The Executive Director of the International Centre of Excellence, Prof. Alash’le Abimiku, has said that similarities among different Lassa virus strains offer hope for a single vaccine to protect against the disease across West Africa. Abimiku made this known to newsmen in Abuja, ahead of the institute’s 3rd Annual Scientific Symposium to hold on Monday […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima, in response to the tragic attack by Boko Haram insurgents in the Darajamal community, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, has offered deep condolences to the bereaved families, assuring them that the Federal Government is committed to bringing the perpetrators to justice. Shettima expressed confidence in the armed forces’ capacity […]
Army Troops at the weekend swooped on terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements across the country, killing many and seizing arms and ammunition. Army spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele, gave accounts of how the criminals were neutralised in the Northwest, Northeast and Northcentral, with claims to have rescued many kidnapped victims, recovered assorted firearms, and […]
The Oyo State Government has summoned one hundred and six property owners affected by the first segment of the Ibadan Circular Road project to appear for compensation verification. The announcement came during the fourth compensation disbursement at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, […]
The Oyo State Government has called on local and international investors to express interest in the development and management of five priority tourism sites across the state under Public-Private Partnership arrangements. The state, through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Oyo State Investment and Public-Private Partnership Agency, announced the investment drive in a […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has partnered with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to harmonise identity and voter registration processes across Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement on the NIMC X handle. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke when the NIMC Director-General, Abisola Kukar, and her delegation visited the INEC headquarters in […]
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has stated that health care requires a coordinated system and allocation of financial resources to ensure that the masses gain equitable access to healthcare, stressing that with Nigeria’s population, an investment is required in medical services. Edun, who stated this in a National […]
The presidency has announced that President Bola Tinubu will commence his ten-day vacation as part of his two thousand and twenty-five annual leave. This was disclosed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The President will spend the ten-day vacation between France and the United Kingdom, after which […]
The squad number summer signing, Alejandro Garnacho, will wear at Chelsea has been confirmed. The Argentina international switched from Manchester United to the Blues. However, the twenty-one-year-old will now wear the number forty-nine shirt at the Premier League west London club for the new season.
Indonesian students are to stage protests at the parliament building in the capital Jakarta, as a proposed meeting with the government on massive demonstrations that have left ten people dead was yet to materialise. The student bodies, known as BEM SI, met with parliamentarians calling for an independent investigation into police violence, while drawing a contrast between […]