Buhari, Osinbajo To Receive Vaccines On Saturday as Exercise Begins Today

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBuhari, Osinbajo To Receive Vaccines On Saturday as Exercise Begins Today

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 5, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus on Saturday. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, during the second edition of State House weekly briefing held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Director added that Nigerians would begin to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to its people on Friday, after a launch that would take place...

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IrokoTv Boss Receives Backlash From Twitter Users for Saying ₦4.6m School Fees is Cheap

EntertainmentFilm & TVNewsIrokoTv Boss Receives Backlash From Twitter Users for Saying ₦4.6m School Fees is Cheap

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 4, 2021

The founder of the online streaming service IrokoTv, Jason Njoku, has been lambasted by Twitter users after he stated that ₦4.6m school fee is cheap in Nigeria. A few days ago, Jason Njoku took to his social media to reveal that school fee of ₦4.6m is cheap, adding that he pays more for his three-year-old after a twitter user shared the provisional bill for a school in Epe, Lagos State with school fees of ₦4,643,901....

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Alibaba Dismisses Rumor of Marital Crises

EntertainmentNewsNigeriaAlibaba Dismisses Rumor of Marital Crises

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 4, 2021

Veteran Nigerian comedian, Alibaba, has dismissed the rumor that his marriage to Mary Akpobome has hit the rocks. The legendary comedian, Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomerere, who got married to his wife in 2005, took to his social media to debunk the rumour. In his reaction to the news of his marital crisis, the funny man posted a cozy picture with his wife, known as Mummy Mary, with the caption, “We have gotten calls and messages about...

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FG Charges NSCDC On School Security Against Abduction

EducationNational SecurityNewsNigeriaFG Charges NSCDC On School Security Against Abduction

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 3, 2021

The Federal Government has charged the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to immediately design a robust scheme for the protection of schools across the country to ensure the safety of children, especially within the school environments, from the incessant attacks by bandits and kidnappers. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, gave the directive on Monday, in his office in Abuja, while decorating the new Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Ahmed Audi. According to the...

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Senate Confirms The Appointment of Service Chiefs

MilitaryNigeriaSenate Confirms The Appointment of Service Chiefs

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 3, 2021

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the new service chiefs on Tuesday. The confirmation of the appointment came after the Red Chamber considered the report of the Committee on Defence which recommended their confirmation. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, had on last week Wednesday referred the request of President Muhammadu Buhari, for the confirmation of the new service chiefs, to the Defence committee. The committee, which was led by Senator Aliyu Wamako, was given...

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Buhari Declares Zamfara ‘No-Fly-Zone’, Bans Mining Activities

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsBuhari Declares Zamfara ‘No-Fly-Zone’, Bans Mining Activities

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 3, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara state as a ‘no-fly-zone’ and banned all mining activities in the state. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguni (Rtd) disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. He explained that it was part of the measured to tackle the security challenges in the north-western state. He made the disclosure to State House correspondents after a five-hour National Security Council meeting presided over by the President at...

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No Fuel Price Increase in March – NNPC

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasNo Fuel Price Increase in March – NNPC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 2, 2021

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked the report of any price increment in the Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) in the country in March 2021. The NNPC said this in a statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru on Sunday. Obateru added that the Corporation was not planning any raise in the price of the commodity in March in order not to jeopardize the ongoing engagement with...

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Igbos Are Not Ready for Another War – MASSOB

NewsPeacePoliticsIgbos Are Not Ready for Another War – MASSOB

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 2, 2021

The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazurike, has warned that the Igbos are not ready for another war. The MASSOB leader, who was also the founder of the Biafra Independence Movement said this on Monday in Owerri. Uwazurike also cautioned the leader of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to stop inciting Igbo youths against the country’s security agencies. He called on the...

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Soldiers Kill Eight Bandits, Weapons Recovered in Katsina

Crime & SecurityMilitaryNewsNigeriaSoldiers Kill Eight Bandits, Weapons Recovered in Katsina

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 2, 2021

No fewer than eight bandits were killed when some bandits’ camps were raided in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State by a joint police-military patrol in a three-day operation that ended on Sunday. The official report said members of the operation also recovered one AK-47 rifle and burnt nine motorcycles belonging to the bandits during the operation. The spokesperson of Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, also confirmed the development in Katsina on...

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DSS Invites Our Leaders for Blocking Food to South – Northern Traders

BusinessFoodDSS Invites Our Leaders for Blocking Food to South – Northern Traders

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 2, 2021

The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) said its leaders have been invited by the Department of State Services for blocking the supply of foodstuffs and cattle from the North to the South. The General Secretary of the union, Ahmed Alaramma, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, adding that the President of the association, Mohammed Tahir, was currently with the DSS. The blockade of food to the...

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