Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami Federal Government says it is considering a new National Policy for zero rating on educational websites to allow for consumption of contents without charges, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, on education sector. Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, said this while delivering an address at a webinar organised …

Ogbonnaya Onu The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology says it is working on plans to create the desired platform for the actualisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s quest of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister said this in Abuja at the inauguration of a Technical …

…Hails introduction of tourism in secondary schools By Jimoh Babatunde As Nigeria joins the rest of the world in the celebration of the World Tourism Day today, the Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR, Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa,  has called for close collaboration and synergy between government and the private sector. …

National President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olumide Akpata, says it will remain difficult to find across the globe, men like the late Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, JSC. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Karibi-Whyte, a retired as Justice of the Supreme Court, died in Port Harcourt in May. He was 88. …

Nyesom Wike Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has described the late Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte as a super hero and incorruptible jurist. Gov. Wike made this known during the funeral service of the retired justice of the supreme court in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers Represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr Emeka Woke, the …

Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governor. The Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for empowering smallholder farmers under the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP). The newly-elected President of the association, Mr Joe Onyiuke made the commendation during a stakeholders’ forum on investment and funding opportunities in …

Nigerian subscribers have renewed calls on Multichoice Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) and other service providers to introduce the Pay as You Go Tariff (PAYG) in the country. A cross section of subscribers who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, said it was time the providers introduce PAYE in Nigeria. …

By Perez Brisibe THE Member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Francis Waive, has described the Water Resources Bill as a Northern agenda to tighten the noose on the Southern part of the country. Hon Waive who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC …

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule By David Odama, Lafia As both public, private schools across Nasarawa state resume on October 5, parents have appealed to Governor Abdullahi Sule to waive school fees for their children due to the crippling effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking to journalists on the resumption of schools in Nasarawa, Mr Emmanuel …

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday said that the 258-bed capacity Mother and Child Hospital in Port Harcourt would be completed in record time. Wike gave the assurance when he led the State Executive Council members to inspect the facility and other ongoing projects in the city. The governor stated in a statement issued …

By Perez Brisibe THE United State Government said it will be conducting a survey that will cost it a total of $2.1million to determine the extent of COVID-19 transmission in three selected states of Gombe, Enugu, and Nasarawa states in Nigeria. The US government in a statement over the weekend, said the survey will increase the …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “instruct Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation to take immediate steps to expeditiously, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecute high-profile corruption cases, and to publish details of the whereabouts of allegedly missing …

Guardiola Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola accused football authorities of failing in their duty of care amid a hectic fixture schedule, insisting players are “not machines”. Matches are coming thick and fast following a shortened off-season after the coronavirus-hit 2019-20 campaign, with City due to host Leicester City in the Premier League on Sunday on the …

Democratic Republic of Congo’s second biggest town Lubumbashi has been at the center of at attack by armed militia this saturday. Two police officers and a soldier were killed as a result of the firefights. “16 attackers were neutralised. Several others wounded and captured” added Haut-Katanga regional Interior minister Fulbert Kunda Milundu. ALSO READ: Police officer …

The victim By James Ogunnaike A middle-aged man, Idowu Moses, on Saturday sustained gunshot injury following a clash between men of the Nigerian Customs Service and smugglers in Oja Odan, in Yewa South local government area of Ogun State. Moses, who is the Chairman of Nigerian Association of Panel Beaters, Oja Odan branch, was hit by …

By Soni Daniel Attempt by a police officer to separate a fight by two warring groups claiming ownership of an unspecified amount of cash given to them by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, claimed one life in the state on Saturday. The police officer was however promptly taken into custody on the orders of …

Dr Ephraim Nwanga, the Director Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Ebonyi, has called for concerted efforts among Nigerians to end rabies by 2030 through the vaccination of dogs. Nwanga made the call on Saturday during a dog walk in Abakaliki to mark 2020 World Rabies Day, organised by the ministry in collaboration …

Nigerian soldiers The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole under subsidiary ‘Operation Hail Storm 2’, has eliminated scores of terrorists in massive air strikes on their camps in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Enenche said the latest success was the massive …

Goodluck Jonathan The Federal Government has said that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan created the problem in the power sector by selling the power generating and distributing companies to incompetent investors. Information and culture minister Lai Mohammed stated this on Saturday in Lagos at a meeting with the Online Publishers Association of Nigeria. …

…They died from IED explosions planted on routes …Bomb/IED disposal teams, equipment deployed to North East Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum (centre). By Kingsley Omonobi The Defence headquarters has disclosed that a total of 18 persons including 4 soldiers, 10 policemen and 4 civilians were killed during the Boko Haram terrorist’s ambush on the convoy …