No fewer than 27 people, mostly women, died in a stampede at a religious gathering in a town in northern India on Tuesday. Local medical authorities said the stampede in Mughalghari village in Uttar Pradesh took place as hundreds of people that gathered for a Hindu prayer meeting...
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The Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police, Zone 6, Calabar, Jonathan Towuru, has ordered the detention and investigation of three police officers for fraudulently extorting N3 million from a member of the public. The officers attached to the zone were said to have carried out the act while on...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Works to revoke the contract for the construction of the flooded East-West Road awarded to Rock Result Nigeria Limited. The call was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Oboku Oforjil (PDP-Bayelsa) at plenary on Tuesday...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed on Tuesday called on the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream I corps members deployed to the state for national service to take lead in advocating for national transformation and development. The Governor made the call in his address...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Police Command has successfully dislodged bandits camp in Sankera axis of the state. The police spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene, who disclosed this in a statement said, the Operation Zenda JTF invaded a criminal hideout at Tse Uza, Mbatyula Council...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Civil Service Commission has announced its impressive achievements in personnel management, revealing a remarkable record of employment, promotions, conversions, and disciplinary actions between May 2019 and May 2024. The Commission’s Chairman, Abubakar Usman, stated while presenting the Commission’s scorecard at a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is set to roll out an open schooling programme designed to provide a flexible learning approach in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, announced this during a meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Former Nigerian First Lady, Aisha Buhari was in Maiduguri to offer her condolence and prayers to the bereaved family of late Galadima Modu Sheriff over the demise of Hajiya Aisa, mother of former Borno Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Hajiya Aisa passed away...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pledged its commitment to providing all that is required through the relevant Secretariat, Departments and Agencies of the FCT Administration, to boost food production and national food security. FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, gave...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted that predictions of a Conservative defeat are not going to stop him after the likelihood of his return to Downing Street. He said this was put at less than “lightning striking twice in the same place” by a polling expert. He...
A Kano State High Court on Tuesday , adjourned until July 4, hearing in an applications in the ongoing Kano Emirship Tussle case. The Attorney General of Kano State, Speaker Kano State House of Assembly and Kano State House of Assembly, through their counsel Ibrahim Isah-Wangida Esq, filed...
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has rescued three persons alive from the rubbles of a collapsed four storey building in Abuja on Monday. The acting Director-General of the department, Mrs Florence Wenegieme, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said that no...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suspended the planned power outage on Osogbo/Akure and Ado-Ekiti 132KV lines. The outage was earlier scheduled for two months according to the Benin Electricity Plc (BEDC) Evelyn Gbiwen, Head, Branding and Corporate Communications, BEDC, who said this in a statement on...
Portugal’s goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved all three penalties as Portugal won 3-0 in a shootout against a brave Slovenia side who had held them to a 0-0. The shootout followed Cristiano Ronaldo’s extra-time miss from the spot in a dramatic Euro 2024 last-16 clash on Monday. Portugal had...
U.S. President, Joe Biden said on Monday the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity set a “dangerous precedent” that could turn presidents into kings and called on the American people to “dissent” by rejecting Donald Trump in November’s election. In clear, measured remarks from the White House, Biden...
Hotel Owners Forum Abuja (HOFA) has blamed the high lodging charges in hotels in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the recent hike in electricity tariff. The President of HOFA, Mrs Funmi Kazeem, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the recent electricity tariff hike...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said the fate of the terrorists that perpetrated these insecurity will be violent and short as troops will stop at nothing to take them out of the battlefield. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this in a statement on...
A former member of House of Representatives, Chief Samuel Onuigbo, has said in spite of challenges Nigeria has turned the curve in pursuit of good governance through a democratic government. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that the country was fine-tuning its...
Will Stevens, U.S. Consul General in Lagos. The U.S. Consul General in Lagos, Will Stevens, on Monday reiterated his country’s commitment to a shared partnership and strengthening of bilateral relations with Nigeria. Stevens said this in his address during the celebration of America’s 248th Independence Day, organised by...
Only politicians and their supporters numbed by greed and insensitivity to human suffering, and (there are many in Africa), did not anticipate the “Youth Revolt” of 25 June 2024 in Kenya. But this appears to be the beginning of a renewed “people power” revolution against bad governance, even though...