The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III, has said it would take decades for the bandit-ravaged North-West geopolitical zone to come out of the menacing security challenge. The President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) stated this at the North-West Peace and Security Summit...
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Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has said the North-West Governor’s Forum will not allow insecurity to define the region. The Governor said this at the opening of a two-day North-West Peace and Security Summit in Katsina on Monday, with the theme: ‘Regional Cooperation for Securing Lives and...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested four suspects over the murder of a retired Brigadier General, Uwem Udokwere, in his Sunshine Estate home in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, disclosed this at a news conference...
The police in Akwa Ibom State have rescued a 63-year man and retiree of Shell Petroleum Company who was recently kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Uyo. ASP John said that he victim, who was abducted...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 1,598 suspected cases of cholera across 107 local government areas. The cholera outbreak is characterised by a case fatality rate of 3.5 per cent, significantly higher than the national expected average of one per cent, underscoring severity...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Olatunji Bello as the new Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), pending confirmation by the Senate. The presidential spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) and 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, have arrested some suspected bandits and gunrunners in Plateau and Kaduna State. Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. According to Zhakom,...
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women has said 113 countries have never had a woman Head of State and only 26 are led by a woman today. The UN Women, in a new figure on gender equality...
An unidentified man believed to have attempted to steal electrical cables inside the powerhouse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Lagos airport, has suffered an electric shock. The Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, made the disclosure on Monday at the...
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has said the country’s Free Trade Zones generated N11.1 billion between 2020 and 2023. Managing Director of NEPZA, Dr Olufemi Ogunyemi, said this in a statement by his Head of Corporate Communication, Martins Odeh, on Monday in Abuja. Ogunyemi said the...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Friday, July 18, 2024, for the Policy Meeting to deliberate on admissions cut-off marks into tertiary institutions. The meeting which is expected to set minimum cut-off marks for 2024/2025 admissions, would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof....
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has awarded 26.6 million dollars in co-investment grants to 33 companies in Nigeria through its global hunger and food security initiative. Ms Michelle Corzine, Director of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Power, USAID, announced this at a partnership...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to his Chief of Staff, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on his birthday. Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesman , Chief Ajuri Ngelale, described Gbajabiamila as a statesman and prolific public administrator. He said Gbajabiamila was also an...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State says the protest by some party members at its secretariat on Monday was exaggerated by some media platforms. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a section of the media had reported that some angry APC members from...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Giving a constitutional role for the traditional institution, at least at the local level, has been identified as the solution the the present security and socio-economic decadence in the country. The Olumobi of Imobi-Ijesa, His Royal Highness, Dr. Tayo Haastrup, made...
Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, acquitted a former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his former aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, of 54-counts of money laundering.. Delivering judgment, Justice Liman held that the prosecution failed to discharge the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Nigerians about the illegal production and sale of unregistered B-GAG mist pot CIT syrup. The alert is contained in a public in notice No. 023/2024, issued by the agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has proposed solutions to stem the tide of multinational companies leaving Nigeria. Mr. Obi, a former Anambra State governor took to his social media handle (X) on Monday to share his ideas....
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the fatalities from the state’s cholera outbreak have risen to 29 deaths and 579 suspected cases across multiple Local Government Areas in the state. Abayomi made the disclosure during a state multiagency news briefing and update...
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD), has said no life was lost to the Monday morning flash flood in Trademore Estate in Lugbe, Abuja. The acting Director-General (D-G) of FEMD, Mrs Florence Wenegieme, stated this while assessing the extent of the flash flood that submerged some...