News as it breaks
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa ad Abubakar has directed Muslims in the country to start looking for the cresent of Sha aban tommorow the third of March 2022, equivalent to Islamic calendar 29th of Rajab 1443 after Hijira. In a statement, by the chairman Advisory Committee Sultanate council…
The Lagos State Government has urged financial institutions to fund Agricultural sector same way they fund the oil sector.The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the call at a protected horticulture knowledge sharing and networking event, tagged: “Urban Farming: Feeding the Cities”, organised by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in collaboration with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have commenced investigation into recent airfare increase by domestic airline operators in the country.In a statement, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, FCCPC, Mr. Babatunde Irukera explains that the action of the operators…
Japan donates COVID-19 vaccines, solar refrigerators to NigeriaThe Japanese government has donated about nine hundred thousand doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine and about two hundred Solar Direct Drive Refrigerators to the Nigerian government.The vaccines and refrigerators were received by the National Primary Healthcare Development, NPHCDA on behalf of the Federal…
The Attorney General of Kano State and prosecuting counsel, Musa Abdullahi-Lawan, has presented three witnesses before a Kano high court in a case of alleged murder of a five-year old Hanifa Abubakar.An investigator at the Anti-kidnapping Squad, SCID, Kano Police Command, who is also a witness, Inspector Ubale Usman tendered…
Minister of Women Affairs Dame Pauline Tallen has called on Nigerian women to remain resilient and strategies to continue to push for women’s rights to equal participation and representation in governance. She made the call in Abuja at a media briefing on the 2022 International Women Day with the theme…
The International Court of Justice said Tuesday it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting intensifies. The Hague-based ICJ, the United Nations’ top court, will open the public hearings after Ukraine lodged a complaint with the court to order Russia to…
The Federal Government has given the joint technical committee formed to re-test the viability of ASUU’s University Transparency Accountability Solutions, UTAS, for salary payment 4 weeks to report back. The re-testing of the software was spurred by ASUU’s rejection of the results of a user acceptance test conducted by the…
The Director General of NYSC, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim has warned Corps Members to avoid cultism, drug abuse and other social vices that can mar their future. He gave the warning in an address to the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps Members during the Swearing-in ceremony at the NYSC…
The federal government has returned to the table to continue negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Tuesday’s meeting is the second of its kind since the union started a one-month strike 3 weeks ago. ASUU say they want better working conditions, the revitalisation of public universities, and university autonomy,…
