The re-elected president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has assured African leaders and stakeholders that Africa will be stronger and more resilient in his second term at the continent's biggest lender.
Adesina, who gave the assurance in a speech during his swearing-in ceremony and oath-taking, which...
Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Yola, Adamawa State has successfully operated and separated another co-joined twins, thereby increasing the tally to three the number of co-joined twins victoriously separated in the hospital.
The Prof. Auwal Abubakar-led medical team at FMC Yola said the latest successful separation surgery was as a...
One year after Muyiwa Gbadegesin assumed office as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Ibrahim Adejuwon Odumboni as the new boss for the agency.
Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on Monday by the Head of Service, Hakeem...
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has urged state governments not to relent in their efforts at combatting coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Minister gave this charge Monday during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 media briefing in Abuja.
"We urge all state organs not to relent in strengthening surveillance and...
Two persons have been confirmed dead, four rescued and one person missing after Lagos State recorded another boat accident on Monday.
This time, the accident involved a passenger boat which capsized in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Investigation revealed that the passengers and the operator had Monday left Makoko...
Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) in Lagos has appointed the General Manager/Editor-in-Chief of Vanguard Newspapers, Gbenga Adefaye, as Acting Provost of the institution.
Chairman, NIJ Governing Council, Olusegun Osoba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Osoba, a former Ogun State governor, said Adefaye would serve as Provost of the institution...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday inaugurated a Tripartite Consultative Committee of the executive, legislature and leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House in Abuja.
The President said enhanced consultation within the ruling political party would strengthen its internal democracy, and improve chances of winning elections.
He added that...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have disagreed over the Supreme Court judgement, which affirmed the former's victory at the November 17, 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.
After the apex court pronouncements on Monday, Bello tasked candidates of the other political parties who ran...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adeboye at the State House, Abuja.
Adeboye’s visit came when some pastors are protesting against a section of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 recently signed by the president
The...
In a sign of easing tension in the Middle East, history was made on Monday with the first direct flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Independent has reported.
El Al flight 971 took off from Tel Aviv at 11.14am local time, and initially routed over Jordanian...
