The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for urgent actions to protect most vulnerable children from deadly measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 disrupts immunisations. The UN agencies made the call in a statement posted on the WHO website. According to the statement, theContinue Reading
Karaye Emirate Council in Kano State has formally installed five Kingmakers and two other Senior District Heads. The Kingmakers are Makama of Karaye Alhaji Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, Sarkin Bai Alhaji Jibrin Ibrahim Zarewa, Sarkin Dawaki Mai-Tuta Senator Bello Hayatu Gwarzo, Dan Iya Alhaji Bashir Mahe and the Madaki of KarayeContinue Reading
The Emir of Katsina, Alh. Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, recently, turbaned seven new district heads in an elaborate ceremony attended by prominent personalities from all walks of life. Those turbaned include Sarkin Musawan Katsina, Alh. Sagir Abdullahi Inde; Sarkin Yakin Katsina, Alh Bello Mamman Iffo; Matawallen Katsina, Retired Colonel Abdulaziz MusaContinue Reading
By Muhammad M. Garba The Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gashua, Yobe State Professor Andrew Haruna has been turbaned as the Shettima Ilmuye of Borno by the Shehu of Borno Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-kanemi. In an elaborate ceremony held at the Shehu’s palace on Saturday, 14th November 2020Continue Reading
The Emir of Kontagora, Niger State, traditionally called Sarkin Sudan, Alhaji Saidu Umaru Namaska Dan Malam, has appointed the Vice Chancellor of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Professor Adamu Kasim, as Wakilin Makarantan Sudan Kontagora. Like his predecessor, Professor Muhammad Nasiru Maiturare, who was appointed Wakilin Makarantan Minna, by the EmirContinue Reading
One of the developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine announced on Friday that India-based drugmaker Hetero will produce more than 100 million doses of the jab. “Hetero, one of India’s leading generic pharmaceutical companies, have agreed to produce in India over 100 million doses per year of the world’sContinue Reading
By Usman Muhammad A new Vice-Chancellor has emerged in Federal University Lafia (FULafia), Lafia, Nasarawa State. He is Professor Shehu Abdur-Rahman, who, until his appointment by the Governing Council of the University, was the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture. A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of theContinue Reading
Governor Nasir ElRufai. Sir, Zaria. Zaria is on the brink. The kidnappers seem to have found gold deposits in Zaria. They seem to have set an invincible circle around Zaria from where they move in and out to carry out their deadly raids with little or no kinetic resistanceContinue Reading
Russia’s two-shot Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will cost less than $20 per person on international markets and will be free of charge for Russian citizens, according to a statement on the official Sputnik V Twitter account. Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund, told the Reuters news agencyContinue Reading