ROSEMARY CHUKWU DASHES TO WORLD NUMBER ONE IN 2023
Nigeria’s fastest 400 meters runner in 2022 Rosemary Chukwuma opened up her 2023 campaign with a win running 53.51seconds to win the women’s 400meters at the Texas Tech Corky Classic. She ran the fastest time across the six heats finishing ahead of Nayanna Dubarry-Gay in 54.63 seconds and Lacarthea Cooper in 54.91 seconds. It was […]
Tweeter boss to face trial over allege stock Manipulation
Elon Musk, the CEO of electric car giant Tesla will face trial over allegedly manipulating the stock market with a tweet after a federal judge rejected his request to move the case out of California. The case dates back to August 2018 when Musk tweeted that he had sufficient funding to take Tesla private causing […]
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOP PLAN AGAINST LASSA FEVER
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), in collaboration with partners, federal and state stakeholders of the Technical Working Group have developed a five-year strategic plan to reduce Lassa fever fatality ratio in the country to less than 10 per cent. Director General of NCDC, Ifedayo Adetifa said this during an update on […]
FOUR LAUTECH RESEARCHERS WIN TETFUND RESEARCH FUND
The Principal Assistant Registrar, Public and Alumni Relations Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Olalekan Fadeyi has said that Four researchers from the University have won 89.1 million naira as research grant from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), under the 2021 TETFund National Research Fund Intervention. Fadeyi said that one of the researchers was Professor […]
Sokoto NUJ partners NAN Sokoto Zonal office for enhanced reportage of activities
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The leadership of the Sokoto state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists( NUJ) at the weekend sought a working partnership with the Sokoto Zonal office of the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) to drive its programmes and activities. The state council chairman, Comrade Abdullahi Dalhatu Safiyal-Magori stated when he led chairmen […]
Falana To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against FG Officials
Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has threatened to initiate contempt proceedings against federal government officials supervising the petroleum sector over the rising fuel prices. He was reacting to a statement by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva who claimed that the price of kerosene had already been deregulated while presenting a […]
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI LAY WREATH AT ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday led other senior members of the government to participate in the Wreath Laying Ceremony that marked the climax of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration. President Buhari inspected the Guards of Honour accompanied by the Commander, Brigade of Guards, Major General Muhammad Takuti Usman and later proceeded to the Cenotaph […]
GOVERNOR NASIRU ELRUFAI EMPOWER WOMEN WITH 600 MILLION NAIRA
The Kaduna State Government says it has disbursed over 600 million naira to women entrepreneurs and groups to support them towards improving their businesses in the past seven years. The Deputy Governor of the state, Hadiza Balarabe stated this at a meeting of the Women Mobilisation Directorate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Campaign Council […]
NEWS TITBIT
Good day! Below are News stories around Nigeria and abroad: 1. The management of Kaduna Electric has said it was forced to disconnect power supply to all Ministries, Departments ,Agencies and other facilities belonging to Sokoto and Zamfara state governments after the two states were issued Demand as well as Final Disconnection Notices by the […]