Month: October 2024

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has activated its Cholera Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) following the confirmation of 11 cases out of 32 suspected cases of the disease. The action is part of heightened surveillance and preparedness efforts to address a potential cholera outbreak within the territory. Permanent Secretary of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Baba Gana Adam, emphasized the need for the activation, citing a widespread of cholera cases nationwide. […]

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Zone B, has asked proprietors of public polytechnics to meet their demands or face a shutdown of the institutions as the deadline for the 15-day ultimatum earlier issued elapses on the 21st of this month. The Coordinator of Zone B, Simji Lumpye, who, alongside some of his officials and members, addressed journalists in Jos on Friday, lamented the sorry state in which the […]

The Presidency has named the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, AGF George Akume and the Ministers as those in charge of the country’s leadership in the absence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. The Presidency, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, insisted that the constitution does not […]

A 14-year-old student, simply identified as Sulaiman Abubakar, has been apprehended by the security officers at Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba in Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly stealing wire and cables within the complex. Abubakar, a JSS 2 student of Eleyele High School, Ibadan, was said to be pilfering the items in the main bowl of the stadium, on Thursday night. Report has it that he gained entrance into the main-bowl during the […]

The Federal Government has granted permission to petroleum marketers to lift petrol directly from the Dangote refinery without going through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. This confirms the speculation that the NNPC will no longer be the sole off-taker of the Dangote fuel. In a statement on Friday, the Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Naira-crude sale implementation committee, Wale Edun, gave an update on the takeoff of […]

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday refused the fresh bail application of the detained Binance Holdings Executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi (SAN), previously argued on September 4 that his client’s health is “perilous”, stating that he required surgery for a herniated disc and psychiatric care due to depression and anxiety. Mordi requested a six-week bail for Gambaryan to seek proper medical attention […]