February 21, 2019

A file photo of Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle.   The Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle says his administration has released the sum of N1.2 Billion as State Government contribution to all donor assisted projects in the State. Out of the amount, 150 million Naira was released to the state office of Community and Social […]

A medical staff prepares to load a medical oxygen cylinder in a vehicle that is to be transported to a hospital amid COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at a wholesale supplier in New Delhi on April 24, 2021.Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP   India’s capital New Delhi on Sunday extended its lockdown as the country’s COVID-19 crisis grew […]

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on April 25, 2021 his resignation while retaining interim duties/ AFP   Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned on Sunday while retaining interim duties, formalising a parliamentary vote to be held June 20 in an effort to defuse a protracted political crisis. Pashinyan has faced calls to stand down […]

Members of Iraqi security forces stand at the gate of Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, on April 25, 2021, after a fire erupted in the medical facility reserved for the most severe COVID-19 cases. /AFP   Fifty-eight people were killed in a fire that ravaged at a COVID-19 hospital in the Iraqi capital overnight Sunday, […]

A Photo of a police truck   The FCT Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers along the Kubuwa, Garki and Lokoja axis. The suspects who are involved in car snatching and robbery along the road were arrested by the command’s Anti-car Theft Unit. In a statement by the spokesman of the command, ASP […]

   Parents of kidnapped students of Greenfield University in Kaduna state have appealed to the Federal and Kaduna state government to assist them in rescuing their children. Their appeal comes barely 24 hours after bodies of three out of the abducted students were recovered by security agencies on Friday. At a meeting held in […]

FILE: Members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution at a sitting on March 30, 2021   The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution of Victims for SARS and other related matters resumed its sitting on Saturday. During the sitting, a trader, Mrs Gift Effiong, told the panel that she has been […]

A combination of photos showing weapons and a truck recovered from Boko Haram terrorists by the Nigerian Military on April 23, 2021.   At least 21 Boko Haram terrorists were killed on Friday after the insurgents attacked Geidam, a border town in Yobe State, according to an army spokesman. The terrorists, in their assault, destroyed […]

A file photo of petroleum products in plastic kegs.   The Zamfara State Government on Saturday said it was criminalising the sale of petroleum products in jerrycans or any other containers in some parts of the state. The move, the government believes, will help to curb the activities of black marketers linked to bandits in […]

A file photo of Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle.   Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle on Saturday said his administration is seeking a new approach to handle insecurity issues in the state. Matawalle made the comment while receiving Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu in Gusau, the […]