By Lucy Ogalue The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated an 11-member committee to investigate activities of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 6, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the recommendation of the Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate […]
By Aminu Garko Former Head of State, Retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday in Minna denied having any link with bandits or terrorist groups in Niger State. Social media was replete with allegations last week that the former Nigerian leader owned a helicopter used in delivering arms and ammunition to bandits and terrorists in the […]
By Ige Adekunle The Chairman, Tipper Lorry Owners and Drivers Association of Nigeria, Atan Branch, Ogun, Mr Amos Oludiji, has appealed to the Ogun government to repair the dilapidated roads in the Atan and Owode areas to ameliorate the sufferings of the people. Oludiji made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of […]
By AbdulFatai Beki The Kwara College of Education, llorin, has reinstated six of its workers demoted about two years ago over alleged certificate forgery, extortion of students and sexual harassment. The Provost of the college, Prof. AbdulRaheem Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency’ of Nigeria (NAN) in llorin on Monday. According […]
America’s second largest burger chain is returning to the UK after 20 years with a promise to steal market share from rivals McDonald’s and Burger King. Wendy’s, famous for square burgers, plans up to 400 outlets nationwide creating at least 12,000 jobs, although that could take many years, it said. Wendy’s would still be far […]
Israel Vázquez, 31, a journalist devoted primarily to human interest stories, spent the last hours of his life in November covering the discovery of a group of dismembered people left in a church in Salamanca, Mexico. Vázquez was preparing to do a Facebook broadcast when two men on a motorcycle drove by and shot him […]
By Kemi Akintokun The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide sensitisation campaign on product registration and value addition for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise operators. Speaking at a one-day sensitisation organised by the agency in collaboration with Yobe State Government in Damaturu, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$1.25 million from the Republic of Korea that will help keep humanitarian flights in four African countries as humanitarian needs continue to worsen. The latest allocation, part of a US$5 million multi-year contribution which runs from 2020 to 2022, will help the WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian […]
By Aisha Cole Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos has said that West Africa generated 16 per cent of road fatalities and crashes in the world. Ogungbemide made the disclosure at the commemoration of the 2021 West African Road Safety Organisation (WARSO) Day in Lagos on Saturday. The theme […]