Contrary to media reports, the former Managing Director of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Mrs. Funke Osibodu has been arrested by the police in Benin, Edo State but was granted administrative bail which she is to report at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Abuja tomorrow (Thursday) for...
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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public accounts, Mr. Wole Oke has disclosed how the Ministry of Agriculture spent N18.9 billion on bush clearing during the COVID-19 lockdown. Mr. Oke said the ministry disclosed this while responding to a probe on how it spent N18.9 billion....
The Ondo State Government has placed fifty thousand naira (N50, 000) as a reward for anyone who exposes or reports incidents leading to the arrest of kidnappers or other criminals in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, who stated this on Wednesday after the...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday held a closed door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta. Tinubu, who arrived at the Obasanjo’s residence inside the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) at about 1.10 p.m, immediately went into a closed-door meeting...
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 119,940 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, at the Badagry border creeks. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bello Jibo, made this known at a news conference on Wednesday in Seme, Lagos State....
The Osun Government has alerted residents in the state to be security conscious following reports of attacks by suspected kidnappers disguised as commercial transporters. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, on Wednesday in Osogbo, said the state government had gotten intelligence reports that kidnappers...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari is set to visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Thursday, August 18, 2022. The visit is the third working visit by the president to Maiduguri in one year after that of June 17 and December 23 in 2021. In...
A Nutrition Manager with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Elhaji Diop, says no fewer than 1.24 million under-five children in Katsina State are stunted due to malnutrition. Diop, from the Kano Field Office of UNICEF, disclosed this on Wednesday in Katsina, at a media dialogue on “Stronger with...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced power supply disruption within the South-East due to industrial strike by electricity workers. The Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Enugu. Mr. Ezeh said: “Following...
There was blackout across Lagos State on Wednesday following the nationwide strike by electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). Ikeja Electric Plc and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) confirmed the development in separate public notices to their customers. The DisCos said the...
Ngozika Ekwelum, a former African Boxing Union (ABU) Heavyweight Champion is down with health challenges suspected to be prostate cancer. Ekwuelum told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he had been in and out of hospital, including the three months he spent at the cancer department of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The FCT Minister of State Dr. Ramatu Tijjina Aliyu, has urged youths in the Federal Capital Territory to be part of political processes in Nigeria. The minister who spoke during an interactive session with the FCT youths as part of activities to commemorate the International...
The police authority in Anambra State has arrested the Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North LGA, Mbazulike Iloka, who was earlier suspended by Governor Chukwuma Soludo over the death of his wife. Iloka, who was sworn in as chairman of the local government area, less than a week before...
Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire outbreak that razed part of the shopping complex on Ligali Ayorinde Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the inferno started in the early hours of Wednesday in one of the shops...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received another batch of 174 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency...
Cristiano Ronaldo has hit out at the “lies” surrounding reports about his future at Manchester United. The Portugal forward missed United’s pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia due to personal reasons as speculation swirled over whether he would be leaving Old Trafford. It has been reported Ronaldo wants to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) on his 81st birthday. Senator Lawan in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by his spokesman, Mr Ola Awoniyi, congratulated the elder statesman for marking the day in...
Some football enthusiasts in Abuja have hailed Nigeria’s under-20 National Women’s Football Team’s brilliant performance in the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the Falconets are paired in Group C along France, South Korea and Canada. They...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, has arrested an 18-year-old student, over alleged attempt to kidnap the Provost, College of Fisheries, New Bussa. The command spokesman, ASC Nasir Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Minna....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The former Special Adviser to Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, Nzan Ogbe has launched the first indigenous community platform tagged FacesofNaija App. Mr Ogbe, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairmen of the company said the app came after two years...