Niger To Close Public Secondary Schools Till March 26
Niger State government has announced that all public secondary schools in the state will be closed from Friday, March 12 to March 26, 2021. The directive is to enable security…
Bandits Want N200m To Free 19 Villagers Kidnapped In Niger
Bandits have demanded N200 million as ransom to free the 19 persons abducted from Kutunku village in Wushishi LGA of Niger state. Ibrahim Yusuf, the village head, told our correspondent …
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 927 Recoveries — Highest Single-Day Count This Week
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 394 fresh COVID-19 cases across 17 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) on Wednesday. Also, 927 new recoveries were confirmed on…
Europa League: AC Milan Meets Man Utd, Confirmed Full List
AC Milan will be without six players for their Europa League clash with Manchester United on Thursday. The Serie A club travel to the UK for the first leg of…
Reps Consider Bill For Each State To Produce One Female Senator
The house of representatives is considering a bill to make it compulsory for every state to reserve at least one seat for a female senator. Taiwo Oluga, chairman of the…
Wike: I Can’t Joins Issues With Him, He Was My Staff Says, Amaechi
Ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he won’t join issues with his successor and current governor of the South-South state, Nyesom Wike. Amaechi, who is the Minister of…
AK-47: Human Right Activist, Falan Condemns Shoot-On-Sight Order
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has kicked against the shoot-on-sight order issued by the presidency on persons found with AK-47 rifles. On March 3, Garba Shehu, presidential…
Six Dead In Myanmar As UN Condemns Protest Crackdown
Six protesters were killed in Myanmar on Thursday as the United Nations condemned the growing violence against anti-coup demonstrations. International pressure has been building steadily since the military ousted and…
COVID-19:Lagos Begins Vaccine Rollout Weekend —Sanwo-Olu
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 vaccination will commence in the state this weekend. The state had on Tuesday received the first…
El-Rufai Makes Case For State Police, Says Failure To Defeat Bandits Emboldens Them
Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna state governor, says the failure to mount a “sustained and simultaneous” operation against bandits in the north-west “has emboldened them”. The governor said Kaduna and neighbouring states…
