Bayelsa Monarch Urges PMB To Revisit N’Delta People’s Crisis
Paramount ruler of Ogbia Kingdom in Bayelsa State, King Dumaro Charles Owaba, has given justifications why the people of the six states of the Niger Delta region are not happy with the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said the people have been feeling short-changed over the years, particularly under the present administration. Owaba, whose […]
Lagos Govt Shuts Down 20 Illegal Drug Shops
Lagos State government through its Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs, and Unwholesome Processed Foods, has sealed 20 illegal drug shops located in Shomolu, Bariga, and Oworonshoki areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who revealed this yesterday after reviewing the report of the recent monitoring, inspection, and enforcement exercises carried out […]
National Assembly Endorses Extra-budgetary Allotment For Military Equipment
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan says the National Assembly has approved extra-budgetary funding for modern equipment to strengthen firepower and operational needs of the armed forces. Lawan, represented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Sen. Aliyu Wamako, disclosed this at the graduation dinner for the National Defence College (NDC) Course 29 Participants on […]
Taliban Gaining Ground In Afghanistan Faster Than Expected, U.S. Defense Officials Say
The Taliban are gaining ground faster than the U.S. military expected, defense officials told NBC News, as the militant group makes sweeping advances across Afghanistan. In the span of days, Taliban fighters have overrun a string of provincial capitals as part of a major offensive launched after American and international troops began to pull out […]
Australia: Canberra Enters Snap Lockdown As Sydney Tightens Covid Curbs
Australia’s capital Canberra has announced a snap one-week lockdown after reporting its first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in more than a year. The restrictions, which will take effect on Thursday evening, come as Australia battles to control the highly infectious Delta strain of the coronavirus. More than 10 million people in the country’s biggest […]
COVID Booster Shots For Immunocompromised: FDA Authorization Expected Soon
This is a fast moving development. Some adults could have the option of getting a third dose of COVID vaccine as soon as this weekend. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to make the recommendation as soon as today that people with compromised immune systems get a booster shot of either the Pfizer […]
Power Outages Hit Dominican Republic As Tropical Storm Fred Weakens
Tropical Storm Fred swept into the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, then weakened to a tropical depression after nightfall while dumping heavy rains that forecasters warned could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides there and in neighboring Haiti. Forecasters said Fred was expected to become a tropical storm again Thursday as it moved near the Turks and […]
Girl-Child Marriage Prohibited By Enugu Traditional Rulers
The Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council has outlawed girl-child marriage and other forms of gender-based harmful habits in the state. This is embodied in a communique issued at the end of a multi stakeholders’ strategic conference between the council and Women Aid Collective. The conference was organized in partnership with the Ford Foundation with assistance […]
COVID-19: Nigeria Records The Highest Daily Cases In Six Months With 790 Infected.
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 790 cases of coronavirus disease, the nation’s highest daily figure within the last six months. According to the update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the last time the country recorded a higher daily figure was on January 18, at the peak of the second wave of the disease, […]
Kaduna Wants More Troops To Fight Bandits
Deputy governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, has called on the Nigerian Army to deploy more troops to the state to stimulate the ongoing offensive operations against banditry and kidnapping. The deputy governor, who made the call when the chief of army staff (COAS), Lt Gen Farouk Yahaya and other principal officers of the […]
