By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja HEALTH Workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Health Care Professionals, JOHESU, on Sunday announced the suspension of the seven days warning strike they embarked on. The Health Workers also accused the Federal Government of using faceless groups and organizations to blackmail and harass their leaders. …

Ilorin—The Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Mr. Kayode Alabi, has commiserated with the families of Kwara rainstorm victims, who died in the September 19 disaster. Speaking during an assessment visit to the areas affected by the rainstorm, Alabi, who also sympathised with the bereaved families, expressed concern over fatalities and destruction caused by the stormy …

The United States set a one-day record with over 1 million coronavirus diagnostic tests being performed, but the country needs 6 million to 10 million a day to bring outbreaks under control, according to various experts. The country performed 1,061,411 tests on Saturday, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to …

Nigerian soldiers At the instance of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, troops of the Nigerian Army and police operatives have been deployed to Kaduna Airport Road on Sunday in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deployment also covers some strategic locations, where aggressive operations by troops and police are in progress. The deployment …

The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the rescue of a six-month-old baby from the wreckage of a storey building which collapsed at Obosi near Onitsha on Sunday. The Command’s Spokesman, SP Haruna Mohammed, however, said in a statement, that the baby’s mother died in the incident while many others sustained injuries. Mohammed, who said the incident occurred …

Zazzau Emir By Wole Mosadomi, Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Marie-Therese Nanlong & Ibrahim HassanWuyo Chairman, Kaduna State Council of Chiefs and 18th Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, has died. The Waziri of Zazzau, Mallam Ibrahim Muhammad, who confirmed the emir’s death, said he  died at the 44 Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna in the early hours …

File: Students in a classroom By Wole Mosadomi More startling revelations have come out of the ongoing screening of all categories of civil servants in Niger State as 80 per cent of staff of the state Ministry of Education have been uncovered to be in the service for several years with forged certificates. Already, the principal …

FRSC-operatives By James Ogunnaike Eight persons were, weekend, burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus around Saapade Bridge by Straight Gate College on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ahmed Umar, who disclosed this yesterday, said the accident occurred around 8:45pm and was caused …

THE Federal Government’s focus on railway and seaport development is a necessity to drive the nation’s economy, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said. Amaechi stated this at the virtual 15th Annual Kaleidoscope Global Business Conference hosted by the Consulate General of Nigeria in New York yesterday. “Many Nigerians have asked why the …

By Joseph Erunke Elders from the North East have expressed worries over the worsening security situation in the country, saying excuses by service chiefs are no longer tenable. The elders, who expressed their concerns in a statement yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, listen to the voice of the majority …

…Buhari, Atiku, Bode George, governors, others hail Obaseki …It was a contest between Edo people and Oshiomhole — Owie …Poll massively rigged, we’ll decide on next step —APC …I’m studying situation, ‘ll meet with my party for action, says Ize-Iyamu By Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Gabriel Enogholease, Festus Ahon, Ozioruva Aliu, Johnbosco Agbakwuru,  Dirisu Yakubu, Chris …

…Villager battles gunman, seizes AK-47 rifle By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Gunmen, weekend, raided Gobirawan Cali community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, kidnapping over 40 peasant farmers. A villager told the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Hausa Service that the gunmen stormed the communities, shooting sporadically, as inhabitants ran into the bush to avoid being hit …

A clergyman, Rev. Bassey Umoh, has advised Christians to live a good life as it is the portion of every Christian to die. Umoh in his sermon at the funeral of Chief Kalu Okonta, at his country home, Igbere, Abia, on Saturday, said what was not the portion of Christians however, was an untimely death. …

Education has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 and the lockdowns imposed in almost all jurisdictions. We refer to the second instalment in June of COVID-19 impact monitoring, a publication of the National Bureau of Statistics in partnership with the World Bank. It noted that 35 per cent of households with children of school attending age …

Dear Cross Riverians today we take another bold step to respond to the needs of our people who seek health from our various healthcare facilities in Cross River state. By early January, less than a month after my appointment as commissioner for health, I began to receive complaints from Cross Riverians far and near about some …

As the last quarter of the year draws near, individuals, groups, corporate organisations and governments are assessing the impact of Covid-19, reflecting on how the pandemic had disrupted their goals, plans and achievements for the year. For Biliden Kod, the pandemic truncated a plan that was very dear to him. “In January, I had plans of …

President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and grief over the death of the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris. President Buhari in a condolence message to Governor Nasir el-Rufai, the government and people of Kaduna State, said the state has lost one of its longest monarchs. According to him, …

By Adeola Badru THE Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), has suggested that for Nigeria to escape poverty and infrastructural deficit, Federal Government must engage Private-Public-Partnership approach, while local solutions should be found to funding and execution of projects. The body made this known yesterday, at its 2020 Annual Colloquium tagged: ‘Oyo State Development …

A Catholic cleric, Rev. Fr. Kale Francis, has advised parents to always pay attention to their male children as most of them are being sexually abused by friends and relatives. Francis, the Parish Priest at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya, Abuja, gave the advice during the Holy Mass on Sunday when more than …

Governor Darius Ishaku *Drums support for govt’s peace moves By Victor Ajihromanus Taraba-based pressure group,  Taraba Interest Group,  TIG, has called on Tiv communities in the state to see the marriage of Governor Darius Ishaku’s daughter to a Tiv as symbolising the governor’s commitment to peace. It also explained that such an event should convince even …