Man Jailed 6 Months For Stealing Car Battery
A Dei-dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced Abdulazeez Ibrahim to six months in prison for stealing a...
SOUTH Africa’s Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on Wednesday welcomed the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) decision to lift travel restrictions to the country. ‘The announcement by the UK government is a step in the right direction for the South Africa’s tourism sector,’…
NIGERIA is taking diplomatic steps to try to reverse travel bans placed on it by some countries that have added the West African state to their Covid-19 ‘red lists’, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Monday. Sirika on Sunday said…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today Monday, December 13, 2021 commenced the enforcement of Covid-19 vaccination compliance by staff of the agency in its offices across the country. In Abuja, staff of the Commission’s head office in Jabi…
THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) has barred airlines from conveying Nigerian passengers to the country as the diplomatic row between the two nations deepens. Nigerians travelling to Dubai have mostly been using other airlines for their trips since the drama…
LABORATORY research has suggested that the Omicron variant can partially escape antibody immunity induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The research, led by Prof. Alex Sigal from the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa, has been submitted to medRxiv,…
NIGERIA on Sunday announced its intention to ban arrivals from Canada, Britain, Argentina and Saudi Arabia from Tuesday, following the four countries adding Nigeria to their red list and banning foreign travels from the country after detection of a new…
THE Minister for State and Budget Planning Mr. Clem Agba said that the Federal Government will probe the implementation of the COVID-19 pandemic funds extended to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) to ascertain what happened to the…
COUNTRIES in West Africa need to look within the subregion for survival with the growing threat of COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional…
WHEN Paul and I were starting Microsoft, we had a vision that personal computers would one day play a significant role in people’s lives. But I don’t think either of us ever foresaw a future where they would be your…
SPEECH PRESENTED BY PRINCE CLEM IKANADE AGBA HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR BUDGET AND NATIONAL PLANNING PROTOCOL It is my pleasure to address you on this occasion of the Independent Television Radio NUJ Press Week 2021 and Award ceremony. The…