…Cholera epidemic, hunger tear Boko Haram apart as 80 fighters defect from Shekau’s faction …Military alerted to planned joint ISWAP/defectors attacks on Baba town in Borno …Arewa youths claim bandits kill 11,000 in Zamfara By Kingsley Omonobi & Ibrahim HassanWuyo President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday asked indigenes of Kaduna, especially Southern Kaduna, to cooperate with the government …

Lai Mohammed The Federal Government says it is reforming and commercialising the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) to address the agency’s teething challenges and reposition it for improved performance. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known on Monday in Abuja while inaugurating a Steering Committee for the Reform and Commercialisation of the …

White tanker truck on the highway. By Michael Eboh Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, yesterday, ordered all its members to withdraw trucks, especially petrol tankers nationwide today and tomorrow. NARTO’s directive was in protest to the order of the Federal Government, banning tankers with 45,000-litre capacity from lifting petroleum products in the country. …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos State on Monday called on contractors working on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other major roads to use standard road signage codes on the construction sites. The Lagos Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, made the call in a statement by Mrs Olabisi Sonusi, the sector’s Public Education Officer in …

Ban on election riggers: Wike urges US, UK to name indicted persons Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has appealed to security agencies to ensure that those who sabotage the government’s effort to eliminate bunkering are brought to justice. Wike made the appeal on Monday when participants of the Naval Warfare College Course Four paid him a …

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says the Federal Government has spent a total of N8.94 trillion on oil subsidy between 2006 and 2015. The agency disclosed this in a document on subsidy payment released in Abuja on Monday. It said that the subsidy was paid to oil marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum …

The ECOWAS Court will be resuming its activities on Oct. 7, after its three months vacation. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by the media office of the justices. The court will deliver judgment in nine cases filed against eight some member states. It added that the cases were also filed against Nigeria’s …

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has paid over N70.99 billion pension and gratuities to retirees since assumption of office in 2015, the State Head of Service, Alhaji Idris Tune, has said. Tune told members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) Katsina Chapter, on Monday, that …

Public and private schools in Oyo State, on Monday, resumed, with most of them complying strictly with COVID-19 protocols and government’s guidelines on staggered school hours. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the schools had been closed since March, following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. A NAN correspondent, who moved around …

The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance, NTCA, last Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the new leadership of Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, Abuja, with a call for the regulatory body to ban tobacco advertisements. The NTCA team led by Programme Manager, Olu’Seun Esan, congratulated Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo, Ihe newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer and Registrar …

Heavy rainstorm on Saturday night in Ilorin, Kwara, wreaked havoc as it blew off the roofs of some buildings at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ilorin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a torrential rainfall on Saturday night accompanied by heavy wind storm damaged many buildings and electric poles in …

Some civil servants whose names were removed from the payroll of the Cross River Government on Monday in Calabar picketed the state secretariat complex, demanding reinstatement. The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Ayade pay us our salaries, “No Trade Union in Cross River”, “We will protest until we are reinstated”, among others. …

The results of Perkins Eastman’s nationwide survey, The State of Senior Living Development: Moving Forward are in, and the findings showcase a need for action, innovation, and focus on holistic wellness. In July of this year, to gain a broader perspective of where the industry-at-large is heading, Perkins Eastman queried CEOs and development leaders of …