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Postponed Tokyo Olympics to cost extra $2.4bn —Organisers
The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least an extra $2.4 billion, organisers said Friday, with the unprecedented postponement and a raft of pandemic health measures ballooning an already outsized budget.
Tokyo 2020…
National Open University gets new Vice Chancellor
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has elected a Professor of Chemistry, Olufemi Peters, as its new Vice-Chancellor.
A statement issued on Friday by NOUN Director of Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Sheme, said…
Minister identifies poor understanding as cause of opposition to Water Resources Bill
By Michy Abraham
Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu yesterday said the controversies generated over the proposed National Water Resources Bill may not be unconnected with lack of proper understanding of its…
COVID-19: NAF trains Medical Personnel on use of GeneXpert Machine for testing
In furtherance of ongoing efforts to build capacity towards dealing with COVID-19, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday flagged-off a 2-day training programme for medical laboratory scientists on the use of the GeneXpert…
Families of slain rice farmers receive N600,000 each
By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri
Forty-eight (48) families who were bereaved by the killing at a rice field in Borno State have been given N600,000 to get over the lost of loved ones by Borno State Government.
The bereaved…
Nigeria resumes importation of petrol from China
Nigeria has resumed importation of petrol from China, according to data from General Administration of Customs.
China shipped 37,000 metric tonnes of petrol to Nigeria in September for the first time since July 2019.…
NERC orders Discos to disconnect electricity consumers who reject meters
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday ordered power distribution companies to disconnect electricity consumers who reject meters.
The Federal Government recently commenced the mass deployment of about six…
Ondo governor, Akeredolu calls for restructuring
Ondo State governor, and Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has said there was a need to restructure the country.
Akeredolu made the call at the 39th Annual National Scientific Conference of…
Boko Haram: FG to decide on Mercenaries’ Engagement says Military
The Military said on Thursday that only the Federal Government will decide whether or not mercenaries will be engaged in the ongoing battle to end insurgency in the country.
The Defence Headquarters said such decision was a high-level…
#EndSARS: Judicial panels lack powers to investigate police activities, IGP tells Court
The Nigeria Police Force has asked Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and…