Content, key to success of DSO – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the success of Digital Switch Over (DSO) project – a transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting – is hinged…
Freezer Firm To Launch Probe After Japan Vaccines Spoiled
Japan said Tuesday an investigation would be launched after more than 1,000 coronavirus vaccine doses had to be thrown out when a freezer storing them malfunctioned. A medical institution reported…
Boko Haram Insurgents Abduct Aid Workers, Set Buildings Ablaze In Borno
Boko Haram insurgents have attacked Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State and abducted at least seven aid workers. The insurgents during the attack also burnt the offices of the…
Senate Confirms Appointment Of Service Chiefs
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, gave the committee on defence, led by Senator Aliyu Wamakko, two weeks to…
COVID-19: UN calls for equitable distribution as 3.94m doses of COVAX vaccines arrive Nigeria
Nigeria, on Tuesday received 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India(SII) and shipped via the COVAX Facility. The United Nations(UN) system in Nigeria…
Insecurity: President Buhari Meets With National Security Council
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over a meeting of the National Security Council at the State House. The meeting which started at 9:00 am is taking place at the Council…
U.S. failure to sanction prince over Khashoggi’s killing ‘dangerous’ – U.N expert
A U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday that it was “extremely dangerous” for the United States to have named Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler as having approved an operation…
Vaccination of Nigerians to begin Friday, March 5 in 4 phases – NPHCDA
With the first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which is about four million doses, expected to arrive in Nigeria on Tuesday, vaccination of Nigerians would begin on Friday, March 5….
Gov Matawalle confirms release of 279 abducted Zamfara schoolgirls
Schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State last Friday have regainetheir freedom. Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, who confirmed the…
NBC jams Radio Biafra signals in Lagos, owners to be prosecuted
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has jammed the signals of a pirate radio claiming to be “Radio Biafra” in most parts of Lagos, an official of NBC has said. Mr…