Calls, internet back in Zamfara as Matawalle lifts ban on telcos’ services
Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara, has lifted the ban on telecommunication services in the state. The Nigeria Communications Commission(NCC) had in September instructed all telecommunications companies to shut down their services in Zamfara over lingering insecurity in the state. In October, the governor had directed telecommunication companies to restore network service in Gusau, the state […]
Beer-drinking jibe: I was referring to APC members in Benue, says Ortom
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has clarified his comment on citizens “drinking beer” and sleeping all day. In a statement on Saturday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press secretary to the governor, said the comment was directed at members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue. The governor was said to have […]
Omicron variant: UK announces new rule, says ALL travellers will take PCR test
Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, has announced new measures following the discovery of the new variant of coronavirus. The UK has recorded two cases of Omicron — the new highly infectious COVID-19 variant. According to the prime minister, all travellers to the UK will have to take a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test […]
EXTRA: Benue people drink beer from 9am yet insult me for not helping them, says Ortom
Samuel Ortom, Benue state governor, says indigenes of the state criticise him unjustly. The governor accused his critics of “drinking beer from 9am” and sleeping all day. According to New Telegraph, the governor made the statement on Friday when commissioning the new building of RCN Embassy Church in Makurdi, Benue state capital. […]
EXPLAINER: What to know about Omicron, new COVID ‘variant of concern’
On Thursday, South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced the discovery of the new variant, B.1.1.529 — with 22 positive cases of the strain detected in the country. After a meeting of the technical advisory group on SARS-CoV-2 virus evolution (TAG-VE), an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates […]
Abdulsalami: Africa must change its approach of using force to maintain peace
Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says African countries must change the approach of using force to maintain peace. Abubakar said this on Saturday at a conference organised in his honour in Abuja. The former head of state said the continent is still battling “conflicts of diverse kinds”, which he said is […]
UK records two cases of Omicron — the new highly infectious COVID variant
The UK has recorded two cases of Omicron — the new highly infectious COVID-19 variant. According to the BBC, Sajid Javid, the British health secretary, said the two cases were detected in Chelmsford, Essex, and in Nottingham. He said the cases are currently self-isolating, and that tracing and tracking of their contacts […]
Kukah: Abdulsalami deserves Nobel Prize for bringing honour to Nigeria’s electoral process
Matthew Kukah, bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, says Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, has given respectability to Nigeria’s electoral process through the peace committee. The National Peace Committe (NPC) was conceptualised in 2014 in response to emerging threats brought on by the 2015 general election. The committee is headed by Abubakar […]
P&G recalls body sprays sold in US after detecting cancer-causing chemical
Procter & Gamble (P&G), an American multinational consumer goods company, says it is voluntarily recalling some of its Old Spice and Secret aerosol antiperspirant sprays distributed in the US, after benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, was detected in the products. This is according to a press statement released by the company recently. The […]
FAAN suspends airport workers for ‘extorting passenger’ in Lagos
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it nabbed and suspended some officials for allegedly extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The sanction was announced in a statement released on the agency’s Facebook page on Saturday. The statement, which was signed by Henrietta Yakubu, general manager, corporate affairs […]