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The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHq) says its Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole (ATF-OLD) has knocked out another terrorist camp belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche announced in a statement on Friday in Abuja, confirmed that the...
Authorities and youths home and abroad have been challenged not to despair in their quest and aspirations to attain leadership especially in governance, locally and nationally. This call came from three Nigerian ladies, who are young leaders of social and development initiatives, in separate chats with Echotitbits Thursday on the...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun Thursday announced appointments on the board of some parastatals and of some persons as Senior Special Assistants. The appointments were confirmed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Kunle Somorin. According to Somorin, the appointees, like in previous appointment exercises...
A call for the scrapping of ongoing TV reality show, Big Brother Naija has been made on the ground that it misrepresents Nigerian youths. This call was made by His Imperial Majesty the Ọọni of Ìfẹ, Ọba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ọjaja II, when he hosted members of the National Youth Council...
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday commissioned a 17-storey Nigerian Content Tower, a project of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Bayelsa. The tower project, which was commissioned by the president virtually will now serve as the headquarters of the agency. In his address, broadcast from the State...
A pioneer Permernent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Starategy in 1968, Chief Nataniel Folarin Coker, popularly known as Baba Eto of Lagos has died. According to a statement by the family Thursday morning, Chief Coker died on Wednesday night at the age of 97 after a...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday joined youths from across the country in a webinar to commemorate the 2020 International Youth Day. In his remarks, the Speaker, while quoting former South African President Nelson Mandela, said: ‘’We must recognize the...
Executive Secretary, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Abiola Idowu, has urged health facilities yet to complete the renewal of their online registration with the agency to do so in order to avoid being sanctioned. Idowu, who gave the advice on Wednesday at the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, disclosed that...
A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, is dead. The news of Carrington's death was disclosed by his wife, Arese, in a statement on Wednesday titled: “Press Release – Ambassador Walter C. Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal.” READ ALSO: Trump Fulfills Promise as Nigeria Receives 200...
A University of Lagos (UNILAG) Senate Representative in Council, Bola Obho has in a statement sighted by Echotitbits, berated Dr. babalakin saying "the University has been stepped on and ridiculed". Oboh, in the statement accused Babalakin of not following laid down procedure for removing a VC According to her: "Babawale Babalakin,...