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Harry Awurumibe, State House, Abuja Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is extremely happy with the news of certification of Nigerian international airports by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This much was disclosed Tuesday afternoon by the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika when he addressed State House Correspondents after briefing President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the minister who came to the briefing room with Engr. Hassan Musa, a director in the Aviation ministry alongside the ICAO certificate said that ” Mr. President is extremely happy to hear that Nigeria airports are among the safest in the…
Health authorities in Malawi have dismissed as false reports that first Ebola case has been recorded in the country’s border district of Karonga. The scare broke Sunday when health workers in the district that borders with Tanzania quarantined one person suspected to have Ebola signs and symptoms. Louis Tukula, environmental health officer for the district, told local media that the screening for the suspected 37-year-old man had shown that he had a bacterial infection and not Ebola. However, Tukula said the patient would remain quarantined until he recovers fully. “Rumors or information related to suspected Ebola cases are likely to…
By Amosu Adeboye, LAGOS Nigerian duo, Victor Osimhen and Tom Dele-Bashiru have been omitted from the final list of nominees for the 2019 Golden Boy Award. Osimhen and Dele-Bashiru previously made 50-man list of the best young players in the world. The prize, which is distributed by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, rewards the most impressive player aged under the age of 21 to be playing in a European top tier in each calendar year. The likes of Matthijs de Ligt , Vinicius Junior, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Ansu Fati, Phil Foden and Joao Felix are among the nominees. Previous winners include Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba and Kylian…
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has landed his playing body a huge pat on the back for a gutsy performance in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Brazil in a friendly match in Singapore. Five –time world champions Brazil to to dig deep into their arsenal before securing the equalizer as the Super Eagles had them on the back foot following Joseph Ayodele-Aribo’s 35thminute goal. “This result is a good confidence booster for the team. We now have to prepare for the more competitive games next month. “I am happy we stayed organized even when the Brazilians mounted a lot of…
Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark on Monday by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal’s Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine. The 34-year-old scored a penalty as Portugal lost 2-1. His 700 goals so far have come from 973 matches – and he has scored at least once in 458 of those. His goal in the 2-1 loss to Ukraine was also his 95th for Portugal, leaving only Iranian Ali Daei in front in the international charts on 109 goals. The win for Ukraine, meanwhile, means they have qualified for Euro 2020. Ronaldo’s goal means he joins an elite group…
The Coalition of Civil Society Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (COCSHAN) says there is no local Anti Retroviral (ARV) brand in the country at the moment. Mr Ikenna Nwakamma, the first Co-chairman of the society, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday while reacting to speculations that Nigeria produces and exports ARV drugs to neighbouring countries. ARV is a drug used to prevent retrovirus such as HIV from replicating. The term primarily refers to antiretroviral (ARV) HIV drugs. Nwakamma, therefore, explained that some pharmaceutical companies in the country had received advanced level accreditation to produce…
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued the remaining four students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who were abducted on their way to school on Oct. 10. The Deputy Director Army Public Relations Officer,1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Col Ezindu Idimah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday night that the students have been handed over to their joyful parents at Gurmi village. NAN recalls that bandits terrorizing Kaduna/Abuja highway on October 10, abducted 10 students of the school while on their way to school. However, the quick intervention…
Two men, who allegedly broke into a phone shop and stole phones and accessories worth N635,000 on Tuesday, appeared before an Agbowa-Ikosi Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The two defendants, Nejib Nuru, 20, and Shefiu Nafiu, 19, whose occupation and address were not stated, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, burglary and theft. They, however, pleaded innocence of the offences. The prosecutor, Insp Yomi Egunjobi, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Aug. 12 at 1:00 a.m. at Oko-Ito community, Ikorodu. He said that the they conspired to burgle a phone shop belonging to one…
Twenty-seven-year-old Amosu Ali, who pleaded guilty to stealing a motorcycle, was on Tuesday remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional facility by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fagbohun, ordered that the defendant would remain behind bars pending sentence at the next date of adjournment. The defendant, a resident of Agege area, Lagos, had pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of stealing. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Ajayi, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 23 at Abule-Egba, Lagos. He said that the defendant was found in possession of an unregistered motorcycle, suspected to have…
Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Commander, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno, has warned grain dealers against hoarding of food items in the state. Abdullahi gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tuesday in Maiduguri. He said that the call was imperative to check indiscriminate mopping up of grains in village markets to guard against artificial scarcity and price hike. Abdullahi said that some grain dealers resorted to mopping up of grain in the markets to hoard since the closure of the national borders. He said that the development could lead to…