After a long break due to a frosty relationship between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria, the Emirates Airline on Saturday resumed operations in Nigeria with its Flight EK783 landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.The flight, which departed Dubai at 1030hrs landed in Nigeria’s busiest commercial city at 03.30 pm.Another…
The COVID-19 pandemic could reverse decades of global progress in stamping out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), UN agencies warn ahead of the International Day to eliminate the harmful practice. International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM is a UN-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on Feb. 6 as part of the UN’s efforts to…
A retired Permanent Secretary in Zamfara, Alhaji Ahmad Gummi, has urged Nigerians to continue to support the Nigerian Army in its efforts to tackle the country’s security challenges.Gummi said the call was imperative towards consolidating the tangible gains made by the Army in its ongoing security operations across the country.He said that such laudable achievements…
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has developed oat seeds variety and indigenous inbred lines for maize hybrid to strengthen food production and revamp the non-oil sector of Nigerian economy. Prof. Mohammed Ishiyaku, the Executive Director of the institute, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
By Johannes OluwatobiIn Nigeria, a 54 year old could pass for a young man; the political milieu is awash with oldies in their 60s still hustling and bustling. Those in their 40s are in fact on the waiting list—they are still quite young. For one born in the year 1968, in a town whose name…
By Barr JOSEPH Donald Attorney General of federation and Nigeria Police Circulated by Peoples Gazette, SahahaPolice Service commission letter says, from all the investigations done and Facts that have emerged, Abba Kyari have not been found to have committed any criminal offense that will warrant Court trial hence they still needed more evidence and more…
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, will on March 29 hear a motion seeking an order to grant leave to appeal against the ruling discharging and acquitting Amaju Pinnick and others in a criminal charge filed against them. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the applicants, Dr Celsius Ukpong informed the court…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived at Beijing for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. “He will also meet with the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, and Chinese authorities,” the Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq told journalists at UN headquarters in New York on Thursday. Similarly, President…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says 2,304,770 doses of COVID-19 vaccines has been administered in Lagos as at Jan. 31. Abayomi said this through his official Instagram handle @profakinabayomi while giving the state’s vaccination update. According to him, 1,029,536 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were administered as the first dose, while 588,120…
