Widow bags 1 month jail term for attempting to steal laptop
2021-02-01
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 38-year-old widow, to one month imprisonment for attempting to steal a laptop.Continue Reading
Senate calls for harmonious relationship among health professionals
2021-02-01
The Senate on Monday urged various health professionals and labour unions to work harmoniously for the good of the nation’s health sector.Continue Reading
Researchers explain how Bromelain in pineapple mitigates effects of COVID-19
2021-02-01
Researchers have revealed how an active ingredient in the pineapple plant, Bromelain, works in mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 on people.Continue Reading
Investigation: NHRC to treat 119 SGBV cases
2021-02-01
NHRC says it will treat 119 cases in the second round of Public Sitting of the Special Investigation Panel on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.Continue Reading
NSCDC relaunches counter-terrorism unit in Oyo, deploys 150 personnel
2021-02-01
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has relaunched its Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) in Oyo State and deployed 150 personnel to tackle farmers and herders clashes in the state.Continue Reading
FG’s N20,000 Grant: extortion, favouratism mar disbursement – some women allege
2021-02-01
Some women in Kaduna State have decried alleged extortion and nepotism in the ongoing N20,000 grant being disbursed by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in the state.Continue Reading
Calabar gully erosion victims return home after govt., NEWMAP interventions
2021-02-01
Residents of erosion remediated communities in Calabar Municipality has returned to their houses after the completion of the gully erosion site that pulled down many buildings in the area.Continue Reading
China bans classroom mobile phone use over addiction concerns
2021-02-01
China’s primary and middle schools have introduced a ban on mobile phone use in classrooms, among wider efforts to protect pupils from internet and video game addiction.Continue Reading
9 dead in hotel attack in Somali capital – police
2021-02-01
Security forces in Somali on Monday ended an assault by al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters which left nine people dead in a hotel attack in Mogadishu.Continue Reading
ADB announces $25m in aid to Philippines to purchase COVID-19 vaccines
2021-02-01
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday announced 25 million dollars in financial aid to help the Philippines to purchase COVID-19 vaccines.Continue Reading
