Mr Vincent Ehiwario, Director of Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), Delta State has urged motorists and other road users to be extremely careful in flooded areas not to fall victim of unpleasant consequences. Ehiwario said this in a statement on Tuesday while showing concern over reports of deaths and loss...
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Abdulsalam Abubakar General Hospital Hospital, Gulu, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that two persons were killed in the attack which occured in the early hours of Tuesday. Several persons including the hospital doctor and a pharmacist...
The Zamfara Government says 80 suspects are in custody for alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping for ransom and illegal possession of firearms. Dr Abdullahi Shinkafi, Chairman Zamfara Committee on Prosecution of Banditry and Related Offences, made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. ”Other suspects...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri on Tuesday said that so far, one million residents have been displaced by the ravaging floods, indicating that the worrisome phenomenon has created a humanitarian crisis beyond the capacity of the state. He also announced a one-week break for civil servants except those on...
A Russian missile struck an apartment building in the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv early on Tuesday. A Reuters witness said, the latest strike on a city hours after the United States warned that it would hold Russia accountable for war crimes. The missile, which caused one of three explosions...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has called for a better-packaged, fulfilling and more fruitful Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) that will germinate a more beneficial football economy for all stakeholders. Gusau stated this during a meeting on Monday...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – To reduce the distortion of companies’ public information and market data, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has urged investors to disclose their substantial interest in listed companies not later than 10 business days after such a transaction. According to NGX, sudden announcements of previously undisclosed...
Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding across West and Central Africa has affected five million people in 19 countries across the region, claiming hundreds of lives, upending livelihoods, displacing tens of thousands from their homes and decimating over a million hectares of cropland – in a region already in the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance that a fraudulent letter, titled: “Certificate of Site Ownership”, for clearance of “Mast Transmission Antenna”, are being circulated by some unidentifiable individuals, and purporting that the letter was issued by the NCC....
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old Lagos car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, aka IVD, over the death of his wife, Abimbola, in the Lekki area of the state. Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this on Monday, said, “He was arrested on Saturday, he’s...
It is a famous dictum that when one insists (too much) on claiming his rights (especially against overwhelming public opinion and pleadings to let go for peace to prevail), such a person may end up with the blame. As in, you too do sef! The raging controversy in the...
The Adamawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its Presidential and Governorship campaign council for 2023 general election. Speaking at the ceremony on Monday in Yola, Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri charged the council to ensure grassroots mobilisation of the electorate to ensure the victory for the party...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, said if elected, he would ensure full exploration of the oil reserves in the Benue trough and Chad basin for the development of the North and Nigeria as a whole. Tinubu made the pledge at an interactive session on...
The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) dropped by N655 billion, following the hike in the nation’s inflation rate to 20.77 per cent. The News of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday announced the inflation rate for September, standing at 20.77...
President Muhammadu has charged nations of ECOWAS to deploy Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in addressing various challenges such as diseases and catastrophes ravaging people of the sub region. The president gave the charge while declaring open the maiden edition of African Research and Innovation Forum (FARI) 2022 in...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has scheduled a roundtable for Oct. 20 with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor and the Minister of Finance over the crisis in the aviation sector. Gbajabiamila said this at the end of a meeting with stakeholders in the aviation...
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji says he has committed the state to God’s hands for direction and guidance. Oyebanji stated this on Monday in Ado-Ekiti during a brief prayer session at the Government House Chapel. The prayer session was attended by his wife, Folake, family members and officials, including...
The University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo, Nigeria has been ranked 6th by the Times Higher Education (THE) in its latest World Universities rankings for Nigeria. In the rating made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin by the university’s Public Relations Unit, the performance...
Kogi State House of Assembly on Monday summoned cement manufacturing firm, BUA Group, over a 50,000-hectare land it acquired 10 years ago but has yet to pay for it. The lawmakers gave the summons at a public hearing of one of its ad-hoc committees held at a hotel in...
Karim Benzema has been rewarded for his career-best 2021/2022 season with his first Ballon d’Or in a ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Real Madrid captain Benzema was a strong favourite for the top award on Monday after inspiring the Spanish giants to a LaLiga and UEFA...