The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of additional 20 private universities across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, revealed this while briefing the State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Adamu, the approved universities will…
Following a misunderstanding that broke out between some labourers and some expatriate at a mining site in Osun State, three Chinese expatriates have been reportedly kidnapped. It was gathered that fight ensued between the expatriates and labourers, mainly from the north on Monday, at a mining site located in Akere village, Ifewara in Atakumosa-West local…
A Federal High Court, in Abuja, has issued an arrest warrant for the Managing Director, ExxonMobil Nigeria, Richard Laing, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had approached the court for an arrest warrant after three invitations to Liang were rebuffed. Justice Okon Abang on Friday, 29th January 2021, granted the EFCC’s application for the…
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, has said the government treated more than four million residents of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in 2020. Mohammed-Baloni, who made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna, listed NTDs to include lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasi, soil transmitted helminthes and clephantiasis. Mohammed-Baloni…
Officers of Ogun Police Command have killed a notorious cultist in and suspected serial killer in Odogbolu area of the State Owolabi Oludipe a.k.a Somori. The Command in a press release its spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Somori had been on the police wanted list since November last year when he led his Aiye cult…
