England international footballer, Marcus Rashford MBE has received an honorary doctorate from The University of Manchester.
The recognition is for his ongoing charity work and campaign against child poverty.
Marcus, 23, is the youngest recipient of an honorary degree in the...
Less than four months after declaring his intention to run for the presidency again in 2023, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and ex-presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, has joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Moghalu, who...
Over 62,698 persons in Anambra State are involved in double or multiple registrations in the first phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Friday at the commission’s emergency...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has received 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility, as donation from the Government of France to Nigeria.
The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, while receiving the vaccines on...
As the remains of business mogul, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (fondly called Captain ‘Hosa, for short, by associates and admirers) were buried in Benin, on Friday, October 8, 2021, a telephone conversation that he had with me some years...
Of the over 200 million population in Nigeria, only 41 million pay taxes.
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, made the disclosure in Abuja on Friday at the ‘Public Presentation and Breakdown of the Highlights of...
The Niger State Police Commissioner, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, has paraded three suspected gun runners and recovered over 500 live ammunition from them.
The Commissioner, Monday Bala Kuryas, made the disclosure while parading the suspects at the Police Headquarters in...
The Presidency and National Assembly have been allocated N284.5 billion in the 2022 Budget.
The nation’s seat of power and agencies/parastatals under it will spend N150,590,609,934 in the next fiscal year while the National Assembly got N134 billion for both...
Some football fans in Abuja have expressed displeasure over Super Eagles 0-1 loss to Central African Republic (CAR) on Thursday at the FIFA 2020 World Cup qualifying game.
They described the loss as a huge upset as CAR, ranked 114,...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) office in Kaduna State has closed four illegal facilities engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt.
The State Coordinator of the agency, Nasiru Mato, stated this in an interview with the...
