Osinbajo presides over 1st physical NEC meeting since COVID-19 lockdown
2021-02-18
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo presided over a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday in Abuja.Continue Reading
Iran to close borders with Iraq over risks of new COVID-19 variant
2021-02-18
Iranian authorities said that they would close borders with Iraq in the south western Khuzestan province over the transmission risks of new variant of COVID-19, Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported on Thursday.Continue Reading
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria drops by one spot, now world 36th
2021-02-18
Nigeria’s Super Eagles drop by one spot in January Ranking by Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) to now occupy 36th position in the world.Continue Reading
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine ‘neutralises’ S. African COVID-19 strain
2021-02-18
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by German firm, BioNTech, in partnership with Pfizer, has been found to neutralise the South African variant of coronavirus, but with considerably fewer antibodies.Continue Reading
Hawkers, beggars turn pedestrian bridges to `business centres’ in Abuja, Mararaba
2021-02-18
Some pedestrians using footbridges on Nyanya-Mararaba road, Nasarawa State and other areas in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and have expressed concern over their conversion to markets by traders and siege by beggars.Continue Reading
COVID-19: NAFDAC approves Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for use in Nigeria
2021-02-18
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) approves Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria.Continue Reading
Nurses, midwives threaten indefinite strike
2021-02-18
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in Federal Health Institutions threatens to withdraw its services indefinitely over alleged members’ brutality.Continue Reading
NIS intercepts irregular Cameroonian immigrant
2021-02-18
The operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have intercepted a Cameroonian on a commercial vehicle during a routine stop and search operation in a Joint Border Patrol Checkpoint at Ikom, Cross River.Continue Reading
Ooni to OPC: “Don’t take laws into your hands’’
2021-02-18
Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, cautions members of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) against taking laws into their hands.Continue Reading
Blacksmith in trouble for defiling 7-year-old girl
2021-02-18
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, orders remand of 66-year-old blacksmith, Mohammed Adamu, for allegedly defiling seven-year-old girl.Continue Reading
