Maj.-Gen Ibrahim Yusuf, Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has briefed the House of Representatives Committee on Defence on the recent attack by suspected bandits on the academy. During the attack on Aug. 24, two officers were killed and one abducted. The briefing was done behind closed doors,...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it is set to inaugurate“Operation Show of Readiness’’ as part of efforts to reduce road traffic accidents during the 2021 ember months. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) said on Tuesday that the operation would involve massive sensitisation campaign...
A former Member of Yobe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Audu Babale, has defected along with hundreds of his supporters to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Damaturu. Alhaji Babale represented Goya/Ngeji Constituency in Fika Local Government. A statement issued by Hussaini Mai-Suleh, the Press Secretary to Yobe State...
The Anambra Indigenes in Diaspora have endorsed Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, for the state’s Nov. 6 governorship election. The group made their position known in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka on Tuesday. The Anambra Indigenes in the Diaspora is made up...
No fewer than 12 people have been killed following an attack by gunmen on Peigyim village, near Kibori at Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the attack in a statement on...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the National Assembly would sustain its cooperation with the executive and judiciary in order to entrench good governance. Kalu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a robust synergy at the highest level of governance...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the composition of a National Reconciliation Committee to be headed by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa). Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said that Otunba Moses...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has on Monday, kicked off the second round of the Administration’s outbreak response to the circulating polio virus in the Federal Capital Territory. The minister who performed the exercise at the Area 2 Primary Healthcare Centre,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) on Monday said the organization has earmarked N46,950,000 to empower Nigeria youths in different fields within the next five years . Spokesman of The BCS Patriarch, Christ Shepherd, Edet Archibong Archibong, said “in line with God’s expectations...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The management of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has successfully pulled out the 16th Comptroller General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede MFR from the Service in a special occasion today after a meritorious sojourn. A statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Amos Okpu,...
Burkina Faso authorities rescued 374 children between January and March from being trafficked to neighbouring countries to work in agriculture or small-scale mines, government figures released on Monday showed. “For some time now, this phenomenon affecting children has grown to worrying proportions in our country,” Helene Marie Laurence Ilboudo,...
Nigeria’s senior men national volleyball team will take on their DR Congo counterparts in the match for 7th or 8th position at the ongoing 2021 African Seniors Nations Volleyball Championship. This became apparent after Nigeria lost 0-3 to hosts Rwanda on Monday at the championship holding in Kigali. The...
Two security operatives were killed when gunmen invaded the Kabba Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kogi State, authorities have said. Similarly, two officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), have not been accounted for, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, Sola Fasure, disclosed in a statement on Monday....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has scheduled its State Congresses for Oct. 2. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement issued in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said that the party will begin sales of forms for the congresses on Wednesday,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said about 931,768 Nigerians have completed their physical registration in its ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The electoral ombudsman also disclosed that pre-registration has hits 2,953,094 as at 7 a.m of Sept. 13. The commission disclosed this in the Week 11...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS,) Mr Haliru Nababa, has ordered the activation of the immediate recapture procedure and detailed investigation to be carried out on the Kogi jailbreak. The NCoS Public Relations Officer, Controller of Corrections (CC) Francis Enobore said this in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 46 new deaths linked to suspected cholera cases were recorded in the country in the past one week. The NCDC said this via its officially verified website on Tuesday morning, stating that the situation report was...
The Edo State Government has confirmed the death of a 33-year-old pregnant woman at Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin and 15 other persons across other COVID-19 facilities. Head of the state’s Coronavirus Case Management, Dr Ebomwonyi Osagie, who disclosed this at the daily press briefing on the virus, however,...
Biden, since assumption into office has relied increasingly on multilateralism and working together with other countries. Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week for first the time as U.S president. The White House said on Monday that Biden would travel to New...