The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command has arrested about 70 suspected armed robbers, pipeline and electric cable vandals between January and December, 2021. The state Commandant, Adaralewa Michael, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun, and made...
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At least 12 people were killed and several more injured Saturday by a gas blast in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, police said. The explosion went off in a bank building in the Sher Shah area and social media and TV footage showed the two-floor structure’s windows and doors...
Arsenal consolidated their position in the Premier League’s top four with a 4-1 rout of Leeds in the only Premier League match on Saturday to survive a wave of coronavirus postponements. Two goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka’s deflected strike put the Gunners 3-0 up before half-time. Raphinha’s...
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Saturday expressed solidarity with more than 281 million international migrants, saying solidarity with migrants has never been more urgent. Guterres, in his message on International Migrants Day, said that more people than ever live in a country other than the one where they...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Editor-in-Chief/Chief Operating Officer of Premium Times Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed, who emerged the President of the Nigeria chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI). President Buhari, in a congratulatory message issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Saturday in Abuja, also felicitated the General Manager,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has commenced a 5-day workshop to sensitize Sokoto community and their leaders especially those in border towns on the ills of human trafficking. The workshop which was held in Sokoto North LGA with...
FRSC in Ogun State on Saturday cautioned motorists against excessive speeding as the Lotto to Deeper Life construction zone of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway opened for the Yuletide. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, stated at Ota, Ogun State, that the opening of the construction zone was part of decisions...
The remains of Mrs Adanma Okpara, wife of the late former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Dr M. I. Okpara, were on Friday laid to rest amidst encomiums and eulogies. Okpara died on Aug. 22 at the age of 99 and was buried in her country home in Umuegwu-Okpuala, Umuahia...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N675.946 billion to the Federal Government, states, and local government councils as the Federation Account revenue for November, as a total of N196.175 billion Value Added Tax (VAT) gross revenue was generated. A spokesman for the Office of...
The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar, on Saturday turbaned Yusuf Buhari, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari as Talban Daura and district head of Kwasarawa community. Umar said at the occasion that Buhari deserved to be appointed as district head considering the developmental strides brought to the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to provide concrete support to help defeat terrorism and insurgency in Africa. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement said the Nigerian leader made the call at the third edition of...
The Nigerian Army says reports in social media alleging that troops tortured one Christian Ehima to death in Edo are false and misleading. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, denied the allegation in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu stated that the Nigerian army as a...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Nasarawa State University, Keffi through the untiring efforts of the university”s Polish Academic Linkages has launched three books written by a Polish scholar, Brunon Holyst. The lunching which took place at the Ladi Kwali hall of Sheraton Hotels Abuja was graced by the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Command in Lagos has confirmed the interception of a container suspected to be laden with arms and ammunition. A statement issued on Saturday by the spokesmanof the command, Mr Uche Ejesieme, said the container was intercepted...
The Kwara Fire Service on Saturday said the Agency saved passengers from being burnt alive as their bus caught fire on Friday night in Ilorin. Mr Hassa Adekunle, Head of the fire service Media and Publicity, said in a statement that the incident occurred at about 19:59hrs, Opposite Challenge...
An 18-year-old hijab model, Shatu Garko, has been crowned as the winner of the 2021 Miss Nigeria beauty pageant. Ms. Garko, a horse-riding lover, represented the North West region of Nigeria during the pageant She was crowned as the 44th queen of the competition during the coronation ceremony held...
For the second time this season, a match involving Lyon was abandoned following crowd trouble when their French Cup match at Paris FC on Friday was called off after half-time. The tie was interrupted by incidents in the stands at the Charlety Stadium in Paris as the second half...
Nigerian Weightlifters returned home with nine medals at the just concluded International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships and Commonwealth Games qualifiers which held in Uzbekistan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a total of seven Nigerian lifters, made up of five women and two men represented the...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has clarified that loans from China to Nigeria, which presently stood at 3.59 billion dollars, constitutes only 9.4 per cent of the country’s total foreign debt stock of 37.9 billion dollars. Ms Patience Oniha, the Director-General of DMO made this known in an interview...