An Abuja Upper Area Court is to deliver ruling in a bail application filed by a businesswoman, Hauwa Muhammed, popularly known as Jaruma. The police charged Mrs Jaruma with false news publication, intimidation and defamation of character. The Area court judge, Ismailia Abdullahi, adjourned until Friday for ruling.Mr Abdullahi...
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Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has said his government would not allow criminals, masquerading as herdsmen, to overrun the state under any guise. Akeredolu, who vowed to bring to justice the killer herdsmen terrorising some communities, assured of more security presence in some areas of the state. The...
The Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has urged other governors in the northeast to support the stabilization and development master plan project in the region Zulum made the call at the consultative meeting with Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) and security agencies on the North-East stabilization and development...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has appointed former Borno State Governor Senator Kashim Shettima as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Future Assured College, Maiduguri. The college which was built by Aisha Buhari Foundation in Maiduguri to cater for the educational...
Liverpool star Sadio Mane ended a 243-minute Senegal goal drought by scoring in a 2-0 win over nine-man Cape Verde in a fiery Africa Cup of Nations last-16 clash in Bafoussam on Tuesday. The goal came on 63 minutes after the islanders had goalkeeper Josimar ‘Vozinha’ Dias and midfielder...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured that only the best candidates who are medically and physically fit would be recruited into the Nigerian Army. COAS Yahaya stated this when he visited the Nigerian Army Battle Fitness Centre in Falgore,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 167 victims of human trafficking and forced labour stranded in Libya have been repatriated by the Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, Mr. Kabiru Musa, disclosed...
The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Seye Oladejo, on Tuesday said that Sen. Bola Tinubu remains the man to beat in the 2023 Presidential Election with backing from over 1,800 groups. Oladejo, in a statement in Lagos, took a swipe at those attacking...
African football supremo Patrice Motsepe says an “inexplicable” decision to keep an entry gate closed was responsible for the deadly crush which killed eight people before an Africa Cup of Nations match in Cameroonian capital Yaounde on Monday. “That gate was supposed to be open because if it was...
The trial of Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4 billion fraud before Justice Christopher Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, continued on Tuesday with the cross-examination of the fifth prosecution witness, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and...
Achraf Hakimi scored a brilliant free-kick to send Morocco through to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 2-1 win over Malawi on Tuesday. Gabadinho Mhango gave outsiders Malawi, playing their first ever knockout game at the tournament, a shock early lead with a stunning goal...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an agreement to end open defecation in the country by 2025. In renewing Nigeria’s commitment to ending the scourge, the President signed a pledge card on Tuesday in his office, in the presence of the Minister of Water Resources, Engineer Suleiman Adamu. Buhari had...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – The Organised Labour in Kogi State says it has called off the planned mass protest earlier slated for Thursday 27th January, 2022 against fuel subsidy removal by the Federal government. The state NLC Chairman, Comrade Onuh Edoka announced this shortly after a virtual meeting...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the Bauchi Emirate Council is yet to officially notify him of his suspension as ‘Jakadan Bauchi’, saying he only saw the letter on social media. He said this in a statement he...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The newly elected Executive Council of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) led by its Chairman, Ambassador Ogar Osim has on Tuesday visited the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan at the CRS Police Command in Calabar. Addressing the police boss, Ambassador Osim...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Controversies have rocked The Borno State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as the union’s four (4) 100x 50 square meter plots of land allocated by the state government to develop its secretariat and press center were sold without due process, proper...
The 2022 Top Employers have been announced with Nestlé recognised as a Top Employer in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work, exhibited through excellent HR policies and people practices. The...
It is customary for many Nigerians, including singles and housewives, to make choices regarding seasoning products for their kitchens on almost daily basis. Many fast foods kitchens at popular joints in mega cities nationwide are not left out of this routine of culinary choices and preferences that determine the...
The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Rear Adm. Bashir Mohammed, on Tuesday, said that 81 smugglers of contrabands and seven stowaways had been arrested in the last four months. Rear Adm. Mohammed, represented by NNS BEECROFT’s Base Operations Officer, Lt.-Cdr. Adetayo Adesokan, stated this at a news conference,...
The management of the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to create a polling unit within the camp. Mr Solomon Folorunsho, the Coordinator of the camp, made the appeal on Tuesday...