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The Public Affairs Section of the United States of America Mission in Nigeria has called for application from qualified Nigerians wishing to teach Hausa or Yoruba languages and cultures to American students in US universities and colleges. The FLTA program allows foreign teachers to teach foreign languages and culture to American students in universities and…

Barely three days after the officials of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) nabbed a passenger with cocaine worth N7 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), the command has again arrested another traveller with the same banned substance. Mr. Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi, a passenger with Ethiopian Airlines from Guarulhos International Airport, Sao…

The Management of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University,UDUS, Sokoto, has reacted to a story insinuating the death of two female students, as a result of a fire incident at the Block ‘M’ female hostel, at its main campus, as fake news. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Lawal Bilbis, while reacting to the development, however, expressed…

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said it will shut down schools across the country if it continues to notice a spike in the number of confirmed cases. PTF National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, stated this in a recent interview with NTA. In his words, “The issue of school reopening is something that the…

Kwara State Government on Tuesday got a legal green light to proceed with the building of the state secretariat on the controversial Ile Arugbo land in Ilorin, with the court striking out the case instituted by the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, challenging the government’s take over of the land. Justice Abiodun Adewara of…

Miyyati Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ogun State chapter has accused Oodua republic advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, of allegedly razing another Fulani settlement in Igua area of Yewa North in Ogun State. MACBAN Chairman in the state , Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim Dende, told Daily Trust that the house of…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Tuesday, urged an activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, to review his strategy by dialoging with relevant stakeholders in Southwest in order to find lasting solutions to the activities of killer-herdsmen in Yorubaland. This, the students’ body noted becomes imperative “so as not to set…

The federal government has extended the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021. According to a statement jointly signed by Director Public Affairs, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde and Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission,…

The federal government on Monday released a list of 22 local government areas within 13 states that are high-burdened with COVID-19. National Incident Manager of the Presidential Task Force, Mukhtar Muhammad, spoke on Monday in Abuja at a briefing. He said affected state capitals contributed over 95 percent of new cases recorded in the last…