By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least two persons and abducted over 20 people in Unguwan Gimbiya community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the armed bandits stormed the community in the early hours of Friday....
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A nurse who raped and impregnated a severely disabled woman in his care has been jailed for 10 years in the US State of Arizona, local media reported Friday. Nathan Sutherland admitted sexually abusing his then-29-year-old patient at the facility in Phoenix, where she had been cared for since...
Senegalese-American singer, Akon, has admitted that he was heartbroken when Nigerian music duo, P-Square, broke up. “It broke my heart because we are family. These are brothers and they shared the same womb and I always felt money should not get in between them,” he told Channels Television on...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday convicted and sentenced a retired Customs Officer, Mahmud Hassan, and two others, to a total of 16 years imprisonment for conspiracy and unlawful importation of 661 Pump Action rifles, unlawful importation of prohibited firearms, forgery, uttering of forged documents, and...
The Niger State House of Assembly on Friday called for stiffer punishment for offenders of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) given the serious threat it poses to safety and security of women. Speaker of the House Abdullahi Bawa made the call when members of the state committee on 16 days activism...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – Operatives of The Akwa-Ibom State Police Command have arrested one fake doctor and a man parading himself as a soldier in the state. A statement issued on Friday by the police spokesman, SP Odiko Macdon, said the fake doctor, who claimed to be a...
The Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA), has described the recent attack on the Jos custodial centre by gunmen as a “bad omen” and threat to Nigeria’s fight against insecurity The Director General of the agency, Mr Joseph Lengmang, said this at an interactive session with journalists on Friday in...
Nigerian military troops in the North-East yesterday eliminated no fewer than 24 terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) extremist sect. The terrorists, PRNigeria gathered, met their waterloo after attempting to attack a military base in Rann, a town ravaged by insurgency, in Borno State. Two...
The World Health Organization said Friday it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. The WHO said it was collecting evidence about the variant of concern (VOC), as countries around the world scramble to stop it from spreading. But despite a...
The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, following the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a student of the school. This is pending the outcome of an investigation into the cause of the student’s death. The announcement was contained in a statement signed on Friday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Amid the global surge in cases of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, stressed the need for world leaders to work together and reinforce partnerships to limit the catastrophic consequences of the pandemic. Speaking at Nigeria Day during EXPO DUBAI 2020, the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) has boosted it fleet with a newly acquired Airbus A320. The airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Uchegbu Achilleus-Chud, made this known in a statement he issued on Friday in Lagos. Achilleus-Chud said the additional aircraft would serve UNA customers...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A National Summit on protecting Nigeria’s Critical Infrastructure, Monuments and Business Assets earlier put together by Presidential Think-Tank on defence to hold in Abuja from 6th-7th of December, 2021 has been postponed. The summit will now hold on Monday, 28th February and Tuesday, 1st...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on countries, businesses, and individuals to work together to overcome challenges and make the world a better place. The President made the call on Friday during Nigeria’s National Day ceremony at the Expo 2020 Dubai. “There is no better time to work together for...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday re-arraigned the former Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Limited before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Fayose and his company were re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on 11 charges bordering money laundering and non-declaration...
A military jet crashed in Thailand on Friday, with the pilot being seriously injured. The F-5 fighter jet reportedly crashed into a training field in Lop Buri province at about 11:00 a.m. local time. While the pilot ejected from the aircraft before it hit the ground, he still got...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said repeated attacks in northwest Nigeria have forced over 11,500 Nigerians to flee across the border into neighboring Niger in November, resulting in humanitarian crisis. Armed groups, locally called “bandits”, have repeatedly attacked villages in...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) on Friday announced a partnership with Heritage Bank to create a structure for trading on wheat contracts and its allied products. The Managing Director, LCFE, Mr Akin Akeredolu-Ale, disclosed this in a statement on Friday while addressing...
The Court of Appeal Sitting in Akure has discharged and acquitted a prophet, Alfa Babatunde, who was sentenced to life imprisonment over the mysterious disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, from his church. Justice Hamma Barka delivered the judgement on Friday and set aside the judgement of an...
The Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on Friday issued a special decree regarding women’s rights and directed relevant authorities to take actions to safeguard these rights. “The Islamic Emirate’s leadership directs all relevant Organizations, Ulema-e Karam (scholars) and Tribal Elders to take serious action to enforce Women’s Rights,” Afghan...