The Executive Secretary of Abia State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Sunday Jackson, says the state has so far recorded 21 deaths from flooding in different communities.
Jackson said this during the distribution of relief materials to some victims by...
The naira, on Friday, exchanged at N444.75 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, a depreciation of 0.06 per cent, compared with N444.50 to the dollar it exchanged on Thursday.
The open indicative rate closed at N443 to...
The World Health Organisation has said an estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021.
This is an increase of 4.5 per cent from 2020 and 1.6 million people died from tuberculosis.
The WHO made this known in...
Paul Pelosi, the husband of the United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been attacked on Friday at the couple's San Francisco home.
A hammer-wielding man assaulted the 82-year-old Pelosi during a break-in early on Friday.
“Pelosi was taken to hospital...
Prosecutors in Spain, on Friday, dropped corruption and fraud charges against football star, Neymar, and others accused in a trial over the Brazilian's 2013 move from Santos to Barcelona.
In a dramatic move, the prosecutor announced the "withdrawal of the...
The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) declined further on Friday as market capitalisation depreciated by N389 billion or 1.6 per cent, to close at N23.918 trillion from N24.307 trillion on Thursday.
The negative performance was due to selloffs in market heavyweights, Dangote...
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said that her ministry was not consulted on the new monetary policy announced by the CBN to redesign N200, N500 and N1000 naira notes with effect from December...
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to members of the party to assist with funds, saying presidential election is very expensive.
The Labour Party said the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, cannot fund the campaigns alone, noting that the greatest...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, stopped the execution of its judgement that quashed the terrorism charge and ordered the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.
The appellate court...
The management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, has said the institution will commence second semester lectures on Wednesday, November 2, following the students’ resumption on Thursday (yesterday).
This was contained in a statement issued on...
