The first batch of A-29 Super Tucano military aircraft has departed US for Nigeria, the Air Force has confirmed. Director Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday disclosed the official ceremony to induct the aircraft, is being planned. The statement reads: “The first batch of 6…
he Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country recorded additional 184 COVID-19 infections as of July 22. The NCDC made this known on its website on Friday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections indicate a decrease from the 238 cases announced a day earlier. It stated that…
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that almost half of the world’s 1.7 million children living with HIV did not get treatment in 2020. This is contained in the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners. In the report, UNAIDS warned that progress towards…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday Evening received Governor Yahaya Bello and his top Members of Cabinet when they paid him Sallah homage at his country home in Daura, Kastina. This is even as Gov. Yahaya Bello lauded President Buhari for his efforts in nation building and for giving young Nigerians an opportunity to participate in…
Bangladesh is reimposing its coronavirus shutdown for two more weeks to stem the tide of infections and deaths from the virus after a weeklong recess that allowed Muslims to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival. “None will be allowed outdoors unless it is urgent,” police officer Aynal Hossain said on Friday at a makeshift checkpoint in…
The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games has begun in Tokyo, with a blaze of white and indigo fireworks officially kicking off the quadrennial international sporting event being held under the unprecedented circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach were followed by a small delegation carrying the…
The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has awarded 800 road contracts since it came on board six years ago. Fashola spoke on Thursday at the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the presidential communication team at the presidential villa, Abuja. He said the work done consists of…
A state High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has issued a garnishee order on bank accounts belonging to the All Progressive Congress (APC) after the party failed to pay more than N30 million professional fees to two lawyers who represented it in the election tribunal. The court had in 2017 ruled that the APC…
The French and German Governments have donated towards the United Nations World Food Programme (UN/WFP) humanitarian projects in the North-east. A statement on Thursday by the two Embassies of the two European countries in Nigeria said that €400,000 has been donated to support humanitarian projects in Nigeria’s troubled North-east Nigeria. The statement read: “On behalf…
