By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, for drug trafficking. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday, that the suspect was arrested at the Port Harcourt...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, says one of the greatest challenges being faced by Nigerians at the moment is beyond any infrastructural development, rather a concerted effort to give the citizens protection to be alive first. Bishop Kukah, who spoke...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A Kuje Prison escapee by name Salisu Buhari ,24 years and Zubairu Ali 27 years, have been arrested for alleged theft in Nasarawa State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations officer, Nasarawa State Command, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has brought forward the conduct of its 2023 UTME which was earlier scheduled to hold from Saturday, 29th April, 2023, to Tuesday, 25th April, to Tuesday, 2nd May, 2023. The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Former governor of old Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), has described as timely and appropriate, President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter addressed to the UK court which convicted Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice pleading for clemency for the couple. Ekweremadu, a former...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has commended the patrol teams of Osun State command for returning N27.1million recovered from an accident scene. This is contained in a statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has felicitated with Christians in Borno State and the rest of Nigeria on the ongoing Easter festival. Zulum, in his message released by his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, urged citizens in Borno State to pray for the full restoration of...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the N5 million fine on Channels Television. In the suit, they are asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional the N5m fine imposed...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola has died at the age of 89. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died on Saturday midnight after a long-time illness as a result of old age....
The Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese, His Grace, Ignatious Kaigama, has challenged leaders and followers to shun vices and uphold virtues to build a new Nigeria desired by all. In an Easter message on Sunday, Kaigama said that Easter was a time of renewal, rebirth, and hope. According to him,...
Popular Nigerian veteran Afro-Pop musician, John Odafe Asiemo, popularly known in the entertainment world as Daddy Showkey, has traced his ability to walk again after he was involved in a ghastly motor accident to the goodwill and assistance of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. In...
Pope Francis is expected to celebrate the Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday morning. Once again, tens of thousands are expected to attend the celebration. Last weekend, around 60,000 people took part in the Palm Sunday Mass, according to the Vatican’s gendarmerie. On Easter...
Israel Adesanya pulled off a stunning knockout win over Alex Pereira to reclaim the middleweight crown at UFC 287 at the Kaseya Centre on Saturday. He downed the Brazilian in the second round to avenge his only UFC defeat at middleweight. After a cagey opening frame that saw Pereira...
Maiduguri, the capital and the largest city of Borno State, was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British colonial authority. It consists of two cities – Yerwa to the west and Old Maiduguri to the east. While Yerwa was founded in 1907 by Sheikh Abubakar Garbai...
The period between a general election and the swearing in of a successor administration ought to be filled with excited anticipation. It is usually a time of pleasant speculations on the new faces that will soon grace television screens and newspaper front pages. For the masses in a polity...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Saturday said that Owa-Alero storm water drainage project has attained 50 per cent completion rate. The governor state this while speaking to newsmen on Saturday during the project inspection at Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. He...
On Holy Saturday, Pope Francis celebrated the festive Easter Vigil commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Around 8,000 spectators attended the celebration, according to Italy’s ANSA news agency. In his homily, the pope condemned the “rampant injustice” and the “icy winds of war”...
President of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), Mrs Salamatu Yahaya, said in Kaduna on Saturday that the association had gone beyond charity. Inaugurating a NAOWA Centre for the 1 Division chapter of the association at Ribadu Cantonment, Yahaya said it had become an employer of labour and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Easter to pray for the triumph of justice in the country. The party made the call in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – A 43-year old man, Yusuf Hassan, has been arrested for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex- lover Busayo Falola, ablaze, burning down the whole building. The incident occured at 127, old Schorlar Palace, Igan road, Ago Iwoye, in Ijebu North LGA of Ogun...