The Kogi State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has warned against night travelling as it has become unsafe for motorists and commuters in and around the state. The command said that the warning is necessary especially now that most roads are in a deplorable state and insecurity...
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Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its bid to host the 2025 athletics world championships, which if accepted, would bring the event to Africa for the first time. Nairobi has hosted both the world under-18 and under-20 world championships in the last four years, but faces a string of high-profile rivals...
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 538 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya in the past week. “From Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 538 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya,’’ IOM said. So far this year, a...
Police operatives have arrested two principal suspects, aged 12 and 14 for kidnapping a three-year-old boy in Potiskum, Yobe. ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Public Relations Officer of the command disclosed this in statement on Tuesday in Damaturu. “The victim, aged three, was kidnapped and later released by his assailants...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Oct. 8 to hear the fundamental rights suit filed by former Rivers Governor, Peter Odili against the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). At the resumed hearing of the matter on Tuesday, Odili’s Counsel, Mr Ifedayo Adedipe, SAN, told the court that the NIS...
Oil prices surged on Monday as OPEC+ kept to its plan to not boost output further, while US and European stocks slumped amid worries over inflation and higher interest rates. US oil prices soared to their highest level since November 2014 after OPEC and key allies — known as...
The Nigerian Army has launched three field training exercises to tackle the security challenges in four geopolitical zones of the country. These exercises – Still Water, Enduring Peace and Golden Dawn – are to be conducted simultaneously in South-East, South-South, South-West and North-Central regions. “They will be conducted in...
Namibia has recorded 27 veld fires countrywide in the last 14 days, causing massive destruction to properties, an environment official has said. Veld fires have burned 59 farms covering 143,000 hectares of land and killed 135 head of livestock and 75 wild animals. The fires have continued to be...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside seven other governors within the Lake Chad Basin, on Monday, met in Younde, Cameroon, to discuss regional security cooperation and path to improve stability. The meeting had six governors in attendance: Zulum from Borno, Issa Lamine of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that the 2021 edition of its annual FINTECH Summit is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 7 October 2021 by 10:00 am. The virtual event is opened to everyone, but participants are...
Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to need an additional 15 million primary and secondary teachers by 2030 for the education system to recover from the COVID pandemic in the region. UN agencies chiefs on Monday ahead of World Teachers’ Day said teachers were driving force behind ‘global education recovery’ from...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki will lead maritime stakeholders and industry experts on the discourse, “African Blue World”. Dr Felicia Mogo, Founder, African Marine Environment Sustainable Initiative (AFMESI) made this known in a statement in Lagos....
Hafsat Ganduje, the wife of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, has been arrested by the EFCC over a bribery and land fraud case reported by her son. The arrest comes weeks after her failure to honour the anti-graft agency’s invitation. Mrs Ganduje had earlier been invited to report to the EFCC’s Abuja headquarters...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has opposed the zoning arrangement by political parties, describing it as unconstitutional and a plot to intimidate the north from contesting for the presidency in 2023. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, CNG spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said the group aligns...
Mohamed Salah netted a brilliant solo goal for Liverpool in a 2-2 draw with Manchester City at the weekend, and moved closer to overtaking Didier Drogba as the leading African scorer in the English Premier League. Retired Ivory Coast great Drogba bagged 104 goals in two spells with Chelsea...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Prominent Benin billionaire and philanthropist, Capt. Idahosa Wells Okunbo, who died on Aug. 7, would be buried in Benin on Friday, Oct. 9. Family spokesman and younger brother of the deceased, Mr Kingsley Okunbo, who announced the burial activities at a news briefing in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Jan. 24, 2022 for a suit filed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), seeking a stay of execution of orders it granted the businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, over alleged N69 billion debt. Justice Okon Abang fixed the date, following AMCON’s appeal...
Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation And Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Mr Elias Mbam, said that the review of revenue allocation formula had become necessary for fairness, justice and equity. Mbam made the declaration at the opening of a two-day South-west Zonal Public Hearing On The Review Of The Vertical...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said Nigeria is waiting for young people in to steer the country towards the dreams of its founding fathers. Governor Bello said this while speaking at the opening of a two-day retreat for young legislators at Federal and state levels on Monday, in...
The Real Estate Development Association of Nigeria (REDAN) in collaboration with Shelter Afrique is set to provide 77,400 affordable housing units for Nigerians across the country. Dr Aliyu Wammako, President of REDAN, who disclosed this in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, in Abuja...