Two persons were killed while two others sustained injuries on Saturday in an accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Toyota Hiace bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesman of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
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Most Rev. Jonas-Benson Okoye, the Auxiliary Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Awka, has said the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra must hold. He said he took the position because the alternative was to have a Constitutional crisis in the state. “Many are trying to frustrate preparations for the...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has congratulated the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu as he clocks 78 years. Kalu, in a statement in Abuja, described the Oba as an outstanding paramount ruler with passion for the growth and progress of Lagos State. He noted that Oba...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Vice Chancellor, Nasarawa State University, Professor Bala Ahmed Muhammed has administered oath of matriculation to six thousand, three hundred and twenty three students at the matriculation square of the university in Keffi LGA of the state. The occasion witnessed an influx of students,...
By John Onah, (ABUJA) National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the release of the results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) conducted nationwide in July. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dantali Wushishi, disclosed this on Friday while addressing newsmen in Minna. He said that out...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – There was pandemonium on Saturday as two alleged armed robbers were stoned to death by Okada riders at Angwan-Doka, New Nyanya in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state. According to eye witness, the suspected armed robbers were arrested by the local Vigilante at...
The Minister of Defense, Bashir Magashi, has explained that despite calls to proscribe bandits as terrorists, the Federal Government is yet to do so because it is still reviewing and following all the required procedures. Mr Magashi said this while responding to questions from journalists in Maiduguri, the Borno...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (Rtd) has assured troops of Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI of supply of more equipment and logistics for operational enhancement, as they combat terrorism and insurgency in north east Nigeria. The Defence minister...
Troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn have raided some identified camps of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) in Ebonyi State. PRNigeria gathered that the IPOB/ESN camps, located at Ochokwu Village in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State were raided by military troops during a clearance operation. “During...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that its operatives did not carry out any operation in Justice Mary Odili’s house. The Spokesperson for the Commission Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. According to him,...
The Governor of Sokoto state and chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the party would emerge strong from its national convention to receive those coming to join it. Tambuwal stated this while briefing newsmen after the PDP stakeholders’ meeting held at Akwa-lbom Governor’s Lodge...
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says it received and censored a total number of 375 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry, also known as Nollywood, in the third quarter of the year. The Special Assistant on Media to the Executive Director/CEO, NFVCB, Mr Joshua Olomu,...
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will depart Abuja, on Saturday, for Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 12th African Union (AU) High-Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa. The Special Adviser to Jonathan on Media, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, disclosed this in a statement...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has disclosed that the federal government had planned to increase the school fees of university students to N1 million but the union rejected the idea. He stated this while answering questions...
Dr Godwin Maduka, the Accord Party governorship candidate, has urged the electorate to vote wisely in the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship poll by voting for his party. Maduka stated this when he spoke with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday. He said that he has the best credentials among candidates...
The Federal Government has begun the process for the valuation of property belonging to several politically exposed persons, including the embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Diezani property located in highbrow Banana Island Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, include 18 flats and six penthouses located at Building...
Dozens of people on Wednesday gathered outside the High Court in central London in support of Julian Assange. The small group, who had speakers and signs reading “free Julian Assange’’ had been there ahead of a two-day legal challenge by the U.S. against a decision not to grant extradition....
A former army private admitted at a trial on Tuesday that he had helped transport a hit squad to assassinate Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, 34 years ago. The trial unfolding at a military court in Ouagadougou is being closely followed by the Burkinabe public, many of whom...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the COP26 conference in Glasgow next week after she was advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham Palace said, in a blow to the United Nations climate summit. A palace source said the decision not to attend had been taken as a “sensible...
A senior official of the African Union Commission Tuesday urged European Union member countries against a policy of not accepting COVID-19 vaccine certificates from the continent. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union in the Rwandan capital,...