Release of 91 Shiite members: KASG describes court judgement as ‘erroneous’, says it’ll appeal
Gov. El-Rufai In reaction to the release of 91 Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) members following the judgement by a Kaduna State High Court, the state government rejecting the…
Pharmaceutical companies develop system to track counterfeit drugs
Some of the industry’s largest pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co, have developed a blockchain-based system to track prescription drugs across the supply chain to better…
Boko Haram amnesty Bill is out rightly unacceptable, It’ll only make them have more recruits – Ndume
Some BH insurgents Senator Ali Ndume has reacted to a newly introduced bill set to create an agency for repentant insurgents. The Federal Lawmaker from Borno State, who is…
Buratai expresses confidence in troops ability to end insurgency
COAS, Tukur Buratai The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has commended troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) for their recent feat in the ongoing counter insurgency operations in…
Delta gov’t to establish 20 computerised Vehicle Inspection Centres
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa The Delta Government says it is planning to establish 20 computerised Vehicle Inspection Centres to enhance safety of motorists and upgrade of Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO)’s oral…
Coronavirus: South Korean church leader says outbreak, ‘devil’s deed’, test of faith
The leader and self-proclaimed messiah of a South Korean religious movement at the center of the country’s largest coronavirus outbreak on Friday called the disease the “devil’s deed” and…
Borno vaccinates 2.1 m children against polio
Borno Government on Friday, says it has vaccinated more than 2.1 million children against polio in just concluded Immuisation Plus Day exercise in the state. Dr. Sule Mele, Executive Director,…
London court to hear Assange’s extradition case Monday
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether…
China fires jail officials over coronavirus outbreak in 2 prisons
The new coronavirus has infected 234 people in two prisons outside the province at the center of the epidemic and top officials deemed responsible for the outbreaks have been fired,…
COVID-19: No sub-Saharan African country has evacuated citizens, stranded citizens plead to be brought home
When Margaret Ntale Namusisi’s three daughters called her in Uganda to say they were being quarantined at their university in Wuhan, China, because of the coronavirus outbreak, she sent…