Operatives of the NDLEA have intercepted more than 2,060 kilograms of heroin and other assorted drugs in six states. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. Babafemi said that the drugs were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed...
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A Nigerian military base in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State has been reportedly attacked by armed persons suspected to be members of Boko Haram. According to residents, the terrorists drove into Katarko village in 10 gun trucks and attacked the military formation, where they engaged the security...
Mr Francis Zimbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won Saturday’s rescheduled chairmanship election in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election was rescheduled to Saturday over security concerns. Declaring the results of the election on Sunday,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two lecturers of the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Musa Baba Abubakar of the General Studies Department and Adebusoye Michael Sunday of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department, have been dismissed for sexual harassment of two female students. The Rector of the institution, who disclosed this at a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to seek authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of schoolchildren in several parts of Northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A renowned Quranic and Arabic scholar, Khalifah Sheikh Bashir Adamu Dankilori has called for peaceful and mutual co-existence among people as demonstrated by the Messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Sheikh Dankilori made the call in Maiduguri during the 2021 Maulud Nabiyyi (SAW) which...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday said the perpetrators of the bomb attack in the capital Kampala on Saturday night will be arrested. “It seems to be a terrorist act but we shall get the perpetrators. The public should not fear, we shall defeat this criminality like we have...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered an additional 159 new COVID-19 infections and one death across 13 states of the federation on Saturday. The NCDC in an update shared on its website on Sunday morning, said the country’s fatality toll from...
It was an exciting finals at the 8th Awa Ibraheem Junior Golf Open Championships as two siblings golf prodigy, Destiny and Funmilayo Oyero and the defending champions, Godwin Okoko emerged winners. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual cadet golf championships is being sponsored by a...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum who is the Chairman of the Northeast Governors’ Forum, alongside Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, were in Sokoto on Saturday, for condolence and solidarity visit to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over a recent attack on Goronyo market by bandits, which left about 40 dead....
Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia will aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, its de facto ruler said on Saturday, days before the COP26 global climate summit. The kingdom, one of the world’s biggest polluters, said it would also join a global effort to cut methane emissions...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has resumed services on the Abuja-Kaduna route two days after it suspended operations following an explosion that rocked a section of the rail track on Wednesday night. The corporation announced suspension of all operations along the route on Thursday after a train almost suffered...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to formally unveil the Nigerian Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), known as the eNaira, on Monday 25 October 2021, at the State House, Abuja. This is according to a statement issued by the CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita...
Barely 24 hours after denying notification of possible acquisition of shares by Mr Femi Otedola, FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc has confirmed that the business mogul had acquired 5.07 per cent equity stake in the company. FBNH’s Company Secretary, Mr Seye Kosoko, in a statement on Saturday posted on the...
The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has urged the Igbos to imbibe dialogue rather than confrontation in the pursuit of their grievances. Omo-Agege, Senator representing Delta Central at the National Assembly, gave the charge on Saturday in Asaba at the Inauguration ceremony of the Anambra State Association of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has charged politicians in the state to empower youths to enable them to become self-reliant. Governor Buni explained that empowering youths would accelerate economic prosperity and minimize restiveness. The governor stated this when the state’s political stalwarts from...
The International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) has raised an alarm over increasing impediment to health care delivery due to incessant restrictions and insecurity across the country. The Red Cross expressed the worry at a workshop organised for journalists and Monitoring and Evaluation Officers of healthcare facilities in Awka,...
Nestle Nigeria Ltd on Saturday inaugurated the newly renovated Ajaka Primary Health Centre with a perimeter fence in Shagamu. The Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager of the company, Mrs. Victoria Uwadoka, said that the renovation of the facility was part of the company’s corporate social responsibility. Uwadoka said...
By MARK JANG, Jos- The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State has said it would uncover those fueling crises in the state. The commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, stated this on Saturday in Jos, while receiving the reports of a special peace committee...
Chelsea have retained their place at the top of the Premier League thanks to a hat trick by Mason Mount and a resounding 7-0 win over 10-man Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The hosts were without first-choice strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner, who both suffered injuries...