In picture above: A military truck arrives at Greenfield University after gunmen kidnapped students in Kaduna, Nigeria April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Bosan Yakusak Gunmen have shot dead three students they abducted from a northern Nigerian university, a state security official said on Friday, though the kidnappers still hold an unknown number of captives. On Tuesday, armed Read More…
Olukayode Pitan, Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BOI), has described technology as a panacea to solving some of Nigeria’s problems especially youth unemployment. Pitan made the assertion on Thursday at the inauguration of BOI-UNILAG Incubation and Co-Working Hub, located at the Faculty of Social Sciences Premises of University of Lagos, Akoka. “Tech can help solve Read More…
The Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) says about $6.1 billion is spent yearly to import wheat into Nigeria. The President of the association, Alhaji Salim Muhammad, made this known at a news conference on Wheat Forex in Abuja on Thursday. Muhammad commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the policy that placed wheat Read More…
The Senate on Wednesday approved $1.5billion and €995million external loan requests From President Mohammadu Buhari. The approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts presented by its Chairman, Sen. Clifford Ordia (PDP-Edo) during plenary. The president had in May 2020 sent a letter to the Read More…
Kidnappers killed one person and took an unknown number of students from a university in northwest Nigeria’s restive Kaduna state, police said on Wednesday, in the latest in a series of abductions at educational institutes. Armed groups have repeatedly struck northern Nigerian schools and universities since December, abducting more than 700 students for ransom. The Read More…
In picture above: Neil Curtis, Head of Museums and Special collections is seen with one of the Benin bronze depicting the Oba of Benin at The Sir Duncan Rice Library, the University of Aberdeen, in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain March 17, 2021. Picture taken March 17, 2021. University of Aberdeen/Handout via REUTERS The University of Aberdeen Read More…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), on Friday, launched its 2021 edition of ‘Fall in Love with Nigeria’ campaign ahead of the annual Valentine day celebration on Feb 14. The campaign, streamed live across the six geographical zones of the country was themed: “Building a People of Peace: Fall in Love with Nigeria: Be Patriotic; Do Read More…
Nigeria has not yet found the South African variant of COVID-19 in its population and will continue with plans to distribute the AstraZeneca vaccine, the head of the country’s primary healthcare agency said on Monday. On Sunday, South Africa said it would put its use of the AstraZeneca shot on hold after research showed it Read More…
For eight years Nigerian housewife Mallama Baraka suffered in silence as the eye disease trachoma, which can blind but is entirely preventable, slowly took its toll. It started with a watery discharge and a burning, itchy sensation in her eyes. Her eyelids swelled and her eyelashes turned inside them, causing her extreme pain each time Read More…
The internet is abuzz with a Reuters video of a tiny kitten feeding on milk from lactating dog in a remote Nigerian town The name of the town is not given. Traditionally, dogs do not get on well with cats. So, it is indeed a phenomenon that a cat actually suckles a dog. Below is Read More…