The Nigerian Army has declared 12 officers and 86 soldiers missing in the wake of last week’s Boko Haram attacks on Marte and Dikwa local government areas of Borno State. A signal dated March 1, 2021, from Operation Lafiya Dole Headquarters in Maiduguri, showed that the soldiers were declared as deserters, Daily Trust reports. It indicated…
Operatives of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have nabbed one of their officers who reportedly sneaked in over 4.8kg of cannabis sativa and eight Android phones into the correctional facility in Kano. There was an uproar at the correctional centre on Thursday after the prison wardens detected and seized the cannabis allegedly brought to some inmates on death row at…
The North East Development Commission (NEDC), said yesterday that at least 2,056 persons from its coverage area will benefit from the N6 billion fund set aside for building human capital under the North-East Development Commission Education Endowment Fund (NEDC-EEF). Specifically, in a release signed by the commission’s Head, Corporate Affairs, Abba Musa, the body disclosed…
The top-ranked player tested positive for the virus after playing in an exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia amid the pandemic. No social distancing was observed at the matches in Belgrade and Zadar, Croatia. World number one Novak Djokovic and his wife have tested negative for the novel coronavirus, 10 days after they…
The Federal Government has approved paternity leave for the staff of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, disclosed this at the presentation of NITDA’s Employee-Centric and Scheme of Service in Abuja on Tuesday. “Both documents took almost five years to complete and…
President M. Buari has approved a special salary scale for our teachers and has increased years of service for our educators from 35 to 40. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, declared this on Monday in a speech delivered on behalf of the President in commemoration of World Teacher’s Day. Adamu said the decision was…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested 57 internet fraud suspects in Ilaro, Ogun State, with two pump action rifles recovered from some of them on Friday. The agency said in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, that it arrested them at their hideout in Yewa Frontier Hotel & Resort, Ellysam Hotel & Suits, April…
While some Nigerian in the US are really falling our hands, few others especially the women are giving us hope. it will delight you to see Nigerian women becoming Judges in America even though we are trying to make our Legal system in Nigeria the best from what it is at the moment. In 2020…
Biden spoke out as millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire after Trump threw a long-awaited pandemic aid package into doubt—demanding lawmakers approve $2000 instead of the $600 direct payments to US taxpayers. “This abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences. Today, about 10 million Americans will lose unemployment insurance benefits,” Biden said in a statement. The stimulus measure…
Chevron’s Nigeria unit has disclosed her plans to cut 25% of its workforce to become more efficient and reduce operating costs, the latest sign demand for global oil is not steady under covid -19 pandemic and new restrictions to contain it. “The aim is to have a business that is competitive and an appropriately-sized organization,”…
