys of explosives...Wed Feb 24th, 2021 Read More → |
Lagos and enhanced rice productionAccording to famous French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer, Georges Auguste Escoffier, “Rice is the best, the most nutritive and unquestionably the most widespread staple food in the...Tue Feb 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Trade restrictions, climate change threaten Nigeria’s food supplyGlobal researchers and agricultural scientists have said that stockpiling and trade restrictions by countries producing major food grains could lead to intercontinental food shortage, hunger and...Tue Feb 23rd, 2021 Read More → |
Agenda for the new EFCC chairmanThe appointment of a new chairman for the EFCC last week by President Muhammadu Buhari should bring the drift and commotion within the commission to an end and reposition it to perform its core...Mon Feb 22nd, 2021 Read More → |
Without police background, Bawa becomes EFCC bossAbdulrasheed Bawa will become first substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) without police training if his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari is...Wed Feb 17th, 2021 Read More → |
COVID-19: NCDC registers 1,143 new infections, 13 deathsThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,143 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 145,664. The NCDC disclosed this on its...Sun Feb 14th, 2021 Read More → |
Northern groups back amnesty for banditsCoalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged the Federal Government to support Sheikh Ahmed Gumi’s initiative by granting amnesty to bandits terrorising the region. Spokesperson of the...Thu Feb 11th, 2021 Read More → |
Bagudu flags-off housing scheme for flood victims, indigentsGov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has flagged-off the construction of a Housing Estate of two-bedroom bungalows at Zauro for indigents and flood victims. The News Agency...Wed Feb 10th, 2021 Read More → |
Education minister announces visitation panels to 25 polytechnics, 21 COEsMinister of Education, Adamu Adamu PHOTO:TwitterThe Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has released the list of Visitation Panels to 25 Federal Polytechnics and 21 Colleges of Education...Sat Feb 6th, 2021 Read More → |
COVID-19: NCDC records 685 new infections as total rises to 131,242The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 685 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 131,242. The NCDC disclosed this...Mon Feb 1st, 2021 Read More → |
Why states are slow, not active in housing deliverySome housing constructions on the 5000 housing units in Taraba: PHOTO: CHARLES AKPEJI Despite the place of shelter in the Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, housing delivery in Nigeria has...Mon Feb 1st, 2021 Read More → |
OGSG, NCAM commence SAWAH Eco-Technology dry season rice harvestThe Ogun State Government, in partnership with the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), has commenced the harvest of mechanically cultivated rice using the SAWAH Eco-Technology...Sun Jan 31st, 2021 Read More → |
Police nab 12 suspects over armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms in NigerThe Police command in Niger says it has arrested 12 suspects over armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and possession of 13 locally fabricated guns in different parts of the state. The...Wed Jan 27th, 2021 Read More → |
