The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) of new registrants in Anambra state would be ready for collection on or shortly after Oct. 7. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Festus Okoye, disclosed this in statement he...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Senator Baba Tela, has lamented that social media, the menace of hate speech and fake news are becoming “uncontrollable” in the country and across the world. Senator Tela, therefore, charged journalists to be objective, accurate and balanced in their reportage in...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chairman of Cross River State Privatization Council, John Odo has set up a seven man technical committee for the privatization of fourty six industries build by Governor Ben Ayade led administration across the eighteen Local Government Areas of the state. Inuagurating the committee, in his...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The International Rescue Committee has presented four new equipped ambulances to improve the transporting of patient on referral from one health faculties to another within 4 selected LGAs as well to cater the need Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Delivering his remark at the occasion...
The family of Rita Amenze, the woman killed by her Italian husband, has appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Italian Government to ensure that justice was served in the case. Members of the family made the call on Tuesday in Benin when a delegation of the...
World football governing body FIFA, organisers of the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021, say fans now have the opportunity from Tuesday to secure their tickets for the first FIFA pan-Arab tournament. FIFA a statement on Tuesday said the ticket sales would be on a first-come-first-served basis, with the tournament...
A police officer was feared dead as some suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a first generation bank in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun. It was learnt that the robbers arrived at the bank around 3:00 p.m and operated for about 30 minutes. NAN further gathered that...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday has sentenced Sunday Akinrodolu and Tobi George, who were posing as United States of America Military Officers, to various jail terms over offences bordering on love scam and other internet related fraud. Akinrodolu and George were jailed alongside one Victor...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja As the nation prepares to mark the 61st Independence Anniversary on October 1, the FCT Administration has stepped up activities to ensure a successful and hitch free celebrations within the Territory. Part of these activities include the decoration of parts of the city with flags...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate on Tuesday resolved to investigate allegations of fake COVID-19 test result to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians in Ghana and the use of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in Nigeria. The decision to investigate the allegation against the Ghanaian authorities was an outcome of a...
The Junior Yellow Greens, Nigeria’s under-19 cricket team, on Tuesday arrived in Rwanda to begin the defence of the title which earned the country its first Cricket World Cup appearance. The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), in a statement, said the team flew in from Zimbabwe where they had been...
A 21-year-old Greatness Auta said he stole from St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Low Level Makurdi, to escape from a homosexual. Auta said this on Tuesday when he was arraigned before Makurdi Magistrates’ Court 3B for alleged house trespass, mischief and theft. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Kuegh Abugh, told the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Former Vice Chairman of Marte Local Government Council, Alhaji Abatcha Bukar has been formaly sworn in as the executive chairman of the Local government to fill the vacant position of the late chairman Hon.Jibrin Abubakar Jibrin who died recently after a protracted illness. Governor...
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said the party needs to win the Nov. 6 governorship election to survive. Soludo made the remarks on Tuesday during a campaign at Akpo Community in Aguata Local Government Area, ahead of the...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan on Tuesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Solomon Ochafi be remanded in the Abolongo Correctional facility, for killing his mother. The police charged Ochafi with culpable homicide. Chief Magistrate Olaide Hamzat did not take Ochafi’s plea for want in jurisdiction to entertain the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has deployed 3,000 personnel to beef up security during the 61st Independence Day celebration. Mrs Comfort Okomanyi, the FCT NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO) said this in a statement on Tuesday...
The suspects, carrying charms, stones and some minor explosives were nabbed at the Kubwa-Gwarimpa axis of Abuja. FCT Police Command have arrested 42 members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) over violent protests in the territory on Tuesday. DSP Josephine Adeh, spokesperson for the police, told newsmen...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday fixed Oct. 14 for the arraignment of former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, over alleged N400 million fraud. The date was fixed following the absence of the new trial Judge, Obiora Egwuatu, in court. All the parties...
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (Rtd), in the Ajah area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the retired Air Vice Marshal was said to have been picked up by masked men who shot sporadically and bundled him into a standby boat and sped...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has described free and fair elections as catalyst for national unity and an antidote against voters apathy. Ayade who spoke at the Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office, Calabar, while playing host to the new Cross River State...