At least 240 inmates have escaped the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, following an attack by yet to be identified gunmen. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesman, Mr Francis Enobore confirmed the incident in a communique on Monday, stating that the attack took place at...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The President, National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), Alhaji Danjuma Haruna, has called for a massive recruitment of teachers in the country. Alhaji Haruna who made the call on Monday while speaking to newsmen in Kaduna, stated that the schools system is in...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has called on residents of the state to ignore the sit-at-home rumour. Governor Uzodimma made the call while addressing the congregation after Church Service on Sunday at the Government House Chapel, Owerri. He called on residents to go about their normal businesses, adding that...
by HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-rufai has appealed for calm over the killing of a Pastor in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by Mr Samuel Aruwan, the state’s Commissioner, for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said Governor El-rufai...
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 25-year-old man, Sani Alassan after drowning in a pond at Saye in Bichi Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Monday...
A non-governmental organisation report released on Monday revealed that over 227 environmental advocates were killed around the world in 2020. The report from the non-governmental organisation, Global Witness, recorded a rise compared to the 212 registered deaths among environmental and land defenders in 2019. However, the organisation assumes that...
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev won his first Grand Slam title by shattering Novak Djokovic’s hopes of completing a calendar sweep of the majors in a one-sided US Open final. Second seed Medvedev, 25, lost his two previous Grand Slam finals but was composed throughout a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win. World...
A fuel tanker on Monday morning exploded at the busy PZ Roundabout along Airport Road, in Yola, Adamawa state capital. It is not clear whether lives were lost in the inferno. According to Sahara Reporters, the fuel compartment of the tanker, owned by Conoil, detached and fell while the...
Akwa United of Uyo pinched a 1-0 win from Algerian side CR Belouizdad in Uyo, on Sunday, in the first leg of the CAF Champions League preliminary round clash played at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. Friday Ubong scored a late winner as he unleashed a powerful shot four...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – No fewer than 8 persons have lost their lives on Sunday due to COVID-19 infections, as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reported 365 additional new cases in eight states of the federation. The public health agency, however, noted that the new cases...
The recent unexpected expression of interest in the 2023 Delta state gubernatorial election by Comrade Mulade Sheriff, peace and environmental rights advocate and National Coordinator of The Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), a Lagos-based non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, gives fillip to the fact that the forthcoming 2023 General...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, wife, Dolapo, and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Sunday watched the stage play of the drama, “Awo”. The stage show was held at Glover Memorial hall, Marina, Lagos. Dolapo is a grand-daughter of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The play, “Awo the Man,...
Normal working days in Nigeria start on Mondays and end on Fridays of every week. But for Mohammed Sani Tanko Soba, every day was a normal working day. As Administrative Secretary of the Apex Socio Cultural organization in Northern Nigeria, he gave the Non-Governmental Organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum ACF,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the death of the legendary Hausa poet and singer, Alhaji Isyaku Mohammed, “Forest”. The president in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday in Abuja, described forest’s demise as a great loss...
“Brown Skin Girl” by Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and Nigeria’s Wizkid won the Best Cinematography category in the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. However, “Leave the Door Open” by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic, Aftermath Entertainment/Atlantic Records won in the Best R category which the Wizkid’s song...
Five northern states, two south-western states, two south-south states, and one south-eastern state collected a total of N373.84bn of the N836.51bn Value Added Tax allocation available for states in 14 months. This is according to the latest FAAC allocation data available from the National Bureau of Statistics for the...
South Africa would move to Adjusted Alert Level 2 from 3 starting Monday, announced President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday night. He said while the third wave is not yet over, a sustained decline in infections was seen across the country over the last few weeks. The average number of...
At least four people were killed and five others injured as an L-410 aircraft made a hard landing in Russia’s Irkutsk Region on Sunday. Two crew members and 14 passengers were on board when the incident happened, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Rescuers are working at the site and...
Eight people were killed and 13 others injured on Sunday in a traffic accident in Gezira State in central Sudan, said Sudanese Police’s Press Office in a statement. The accident took place between a commodity transport vehicle and a mini-passenger bus on Khartoum-Medani highway near Al-Kamlin locality, the statement...
The Nigeria International Maritime Summit is set to hold a summit that will lead to creation of cluster for Nigerian Maritime Services, which does not presently exist in the country. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigeria International Maritime Summit, Mr Emeka Akabogu, made this known in a statement issued...