Residents of Damaturu and its environs have been advised not to panic over the sound of explosions expected to occur during a military training exercise at the Damaturu Military Cantonment. Capt. MN Shehu, acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations (ADAPR), made this known at a news conference in Damaturu on Wednesday. He said the training…
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned indefinitely judgment in the legal battle on the Edo Governorship Election Petition. Justice Garba Lawal who presided over hearing of the appeal filed by Mr Asue Ighodalo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the date for delivery of the judgment would be communicated to parties involved. The…
At least four people were killed and another 22 injured after a barge overturned in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt’s Health Ministry said Wednesday. The injured have been rushed to local hospitals while rescue is still going on, the ministry said in a statement. The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources confirmed on Tuesday…
AVM Abubakar Adamu, has assumed office as the Chairman of the Military Pensions Board (MPB). This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the board, Sqn. Ldr. Ahmed Mohammed, on Wednesday in Abuja. Mohammed said the handover marked a new chapter in the board’s commitment to enhancing the welfare of retired…
The Federal Government has appointed Dr Ayoade Alakija, a globally respected health advocate and Chair of the Board of FIND, as its Ministerial Global Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja. Pate said that the appointment was in…
The trial of 109 foreigners over alleged involvement in high-level cybercrime and hacking activities suffered setback on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The matter, which was fixed for commencement of their trial before Justice Ekerete Akpan, could not go on due to absence of the prosecuting lawyer. When the matter was called,…
Paramount Global, one of the largest U.S. media and entertainment corporations, agreed on Tuesday to pay 16 million dollars to settle a lawsuit with U.S. President Donald Trump. According to U.S. media reporting the case, Trump sued CBS News, a subsidiary company of Paramount, in a district court in Texas in last October. He alleged…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, will meet with chairmen of FCT area councils, leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of Nigeria Students (NANs) on Thursday. The meeting, according to a statement by NANs in Abuja on Wednesday, is to finalise modalities for the reopening…
Nigeria requires one billion dollars over the next five years to sustain immunisation gains. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Muyi Aina, made this known at the Multi stakeholders’ Technical Workshop on Optimising a Sustainable Immunisation Financing Model in Nigeria 2.0, on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency…
A former President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark, has resigned his membership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mark, one of the prominent opposition figures in the country, was on Tuesday appointed as the interim National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform adopted by the…
