Niger State Police Command has confirmed the killing of “many bandits” by the Joint Security Task Force in the North-Central state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bala Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Minna that several bandits were neutralised by the joint security...
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World Health Organisation (WHO) says over one billion people, aged 12 to 35, risk losing their hearing due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and other high volume recreational noise. WHO gave the warning in a new international safety advice on Wednesday to tackle the rising threat...
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has commended the infrastructure drive in the Niger Delta and believes the oil-rich region would soon match Dubai’s developmental feat. Governor Diri said this during the commissioning of the Mgbuoshimini-Nkpor Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The governor praised his Rivers...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State on Wednesday rejected the results of the Akpabuyo State Constituency byelection following the discovery of mind-boggling malpractices and electoral frauds perpetuated by the opposition Peoples democratic Party (PDP). In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Executive Director of Development Concerns, (DEVCON), Dr. Martins Egot has called on the Cross River State Government to protect forest communities in the state. Mr. Egot, a forest conservation expert made the call at the end of a workshop held in Calabar on Wednesday...
The Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) Malam Mele Kyari, says the corporation is being transformed to be the fifth Gas producing company in the world. Kyari noted that NNPC was currently working on a platform that would create a hub of gas industries that would...
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, fixed March 17 for judgment in the remaining one count charge of money laundering leveled against former Chief of Air Staff, Mohammed Umar. Umar, who retired as an air marshall is charged with one count of money laundering,...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says Nigeria’s proven natural gas reserve has risen to 209.5 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) as at Jan. 1, 2022. Mr Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive, NMDPRA, said this on Wednesday at the 2022 Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja. The...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 23 for judgment in a suit filed by the 36 states’ Attorneys-General challenging the the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from implementing its guidelines on local government spending. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties...
Some Domestic Airlines` Executive Officers have said that airfares hike is long overdue in Nigeria. The officers made the assertion during separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. According to them, some charges to be paid by the airlines have been skyrocketed while...
Nestle Nigeria Plc says it recorded revenue of N351.8 billion as at the year ended Dec. 31, 2021. The company said this in a statement signed by Mrs Victoria Uwadoka, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, on Wednesday in Lagos. The figure represents 22.6 per cent growth over the...
Russian soldiers taking part in the invasion of Ukraine are in ‘complete disarray’, according to voice recordings obtained by a British intelligence company. The intercepted radio messages indicate that troops are refusing to obey central command orders to shell Ukrainian towns and are complaining about running out of supplies...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5 million for immediate evacuation of about 5,000 Nigerians caught in Russia, Ukraine war. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that majority of the affected Nigerian citizens are currently taking refuge in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. The Minister of State for Foreign...
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) citing information from Moscow said Russian forces now have control of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant. IAEA director general Rafael Grossi on Wednesday said Russian diplomats in Vienna had informed him of the development. According to the Russian embassy’s letter...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has commenced the evacuation of stranded Nigerians who fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries, following the conflict between the country and Russia. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, said the stranded Nigerians...
A couple have been reportedly found dead while allegedly having sex in a car along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Eyewitnesses claimed that the couple might have been dead for two days. The car’s number-plate was displayed in the video and those who know the couple have been asked to contact Owe-Ibafo...
The International Court of Justice said Tuesday it would hold genocide hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine, as fighting intensifies. The Hague-based ICJ, the United Nations’ top court, will open the public hearings after Ukraine lodged a complaint with the court to order Russia...
Nigerian women in various groups on Wednesday occupied the gate of the National Assembly in protest against the failure of a bill meant to create ‘special seat‘ for women. The women gathered early morning at the three arm zone and marched to the National Assembly gate chanting songs of...
The trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for alleged N1.4billion fraud, before Justice Christopher Balogun of the Lagos High Court Ikeja, was again, stalled on Monday, as the counsel for the defendant, Osagie Isiramen, told the court that the defence was not ready to...
U.S. companies Apple, Google, Ford, Harley-Davidson, Boeing and Exxon Mobil rebuked and rejected Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, under steady pressure from investors and consumers decrying the violence. Apple Inc late on Tuesday said it had stopped sales of iPhones and other products in Russia, adding that it...