COVID-19 Palliative and its controversies: Interrogating the looting spree dimensionResidents of Gwagwalada, looting COVID-19 paliatives from the warehouse in Abuja. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA On October 8, this year, the youth of the country began a protest with the hashtag...Sat Oct 31st, 2020 Read More → |
Troops apprehend scores of bandits, other criminals in North West, North CentralTroops of Operation ‘Hadarin Daji’ have continued to hit bandits, kidnappers, cattle rustlers and other criminals across the North West and North Central zones of the country. The...Fri Oct 30th, 2020 Read More → |
COVID-19: NCDC announces 150 new infections in NigeriaThe Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 150 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified wedsite on Thursday. The News Agency of...Fri Oct 30th, 2020 Read More → |
Senate panel tackles minister for siting 20 power projects in own LGAQueries location of REA regional offices Senate Committee on Power, yesterday, queried Minister of Power, Maman Saleh, for siting about 20 rural electrification projects in his Lau Council Area...Thu Oct 29th, 2020 Read More → |
Zulum, minister, others urge dialogue, calmMinister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah, yesterday, called on Nigerian youths to engage in constructive dialogue with government instead of providing avenue for hoodlums...Thu Oct 29th, 2020 Read More → |
Nigerian economy at risk over lingering crisisBuhari. Photo; TWITTER/NIGERIAGOV• Cost of living reaches all-time high • Inflation rate escalates, defies economic principles • Protest may enhance accountability, improve...Tue Oct 27th, 2020 Read More → |
Wife cuts husband’s manhood for impregnating another lady in TarabaA middle-aged woman, on Sunday, reportedly cut off her husband’s manhood in Taraba State for allegedly impregnating another woman. This is coming about four months after the police...Tue Oct 27th, 2020 Read More → |
Looting continues nationwideLooting of items meant for COVID-19 palliatives, which began few days ago, continued in warehouses across the country, spreading to the nation’s seat of power, the Federal Capital Territory...Mon Oct 26th, 2020 Read More → |
Rebuilding ruins of violence amid low revenuesThe Shoprite shopping mall in Lekki Phase 2 was looted on October 22, 2020, after the army repressed peaceful protestors gathered at the Lekki Toll Gate despite curfew. Over 20 important state...Mon Oct 26th, 2020 Read More → |
Taraba Government imposes curfew on JalingoThe Taraba Government has imposed a curfew on Jalingo, the State capital, following the invasion of government warehouses by hoodlums on Saturday. The Deputy Governor of the State, Alhaji Haruna...Sun Oct 25th, 2020 Read More → |
South East, South South rail network in death throesSince coming on board, the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government has been completing some key railway projects initiated by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan across the...Sun Oct 25th, 2020 Read More → |
Boundary adjustment will end Tiv/Jukun killings, says CommissionIshakuDemarcating the boundary between Taraba and Benue states has been identified as the surest way of achieving lasting peace between the Tiv and the Jukun ethnic groups in Taraba state who...Sat Oct 24th, 2020 Read More → |
Tarabans stockpile food against #EndSARS crisisFearing the unknown, residents of Taraba State has stormed major markets in Jalingo metropolis and councils in Taraba State to buy foodstuff and other valuables for storage against a crisis that...Fri Oct 23rd, 2020 Read More → |
COVID-19: NCDC reports 37 new infection in NigeriaThirty-seven new Coronavirus infections have been reported across Nigeria with no COVID-19-related deaths in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control...Thu Oct 22nd, 2020 Read More → |
How kenaf value chain development can save billions of nairaMaximizing import substitution strategy using local contents, jute bags, which cost the country about N2.75 billion yearly to import, and other environment-friendly products such as vehicle parts...Mon Oct 19th, 2020 Read More → |
