Excitement and encomium reigned among senior citizens in Osun state as they begin registration for enrolment into a comprehensive healthcare plan provided by Governor Ademola Adeleke on Monday. The Executive Secretary of Osun Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Rasak Akindele, had on Thursday disclosed the directive of Governor Adeleke to enroll 19,000 pensioners in the state…
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on several motorcycles have killed 13 Zabarmari farmers in Mafa local C=council of Borno state. Security forces and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), in the Northeast, are still searching for several other missing rice farmers. According to a military source, in Maiduguri, the farmers were killed on Sunday, while working…
The Military air strikes coordinated by the Air Component and ground troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have killed scores of Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) commanders and other terrorists in Mobbar local council of Borno state. The terrorists and their commanders, were neutralised, yesterday (Monday), followed reports indicating a large influx…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has stated that it will continue to collaborate with the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and all relevant stakeholders in the Reconciliation Committee set up by President Bola Tinubu to investigate, review and reconcile the financial records on alleged indebtedness to the Federation by both NNPC Limited…
After winning a seventh Paris Masters at the weekend Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic extended his lead in the world ATP rankings over Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Monday. The 36-year-old Djokovic won his 40th Masters 1000 title and stretched his winning run to 18 matches to top the rankings on 11,445 points with 20-year-old Alcaraz on…
The Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, on Sunday, said that at least 9,770 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel erupted last month. The ministry said at least 4,800 children were among those killed since Israel began striking the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the October…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to unveil an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System and Geospatial Data Repository on Wednesday. The Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, made this known on Monday at a pre-launch briefing in Abuja. According to Kwarra, the launch of the e-CRVS by Tinubu marks, “The commitment of the current…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has slashed state-regulated bus and rail transport fare by 25%. The Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority made this known in a statement on its X page on Monday. The statement titled, ‘Lagos approves 25% fare rebate for regulated bus and rail transport’, was signed by the LAMATA…
Lightning has killed three Senior Secondary School students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria gathered on Sunday. According to an eyewitness report, the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted. “The students were practising on the…
A fire has broken out at the High Commission of Canada to Nigeria in Abuja’s Central Business District Confirming the incident, the Head of Operations of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, told Punch that two people were fatally injured in the incident, while about three or four other victims had been rushed to the…
