Ondo court jails pastor for perjury, peddling falsehood Two dead after cult clash in Ondo Beyond Numbers: Sad Tales of Nigerians who lost their jobs because of COVID-19 Ondo tertiary institutions to shut down as NASU declares strike Some residents, including students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA) in Ondo State, were reportedly killed or […]
Month: January 2021
President Buhari Commits $100m To Fight Terrorism In ECOWAS Sub-Region
President Muhammadu Buhari has committed the sum of $100m to combat insecurity in the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) sub-region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, told attendees at the virtual 58th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, that the sum of $20m will be […]
Nigeria Records Over 2,000 COVID-19 Cases In One Day
Nigeria on Friday recorded 2,314 cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a Saturday tweet. It’s the first time the NCDC has reported over 2,000 cases in one day since it started tracking infections last February. Earlier on Saturday, the NCDC had put the figure at […]
You can’t threaten us with war’ — Afenifere hits back at ACF
Afenifere, Yoruba sociopolitical group, has described the statement of the Arewa Consultative Forum(ACF) on the brewing crisis in the south-west as insulting and arrogant. On Friday, some houses inhabited by the Fulani in Igangan, Ibarapa local government area of Oyo state, were torched. The incident took place after Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known […]
Nigerian Qua Iboe exports to resume as production returns
Crude exports of Nigeria’s key crude Qua Iboe are set to resume, for the first time in almost six weeks after a fire at the terminal halted production and loadings, shipping and trading sources said Jan. 22. Qua Iboe production started to ramp up to normal levels of 200,000 b/d in the past week, according […]
Ford to recall 3 million vehicles for air bags at $610 million cost
Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it will recall 3 million vehicles for air bag inflators that could rupture, at a cost of $610 million. U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday ordered Ford to issue the recall for driver-side air bag inflators, rejecting the automaker’s 2017 petition to avoid it. The defect, which […]
Extortion: Four police inspectors arrested in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70, 000 from a 16-year-old student on Wednesday at NGAB Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos State. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, stated this in a statement signed on Friday by the Command’s spokesman, […]
Nigeria to build 38 oxygen plants as virus surges
The number of Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen support is unclearImage caption: The number of Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen support is unclear Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the equivalent of $17m (£12m) for the construction of 38 oxygen plants across the country. The West African country is grappling with a shortage […]
FAO pledges intensified action to end child labour in agriculture
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today pledged to intensify efforts towards addressing child labour in agriculture through a dedicated work programme within FAO’s Strategic Framework. ‘’This year, we will step-up our efforts to strengthen the capacities of a wide range of agricultural actors to include […]
Court jails Man for assaulting Ikeja Electric staff
By Foster Obi A sixty year old man, Bakare Buraimoh, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment at the Ilaro Correctional Centre, Ogun State, for assaulting a staff of Ikeja Electric (IE) The Ifo Magistrate Court on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 delivered the judgment against Buraimoh, a resident of Isheri-Olofin Community, for assaulting Abiodun Fakoya, […]