PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has explained the need to stamp the state and Nigeria on the world tourism map is the major driving force behind the ongoing construction of the Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport. According to the governor Obudu Airport is...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A serving Assistant Superintendent 11 of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Sokoto command alongside one Aminu Sifawa and Ibrahim Shehu have been accused of defrauding innocent unemployed applicants of their hard earned monies. The Commander, Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Residents of Awka, the Anambra State capital have expressed mixed feelings following the deployment of heavy security to the state ahead of Nov. 6 governorship election. The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) had earlier announced that it would deploy 34,000 personnel outside those serving in the state for the election....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has remitted the sum of N3.51b to the national treasury as part of its 2021 operating surplus. In a statement by JAMB spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said the 2021 remittance was in line with Prof. Is-haq Oloyede’s avowed...
The absence of counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in court on Wednesday stalled the money laundering trial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Federal High Court, Abuja had fixed today, Nov. 3, for...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) in Bauchi State, has cautioned petroleum marketers against unauthorised hike in pump price and hoarding of the product. Abdullahi Iliyasu, NUPRC’s Operations Controller in Bauchi, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday....
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos state, on Wednesday confirmed an attack on its personnel at the Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), during the hearing for inmates. The Lagos state NCoS spokesperson, Mr Olarotimi Oladokun, confirmed the attack in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
As the Anambra governorship election, scheduled for Saturday, approaches, a mixture of apprehension and confidence have taken over the space. This is because of the threat of the sit-at-home order declared by the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) between Nov. 4 and Nov. 10, which threatens the conduct...
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, is extremely concerned by the escalation of violence in Ethiopia and the recent declaration of a state of emergency. Guterres, in a statement by his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said “the stability of Ethiopia and the wider region is at stake.” The UN chief reiterated...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said it had received 162 Nigerian returnees from Libya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Farinloye said the...
More than 5,000 Nigerians living abroad are expected to participate in the 2021 Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS), according to the country’s Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission disclosed this at a news conference addressed by its Chairman/CEO, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa in Abuja on Tuesday. The summit...
Google has announced that Nigerians have surprisingly shown a growing interest in the holiday of Halloween, Father Christmas costumes and others in it search record. Google, in its October report, said that search queries in the week leading up to October 31, shows that search terms terms like, ‘When...
Militants of Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack against a military hospital in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, according to a statement from the group cited in multiple reports on Wednesday. The attack took place on Tuesday when five members of the IS terrorist group stormed...
No fewer than 18 people were missing after a canoe carrying dozens of people capsized on Bengawan Solo River in Indonesia’s East Java province on Wednesday, a senior disaster agency official said. The canoe was crossing the river in Semambung village at 9:30 a.m. local time when it capsized...
The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has promised to support the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to boost Nigeria’s image abroad. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Yakub Buba (APC-Adamawa) made the pledge at an oversight function to the ministry headquarters on Tuesday, in Abuja. ”I want to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Middle Belt Journalists Forum (MBJF) has appealed for calm and the return to democratic norms in the Plateau State House of Assembly. The MBJF made the appeal on Wednesday in a press statement signed by its President, Jonathan IPAA and National Secretary, Mrs...
It was Adebola B. Ekanola, a specialist in African philosophy and philosophy of Peace, who, while writing on the topic; Towards an enduring social Peace in a Violence Ridden Society; From a culture of War and violence to a culture of peace and Non-Violence, stated that a good starting...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has urged security agencies to ensure that the six people abducted by hoodlums from the University of Abuja staff quarters at Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council are rescued from their abductors. The Minister made this...
Ethiopia’s cabinet on Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after Tigrayan rebels seized two crucial towns in an apparent push towards the capital, state-affiliated media reported. “The state of emergency is aimed to protect civilians from atrocities being committed by the terrorist TPLF group in several parts of...
More people have been confirmed killed and more survivors rescued hours after a high-rise building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Recalled that the incident which occurred on Monday afternoon along Wesley Road in the commercial hub of the nation. While four persons were killed and five...