The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed four persons dead and 10 others with varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident in Zanchita village on Bida – Kutugi Road, Bida LGA of Niger. Mr Kumar Tsukwam, FRSC Sector Commander in the state, told the News Agency of...
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Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has urged Christian to be united irrespective of their denominations. Adeboye gave the advice at the Chapel of Mercy, Dadin-Kowa, Jos, on Sunday. He said he was in Jos to commiserate with the family of...
A man who appeared to be mentally challenged laid out bundles of Naira from his pocket on the floor when confronted by some soldiers. In a video shared online, the soldiers who revealed that they saw him with a cutlass while going through some waste items, explicitly told him...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is to deploy 30,000 operatives to ensure peace during the upcoming general elections in Nigeria. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation is billed for another general election, starting on Feb. 25 next year, when the president and vice-president will be elected. A...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has so far arrested over 400 suspected oil thieves nationwide. The NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Ahmed Audi, made the disclosure when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. “We have arrested over 400 suspects...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) has elected new executive council members that run the affairs of the council in the next three years under the observation of the National President of the NUJ, Comrade Chris Isiguzo during the union 2022...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, has begun a joint interagency stimulation training to secure all custodial centres in the territory. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, Mr Chukwuedo Humphrey said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Humphrey said that the maiden joint interagency...
The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has said Nigerians are not ripe to be allowed to bear arms. Dr. Audi made the observation when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said: “I strongly...
The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has dismissed insinuations of conflict of responsibility between NSCDC and the Nigeria Police Force. Audi dismissed the insinuation when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said the corps was a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Special Adviser to the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr Ibrahim Idris Garba on Saturday inspected the ongoing construction of 2.9 kilometers road and drainage around College of Education, Waka Biu in Biu LGA of the state. The project...
Operatives from the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja have arrested a man, identified as John Lyon, who is a notorious kidnapper and is well known for boasting about his money online. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the culprit who has been terrorizing the state of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) retirees have called on the National Assembly to go ahead and pass the Police Pension Board Establishment bill. Recalled that the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) had written to the National Assembly to exit the Police from...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to publish copy and details of the agreement the Federal Government recently signed with the United States for the repatriation of $23 million stolen by the late...
Tyrants and mad men suffer a common ailment: they are condemned to a feeling of loneliness and a routine of endless wandering in search of what they alone understand. No other world leader at the present time better illustrates this ancient folk wisdom than Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin...
By ORKULA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – Flamingos’ Head Coach, Bankole Olowookere has selected team captain Alvine Dah-Zossu, midfield jewel Taiwo Afolabi and top scorer Opeyemi Ajakaye as part of Nigeria’s 21-girl squad for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India. There are also first-choice goalkeeper Faith Omilana,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians living in the United States for the exemplary roles they are playing in their different areas of endeavour, urging them to continue in that line to earn the respect of their hosts. Speaking Saturday at the Townhall Meeting...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated that prices of selected food items increased in August. This is according to the NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for August, released in Abuja on Saturday. It said that the average price of 1kg of beans (white, black eye, sold loose)...
WildAid, an environmental NGO, says that Nigeria’s surviving Cross River Gorillas are threatened by extinction. This is contained in a statement by Kelechukwu Iruoma, Nigeria’s WildAid Representative, on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sept. 24 is World Gorilla Day. It is an annual event celebrating...
Prof Owojecho Omoha, Director General, of the Obi-dient Movement, Nigeria ,says the movement is overwhelmed by the mammoth crowd witnessed at its rally in Abuja. Omoha made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the Obi-dient Mega Rally held on Saturday in Abuja...
Insecurity will be brought to an end before the end of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari assured in Ile-Ife, Osun, on Saturday. He gave the assurance at the grand finale of the 2022 Olojo Festival. The Olojo Festival is an ancient festival celebrated annually in Ile-Ife. It was once...