ABUJA — The 2021 MTV Africa Music Awards ceremony which was scheduled to be held in the Ugandan capital Kampala has been postponed, organisers have announced. The awards ceremony, which was being organised through a partnership between MTV Base and Uganda’s Ministry of Tourism, was scheduled to take place on Feb. 20, with performances from leading African and international artists. MTV Base Africa postponing the award ceremony on Thursday night tweeted on its official Twitter...
LAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command has assured motorists of adequate security, along the designated diversions, as the third mainland bridge closed from 12 midnight to 7 p.m on Saturday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, gave the assurance in a statement he issued on Friday. Adejobi said that the closure was sequel to the on-going repairs at the Oworonsoki end that would warrant movement of heavy equipment, materials and signboards on...
IBADAN, Feb. 5, 2021 — The Oyo State Government has approved the establishment of a Centre of Excellence that would provide training and certificates, in energy and solid minerals, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde, said in a statement on Friday, in Ibadan. He said that the State Executive Council approved the establishment of the centre at its meeting on Feb.2, and that it would be situated at the Ladoke Akintola...
ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Friday, demolished a two-storey building located on plot 4545 at SIL Estate, Mbora District, Abuja, for contravening the land use act and for being built on a plot designated as an open area. Addressing newsmen after the demolition, on behalf of the FCTA, Alh. Muktar Galadima, Director, Department of Development Control, described the building as illegal and that many similar buildings would also be demolished in...
DAMATURU –– The Police Command in Yobe on Thursday said 147 persons died in various road traffic accidents in the state from January 2020 to February. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, said this in a statement in Damaturu. He said, “Available statistics revealed that over 200 cases of motor traffic accidents were recorded by the state Traffic Department from 1st January 2020 to date. “41 were fatal motor accidents in which 147 persons died...
CANBERRA — Researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have discovered a drug that can treat the most lethal form of brain cancer. Wang Shudong, Head of Drug Discovery and Development at UniSA, said on Thursday that trials of the experimental drug, Auceliciclib, have proven that it can offer a new treatment for glioblastoma, which currently has no cure in animals. Glioblastoma is the most deadly form of brain cancer with 95 per cent...
ABUJA — Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the Federal Government to leverage the ECOWAS transhumance certificate protocol, to check the influx of herdsmen from neighboring countries. The call was contained in a statement, jointly signed and issued by Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa, President, and Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, National Secretary, of the association, on Thursday, in Abuja. Ngelzarma, who explained that the advice was part of resolutions reached at the end...
SYDNEY – Health authorities in Australia on Thursday said they were aiming at vaccinating the entire population against COVID-19 by October, saying they had secured 150 million doses of vaccine. According to Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, Australia had secured an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which was approved for use in the country late in January, bringing the total doses of vaccine secured to 150 million. The total number includes...
KATSINA — The Federal High Court sitting in Katsina has sentenced one Muyeedeen Jamilu, 42, to five and a half years’ imprisonment for trafficking in persons. Jamilu, a resident of Brigade quarters in Kano, was accused of procuring illegal entry for 11 youths, comprising 10 female and one male to go to Libya, but were arrested while en route from Kano, through Kwangwalam border in Katsina state, on Nov. 30, 2020, by the Joint Taskforce...
LAGOS — The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has clarified the process it uses for accounting for crude production in the country. The agency disclosed that most incidents relating to oil theft occur from the land terminals. A statement issued on Thursday in Lagos by Mr. Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, said Mr. Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR made the clarification while speaking before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Oil Theft in Abuja....
