A Police woman has been captured on camera crying out for help inside the car of a man she reportedly arrested. In a video making the rounds online, the man had apparently threatened to drive her to an undisclosed destination and he seems to have been keeping to his...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government says the seizure of commercial motorcycles by the Lagos State Task Force will continue, in spite the June 1 deadline. The Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Wednesday issued a fresh total ban on Okada riders’ operations in...
Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi says the newly promoted former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, will be prosecuted if eventually indicted by the probe panel chaired by retd. Justice Ayo Salami. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Magu had appeared...
The Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP) has called on residents of Ogoniland in Rivers to support the ongoing execution of six water projects in the area. HYPREP’s Project Coordinator, Ferdinand Giadom, made the call in Alesa Eleme, Rivers, during his inspection tour of the water project sites on...
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting Nigerians from the harmful use of data. Pantami said this in Abuja on Thursday, at the inauguration of the World Development Report (WDR) 2021 in Nigeria. The theme of the report...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average price for refilling a 5kg gas cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased to N3,800.47 in April 2022. The NBS said to refill the gas cylinder used to cost N3,778.30 as recorded in March 2022. This is contained in...
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, on Thursday visited Katsina State as part of consultations ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Kalu, in a statement issued by his media office said, “if there is any zone that understands the pains...
Chelsea defender Marco Alonso on Thursday scored a glorious equaliser to earn a 1-1 home draw with Leicester City, despite the hosts being wasteful on the night. The result meant that Chelsea effectively sealed third place in the English Premier League ahead of the final round of fixtures on...
Canadian-based singer, Stephanie Otobo, has opened up on her relationship with the founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman. Recall that Miss Otobo recently shared some explicit pictures of her escapades with the man of God. In an interview with SaharaTV, the singer alleged that Apostle Suleman used...
There is tension in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State following police attempts to enforce the state government’s ban on commercial motorbike operators, better known as Okada riders. Following the killing of a sound engineer, David Imoh, at Lekki, the state government ordered a total ban on Okada...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor and frontline presidential aspirant of the APC, Ben Ayade has received the report of the State Judicial Welfare Review Committee with a pledge to announce a new salary template for the state’s judicial officers within one week. Speaking on Thursday...
The Federal Government says at the conclusion of the on-going reform in the creative industry and advertising sector, the country will earn two billion dollars in advertising within three years. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in Abuja at a technical session of the...
All Progressives Congress (APC) female presidential aspirant, Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye, has said that Nigeria is due for a female president that will bring in a mother’s touch to address the country`s challenges. She said this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, adding that the country needed a...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva said that annual global investment of 25 billion dollars could help 2.6 billion Africans gain access to clean cooking by 2030. The minister said an annual investment of around 35 billion dollars could bring electricity access to 759 million...
An Upper Area Court in Ilorin on Thursday permitted a landlord, Mr Bakinde AbdulWaheed, to break open and change the locks on his tenant’s apartments door over his disappearance for three years. The presiding Judge, Mr Moshood Ajibade, gave the order after AbdulWaheed, reported that his tenant disappeared for...
The visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting on Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari signifies the importance attached to Nigeria’s ties with the prosperous Arab nation. President Buhari will be meeting the new President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to convey his...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Sokoto on Thursday reaffirmed that Isa Sadiq Achida remained the authentic chairman of Sokoto All Progressives Congress (APC). Omotosho who is the Presiding Judge in case filed by the Mainasara led factions of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that he has the capacity, quality and brilliance to govern the country if given the opportunity. He said that it was such experience that he used in governing Lagos...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, in conjunction with Nigerian Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested some drug suspects during raid operations in their hideout in Effurum in Urwie Local Government Area of Delta State. A total of 167 illegal refineries were...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned the upgraded Bauchi Township Water Supply Scheme which worth about N23.5 billion naira. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the World Bank provided 90 percent of the funds while the State government provided the remaining 10 percent counterpart funding. Represented by...