Gunmen have shot a policeman to death on Friday in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, police confirmed on Monday. The assailants escaped with the rifle of the slain policeman. Police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that three other police operatives...
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The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Monday, said it generated N441 million from tickets sold across the country in March. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr Opeyemi Ajayi disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Ajayi said the total admission of viewers...
Prophet Wale Ojo of the Harvest Centre Mission, Ikorodu Lagos, says Sen. Bola Tinubu’s emergence as President-elect after the Feb. 25 polls has been sanctioned by God. Ojo, the Presiding Shepherd of the Mission, gave the message at a news conference on Monday at Alausa Ikeja. It was to douse...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command, said it had secured the conviction of 37 drug peddlers and users between January and March. The State Commander of the Agency, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday. Idris-Ahmad said the...
Senator Godswill Akpabio has been confirmed as the frontline candidate in the contest for the leadership of the 10th Senate presently going on in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Former Edo State Commissioner for Information, Prince Kassim Afegbua, gave the report in a statement debunking rumours making the rounds...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Police tactical team have killed two bandits and repelled attack on a community in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The state police spokesman, CSP Muhammad Shehu, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Gusau. CSP Shehu assured residents...
Prof. Onje Gye-Wado, Former Deputy Governor of Nassarawa State abducted by gunmen on April 7, has been released. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lafia. NAN recalls that Gye-Wado, who was deputy...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has launched a poll on LinkedIn and Twitter, asking stakeholders and potential beneficiaries in the Niger Delta region for their insights and suggestions on which areas or sectors the NDDC should focus on for more attention and investment....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of the former judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, Justice Bola Ajibola. Ajibola passed on in Abeokuta on Sunday at the age of 89 years. Tinubu in a condolence message...
Former Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa and the immediate past Minister of State For Petroleum Resources has called for improved regulation of marine transportation in the country. Sylva made the call in a statement issued by Mr Julius Bokoru, his Special Assistant On Media And Public Affairs. He expressed...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has condoled with Alhaji Aminu Dantata over the demise of his wife, Hajiya Rabi Aminu Dantata. Governor Ganduje stated this in a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar. He described the deceased as a...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says it is currently working to restore power supply to Minna and environs after windstorm damaged some of its equipment and installations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was a heavy windstorm on Sunday night before the heavy downpour. This...
Whenever a section of the society wants to embark on something new, it’ll first fly a kite. To sane minds, flying a kite is like testing the waters. If the society is gullible enough to ‘collectivise, objectify, even sacralise’ it, then, it becomes the norm. Unfortunately, societal norms tend...
Nigerian universities are dying. Schools are slowly and steadily becoming hotbeds of superstition and unreason. Irrational beliefs, scorched earth mindsets, and stone age ideas are taking over the campuses. The intellectual climate is moribund, a disconnect from the 21st-century zeitgeist. The culture of critical examination of issues is dying...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said the late former Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, was a role model and a man of uncommon integrity who served Nigeria selflessly. Prof. Osinbajo stated on this Sunday at the interment of the...
PREAMBLE First, let me seize this opportunity to congratulate Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his well-deserved victory in an unarguably about the most keenly contested presidential election in Nigeria’s history. For me personally, I feel fulfilled in that the incipient seed of this outcome was sown by my humble...
Senator Godswill Akpabio has been tipped as the most deserving candidate for the leadership of the 10th Senate due to his governance experience, political skills, and the remarkable contributions of the South-South region to the victory of the APC in the last presidential election. He received the nod from...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has lauded the Managing Director of NEROS Pharmaceutical Ltd., Polly Emenike, for his sponsorship of the Anambra FA Cup competition for 16 years running. Soludo made the commendation at Sunday’s grand finale of the 2023 NEROS/Anambra FA Cup at the NEROS Stadium, Nanka in...
Mr Ade Adetimehin, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in Ondo State, says the president-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, would assemble the best qualified Nigerians for good governance in Nigeria. Adetimehin, who described Tinubu as a builder and developer of human resources, applauded the people of the state...
A socio-political group, Ondo Democracy Front, has asked the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to give the position of Deputy Speaker to Ondo State in view of its role in the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect. In a statement on Sunday in Akure by...