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Boko Haram attacks Dikwa, abducts 7 aid workers in Borno
…Troops dislodge terrorists from town, as UN condemns attack By Kingsley Omonobi & Ndahi Marama Boko Haram insurgents have attacked Dikwa Local Government Area, LGA, of Borno State and abducted
FOOD BLOCKADE: Prices skyrocket in Nsukka, Aba, environs
…It’s a good thing for Igbo —ASETU …Sanwo-Olu must start Lagos Agric Revolution now —Bode George, Olarenwaju, Dallas …N-Delta states must synergize, rejig agricultural policies —Okaba …We’ll ensure food production,
Asset recovery: Don’t enter into agreement with Okorocha, Pressure groups tell Uzodimma
Okorocha and Uzodinma By Chinonso Alozie The leader of the Imo State All Progressives Congress, APC, popularly known as Allied Forces, Theodore Ekechi, yesterday, called on the governor of Imo
E-Payments in Nigeria decline across all channels
Nigerian Flag By Elizabeth Adegbesan THE value of electronic payment (e-Payment) transactions in Nigeria fell month-on-month, MoM, by 10 per cent to N19.9 trillion in January 2021, from N22 trillion
COVID-19 pandemic unlikely to end this year — WHO
…Nigeria receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines The World Health Organisation, WHO, said, yesterday, it was unlikely the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2021. “I think it will be very
Petrol price hits N170 per litre as scarcity persists
…As Labour mobilises against hoarding, price increase …We have adequate stocks, IPMAN, MOMAN, others By Udeme Akpan, Victor Ahiuma-Young, Obas Esiedesa & Prince Okafor Despite assurances, many oil marketers, yesterday,
How beers and Vikings gave Bluetooth technology its name
One of the best-known modern technologies owes its name and logo to a Viking-era king with a bad tooth: a quarter century ago, two engineers hatched the idea for the
From Kankara to Kagara, hypocrisy defines government
By Ikechukwu Amaechi ANYONE who watches the trending video of heavily armed bandits taunting Nigeria and its doddering leadership and emotionally assaulting passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority, NSTA,
Kaduna teaching hospital to set up in-vitro fertilisation unit
The Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital Kaduna, has concluded plans to set up In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) unit through a Public Private Partnership arrangement. Dr. Shu’aibu Musa, Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of
Oil spills: Dutch, British judgments that rekindle hope for Niger Deltans
January 29, 2021 will remain memorable to the oil-rich Niger Delta communities because that was the day the Appeal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, delivered a groundbreaking judgment on three
