By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Men of the Kano State Police Command have rescued dozens of people from an illegal rehabilitation centre after a successful raid. The victims who were subjected to humiliating conditions, numbering 47 and all males, regained freedom on Thursday following a raid of the illegal...
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At least 5 more abducted students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kaduna State have been released by bandits. The bandits also released iMatron of the school alongside the students. The victims regained their freedom on Friday, after spending about 95 days in the custody of their abductors....
The trio of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Robert Lewandowski are among the 30 favourites shortlisted for the 2021 Ballon d’Or. Their names were announced in a series of social media posts by France Football on Friday. As organisers prepare for the ceremony scheduled to take place in November...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday night, went out to the streets, to see first hand, how the commercial town of Banki would look like after seven years of desertion. Zulum was impressed that at 10:30pm, the town was bustling with social and economic...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Federal lawmaker representing Marte, Monguno and Nganzai Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon Mohammed Tahir Monguno, in collaboration with Centre for Management Development (CMD) has trained 380 people, mostly Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs as they resume livelihood in their liberated communities. The 3-Day training which...
As the remains of business mogul, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (fondly called Captain ‘Hosa, for short, by associates and admirers) were buried in Benin, on Friday, October 8, 2021, a telephone conversation that he had with me some years ago after reading a write-up I did on him, played back...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged Governor Ben Ayade, his deputy and three others to the Federal High Court Abuja over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) insisting that they did not win the March 9, 2019 Governorship election in Cross River...
The Benue Command of the Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said 181 road crashes were recorded in the state between January and September 2021. The State Sector Commander, Mr Mohammad Yakubu, told newsmen on Friday in Makurdi that 41 people died from the crashes. Yakubu explained that a total...
The Zamfara State High Court 2, sitting in Gusau, on Friday dismissed the case filed by the former Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim, against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammad Adamu, and five others. Recalled that the dethroned emir was sacked by the Zamfara State Government for allegedly...
The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has said that only 41 million pay taxes in Nigeria out of the over 200 million population in the country. Nami made the disclosure at the ‘Public Presentation and Breakdown of the Highlights of the 2022 Appropriation Bill’...
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Friday said the Federal Government has generated N3.93 trillion, being 73 per cent of its targeted N7.9 trillion revenue for 2021. She made the disclosure on Friday in Abuja, at the Public Presentation and Breakdown of the...
No fewer than three persons were feared dead on Friday as soldiers raided Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. It was gathered that many houses, including the palace of the traditional ruler of the Aborshi-Izombe community, Pius Muforo, were burnt down. Although the exact cause of...
Here is the full list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1901, when the prize was first awarded. 2021: Maria Ressa (Philippines/US) and Dmitry Muratov (Russia) 2020: The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) 2019: Abiy Ahmed (Ethiopia) 2018: Denis Mukwege (DR Congo) and Nadia Murad (Iraq) 2017: International...
By Yusufu Idegu, Jos – The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has said it is changing the poverty narratives of Nigeria positively since its creation 50 years ago. Speaking on the theme, “Changing The Poverty Narrative through skills: The Role of ITF and The Imperative for Institutional Synergy” the guest...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – 24 year old Nigerian, Favour Ori has created the first of its kind global payment platform for Africans named PayDay which people generally refer to as the PayPal for Africa. With a strong and diverse team at the helm, the fintech firm is poised...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following incessant security challenges facing the country, Nigerians have been called upon by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of zone six,( AIG) Usman Sule Gomna and Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, Alhassan Aminu to persist in praying for peace and...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Board of Trustees and Elders of Tangale Community Development Association have accused the Gombe State Government of initiating and mishandling the succession of the new Mai Tangale which led to crisis in Billiri Local Government Area of the state. They made the accusation while briefing...
Nollywood veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu has been released by the Nigerian Army. The actor was arrested by troops for wearing Biafra clothing. He was reportedly sharing food to less privileged persons wearing Biafran regalia when government forces stopped him at Upper Iweka Road, Onitsha. Agu was approached by two...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Certificate of Incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He was presented with the certificate at the State House on Friday by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, Registrar Corporate Affairs Commission, Alhaji Garba Abubakar and NNPC Group Managing Director,...