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The Federal Government says it is set to launch an emergency medical and ambulance service across the country. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, revealed this during a retreat organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services on the amendment of the 2014 National Health Act. According to the Minister, the Federal Government is pulling all ambulances together to form the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMAS), which will be launched within the next month. Buhari says he will not succumb to blackmail by abductors Dr. Osagie said by dialing the emergency code 112, Nigerians can…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday condemned the abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State as inhumane and totally unacceptable and sent out a strong warning to bandits and their sponsors. In a statement released by spokesman Garba Shehu, the President said that “this administration will not succumb to blackmail by bandits who target innocent school students in the expectations of huge ransom payments.” https://twitter.com/GarShehu/status/1365372333792382976?s=20 According to Buhari, “no criminal group can be too strong to be defeated by the government,” adding that, “the only thing standing between our security forces and the bandits…

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has called on the Federal Government to divert funds meant for RUGA project into the National Livestock Plan. The governor, who made the call on Friday, during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Makurdi the state capital, said the Ruga project failed in Benue, hence the funds should go into a project that will be useful for people of the state. “National Livestock was approved by NEC but up till today, the government is not approving money to implement it. But when it was Ruga or Cattle…

The General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Olajide Oduyoye says the motorist who knocked a police officer over a bridge in Lagos will be charged for attempted murder. A viral video that made the rounds on Thursday showed a sports utility vehicle tipping a police officer off a bridge into a canal while trying to escape arrest. Reacting to the incident while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Oduyoye revealed that the driver, Sunday Okodo, has been charged to court with two counts of attempted murder and traffic violation. The LASTMA GM said the police…

“To make Lagos greater in the coming days, elected officers must unite” – Obasa. The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, on Friday urged all elected and appointed officials of the state to unite for Lagos to be greater. Speaker Obasa said this at the ongoing 16th executive-legislative parley holding in the state with the theme: A Consensus Agenda for Rebuilding Lagos. “You will all agree with me that the necessity and significance of this parley is explicit enough. More than ever before, the elected and appointed public office holders of Lagos State…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the attack on Friday on Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State where hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted. Lawan expressed sadness and outrage that the incident happened while efforts were still being made to rescue those abducted just over a week ago at another secondary school in Kagara, Niger State. The Senate President said the recurrent attacks on schools and other acts of banditry call for intense soul searching on how the nation arrived at this sorry pass and how to cage the monster of violent crimes in Nigeria. Zamfara bandits…

Manchester United will play seven-time Champions League winners AC Milan in the last 16 of the Europa League. AC Milan, who sit second in Serie A, are yet to win the competition while United’s only triumph was in 2017. Arsenal, finalists in 2019, face Greek side Olympiakos, who knocked them out in the last-32 stage last year. Tottenham will play Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb while Rangers have been drawn against Czech side Slavia Prague, who defeated Leicester City this week. The eight last-16 ties of the Europa League will be played on 11 and 18 March. Shola Shoretire, Amad debut…

Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said abductors of the Zamfara schoolgirls were not the bandits he recently engaged with in Zamfara forests. The Nation had reported bandits stormed Government Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area around 1am Friday and abducted over 300 female students. Zamfara Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, confirmed the abduction to News Agency of Nigeria but could not confirm the number of the students abducted as at press time. Gumi, in a short telephone interview with The Nation, said the abduction was carried out by a splinter group of…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the regulation of cryptocurrency in Nigeria, as against the prohibition of the digital currency. Speaking at the Bankers Committee Vanguard on Friday, Prof. Osinbajo who spoke on a range of issues, touched on the issue of cryptocurrency. “On the very topical issue of blockchain technology, digital assets, and cryptocurrencies let me say two things. “First is that there is no question that blockchain technology generally and cryptocurrencies, in particular, will in the coming years challenge traditional banking, including reserve banking, in ways that we cannot yet imagine so we need to be prepared…

A woman, Felicia Iselobhor, on Friday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N19.7 million from a cryptocurrency firm. The police charged Iselobhor, 51, with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution counsel, ASP Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Dec. 2, 2020 , in Lagos. Ekundayo alleged that the defendant, conspired with one other, at large and unlawfully withdrew N19.7millon from her employer’s account. 23-year-old Nigerian studying in US convicted for fraud The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 287 (7) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The…