The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has placed Nigeria at ‘moderate risk’ of Ebola outbreak as Guinea battles the contagion. The NCDC made this known via its website, stating that the decision was based on the proximity of Guinea to Nigeria and other West African countries,
Kwara State Government on Thursday set up an independent committee to recommend solutions to resolve the agitation for wearing of hijab by Muslim female students who are attending public schools owned by people of other faiths/beliefs. Recall that Muslim stakeholders in the state at a press
Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, has urged Yoruba people to defend themselves when attacked by Fulani herdsmen Igboho, who spoke yesterday when he received former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode at his Soka home in Ibadan, said all he wants is peace in Yorubaland. Both men held a
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has ordered the arrest of cattle found loitering the streets of Akure. Akeredolu said the order was to reiterate his administration’s resolve to ban open grazing in the State. The Governor disclosed this in a chat ”We are banning open grazing. If
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N640.310billion to the three tiers of government for January. The fund included revenue collections by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Hassan Dodo, the Director of Information, Ministry of
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared an “immediate industrial action” in some states that have failed to pay the N30, 000 new national minimum wages. NLC lamented that about half the states in the country were yet to conclude negotiations on payment of the minimum
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Ewart Beckford, Jamaican reggae legend, popularly known, as U-Roy, is dead. Marcia Smikle, his partner, confirmed this death to The Gleaner, Jamaican news website “He died at 11:10 last night at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) after undergoing kidney surgery.” Smikle disclosed that U-Roy had
The Benue State Government has shut down a secondary school in the state, Vaatia College in Makurdi, following the outbreak of a strange illness that left nine students with mild paresis. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Joseph Ngbea, who confirmed the incident in a
The National Universities Commission has given the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu, the nod to proceed with its undergraduate degree programmes. The college’s Head of Public Relations, Omololu Ogunmade, said in a statement on Thursday that with the approval, which also included the