FG promises improved security in 2021
2021-01-04
Federal Government gives assurance of improved security this year, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says.Continue Reading
UN Chief seeks justice for victims of Niger’s massacre
2021-01-04
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Saturday’s massacre by suspected jihadists in the Republic of Niger.Continue Reading
Unilorin student wins Miss Africulture International Contest
2021-01-04
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal A 200 level Economics student of the University of Ilorin, Miss Temitope Odesola, has emerged winner of the maiden edition of the Miss Africulture International Beauty Contest 2020. Odesola, 19, went home with the grand prize of $500 and a branded saloon car. According to the UniversityContinue Reading
Post-Brexit rules adding to West Brom transfer woes – Allardyce
2021-01-04
West Bromwich Albion football club manager Sam Allardyce says January transfer window may be toughest of his career.Continue Reading
Niger to reinforce military presence after over 100 killed in attack
2021-01-04
Niger’s government announces plans to ramp up military presence in region in which more than 100 civilians were killed in an attack by gunmen over the weekend.Continue Reading
British dialysis patient first to receive AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine
2021-01-04
Brian Pinker, a dialysis patient is the first person in the world to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine outside a clinical trial.Continue Reading
Gov. AbdulRazaq dissolves cabinet, retains SSG
2021-01-04
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has dissolved the state executive council with effect from Dec. 31, 2020.Continue Reading
Tallen tests negative for COVID-19
2021-01-04
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has tested negative to COVID-19, after being treated for the disease.Continue Reading
17 U.S. soldiers, 6 civilians in S. Korea test positive for COVID-19
2021-01-04
Seventeen more U.S. soldiers and six civilians in South Korea test positive for COVID-19, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) say.Continue Reading
IOM provides assistance to 79 illegal migrants off Libya coast
2021-01-04
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 79 illegal migrants were rescued and eight others went missing off the Libyan coast.Continue Reading