Month: April 2021
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Writers have identified piracy as the major challenge authors face as the World Book and Copyright Day takes center stage today. A poet and author, AMU-NNADI told our correspondent that copyright is one of those difficult issues that causes pain to writers. However, AMU-NNADI said writers keep writing for love of literature since most Nigerians […]
India has reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus infections for a second day. The news cases topped 330,000 new cases, even as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by patients and plagued by accidents. The health ministry said deaths in the past 24 hours also jumped to a record 2,263, while officials […]
This report says one person is feared dead after a commercial bus hit a motorcycle rider along the Rumuji axis of the East West Road in Ikwerre Local Council area of Rivers State. An eyewitness, ONYEMA OKORO told our correspondent that the accident occurred after the motorcycle rider who was coming from Ibaa tried to […]
Justice TANKO said it had become difficult to fault the idea of the strike since the rights of the union and its members which had been clearly defined in the constitution were being denied especially at state levels. Justice TANKO said this after a meeting he had with JUSUN national leaders in Abuja, commending the […]
The Presidency has defended the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Doctor ISA PANTAMI, describing the controversy over his support for terror groups as an orchestrated attempt to ‘cancel’ him. This was contained in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU. The Presidency alleged that the […]
United States pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it has identified counterfeit versions of its coronavirus vaccine in Mexico and Poland. It said the doses were seized by authorities in the two countries and confirmed by tests to be fake. Pfizer said in Mexico, they had false labels, while the substance in Poland was believed to be […]
The Minister of Defence, Major General BASHIR MAGASHI has lamented the state of insecurity in the country, saying that the nation is bleeding. Major-General MAGASHI made this known on Thursday at the continuation of the special weekly ministerial briefing in Abuja. He said the Federal Government has taken a position after embarking on comprehensive research […]
Bandits suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two nurses working with Idon General Hospital in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The hospital is located less than a kilometer from a police checkpoint along the Kaduna-Kachia road in Idon. The incident comes after several students were abducted and one person killed during an attack […]
The Senate has directed the Minister of Health, OSAGIE EHANIRE to put together a policy to compel all government hospitals to procure locally manufactured syringes. The Senate Committee on Health gave the Minister a six-week ultimatum to carry out the directive. The Committee gave the directive during an interactive meeting with local manufacturers of pharmaceutical […]
Amnesty International says Eritrean troops have killed three people and injured at least 19 others during an unprovoked attack on civilians in Ethiopia. Witnesses told Amnesty that the soldiers were passing through Adwa in the Tigray region when they suddenly opened fire on people near the town’s bus station. They said Eritrean soldiers were shooting […]
