By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has confirmed that 14 of the 21 passengers abducted on board Ak9 train on the standard gauge rail from Kaduna to Abuja were found alive and safe. The Managing Director, NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, who gave the update in...
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About 1.2 million people are at risk of explosive mines action in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States in North East region of Nigeria. The declaration was made on Monday in Abuja by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale. Speaking at the 2022 International...
BY PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Alphonsus Eba, on Monday said the party has not zoned the governorship ticket to any particular zone in the State. This is coming weeks after Governor Ben Ayade disclosed that the next governor...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Dangote Group Executive Director, Devakumar Edwin has said the Group’s 650,000 barrels per day refinery is due to begin production by the fourth quarter of 2022, The refinery, being built at a cost of $19 billion in Lagos, has 4.74 billion liters storage capacity,...
Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC, a leader in the Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) recently passed the PECB ISO 27001certification audit for its Information Technology (IT) and cybersecurity framework and policies. This certification has placed Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC as the foremost Nigerian firm in the FMCG sector to...
Elon Musk has taken a major stake in Twitter, regulatory filings showed Monday, sending the social media network’s stock soaring and igniting speculation he could seek an active role in its operations. Musk, the world’s richest man and CEO of electric vehicle company Tesla, is a frequent Twitter user...
Manchester United’s interim manager, Ralf Rangnick, has revealed that the club side will need about two seasons for considerable successes to be recorded. The Red Devils have been on a roller coaster form in recent weeks, drawing three, losing two and boasting of a single victory that came against...
Here is a list of winners of the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which were handed out on Sunday in Las Vegas. Jazzman and bandleader Jon Batiste led the night with five awards including Album of the Year. Retro act Silk Sonic — the group project of Bruno Mars and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Support for the presidential aspiration of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, continues to grow following the endorsement of former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, and the Lagos State Chapter of the PDP. Wike received the nod of the influential party stakeholders...
Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers have offered resignation letters from their positions in response to calls from increasing protests amid economic instability and a severe fuel shortage in the South Asian country. Government officials confirmed that all cabinet ministers had handed in their resignation letters, paving way for all political...
BY HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – Operatives from The Jigawa State Police Command have arrested five suspected kidnappers and armed robbers in Ringim Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The police spokesperson, ASP Lawan Shiisu, who disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse on Monday, said the suspects, who had...
A new Nollywood movie, “Ikemba”, was premiered on Sunday at the Orientals Hotel, Lekki, Lagos, to an array of “A” list actors and movie enthusiasts. The movie which had actors like Pete Edochie, Ramsey Noah, Yul Edochie, Zubby Michael, Patience Ozokwor, Chiwetalu Agu, Kanayo O. Kanayo and others, was...
Emirates Airlines has made an offer to partner with Nigeria in its quest to establish a national carrier. Mr James Odaudu, Special Assistant to Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation, stated in Abuja on Monday that the President of Emirates Airlines, Mr Tim Clark made the offer during a...
Several locals have been killed by armed men suspected to be bandits during an attack on Tsafe town in Zamfara State. The assailants were said to have invaded the town which is the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night. Neither the state government...
A patrol team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) comprising of an officer, a driver, and two other staff have been attacked by gunmen in Anambra State. During the attack which occurred on Sunday along the Igbo-Uku-Uga route in the state, the assailants killed two personnel with one...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba on Monday congratulated the former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), comrade Adams Oshiomole on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The Minister’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has directed telecommunication companies to bar outgoing calls for telephone lines that have not complied with the NIN-SIM linkage Policy from the 4th of April, 2022. It also commended Nigerians and Legal Residents for their support during the exercise to link...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, said on Sunday that Nigeria should not be allowed to continue to slide as something must be done to rescue her. Wike, who is also a presidential hopeful in 2023 under the platform of the opposition...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that the security challenges in the country are becoming more overwhelming as Nigerians are no longer safe on roads, in trains or at airports. “A situation where we are not safe on the roads, in the train, we are not safe at the...
FIFA has faced calls to sanction Iran and even throw its team out of the 2022 World Cup finals over the Islamic republic’s renewed failure to allow women to attend an international football match. Iranian news agencies this week confirmed that 2,000 women who had bought tickets for Tuesday’s...