By BABARA KALU, Enugu – The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Lawal Abubakar, has ordered an immediate investigation and possible disciplinary sanction against a policeman seen engaging a lady in an altercation and physically assaulting her. The incident, spotted in a viral video circulating on social media,...
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Top federal, state, and city officials said late Friday that there was still no “specific, credible” terror threat against New York City as it prepared to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas delivered the message with Gov. Kathy Hochul...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for establishing the North East Development Commission (NEDC). Governor Buni gave the commendation in Gujba on Friday, while inspecting the ongoing Gujba-Mutai-Ngalda road project. He noted that the commission was taking the lead in tackling numerous humanitarian crises...
Popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie, has made it unto the list of 100 influential African women and was also named in Google’s most searched list. The renowned actress, who said she was so excited by the recognition, took to her Instagram page @mercyjohnsonokojie to announce the good news...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded additional 3 deaths as a result of COVID-19 complications, while 466 news cases was recorded on Friday. The NCDC confirmed this in an update on its Facebook page on Saturday morning. The new 466 COVID-19...
A priest with the Anglican Communion in Nigeria, Rev Efe Urhogo has reportedly died while ministering at St John’s Anglican Church, Okpara Inland, Ethiope East Local Government Area in Delta State. It was learnt that the priest slumped while ministering from the pulpit on Wednesday evening during the Anglican...
President Joe Biden has described national unity as the United States’ greatest strength in a video commemorating the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaeda attacks on Sept. 11 which left nearly 3,000 people dead. “In the days that followed Sept. 11, 2001, we saw heroism everywhere, in places expected and...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday issued a statement to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. “Today we mark a somber day seared in the minds of millions of people around the world — a day when nearly 3,000 lives from...
North Macedonia’s health minister on Friday offered his resignation after an explosion and a fire ripped through a hospital treating coronavirus patients killing 14 people “The tragedy in Tetovo affected me very much… as a doctor and minister I presented, for ethical reasons, my resignation to Prime Minister Zoran...
Explosion and fire caused by liquefied gas cylinder leakage have killed eight people and injured five others on Saturday in a residential building in the city of Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, according to local authorities. The accident took place around midnight in the city’s Pulandian District. Firefighters and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on health workers to return to their duty posts. He also urged others contemplating strikes to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation, no matter how long it takes. The president made the appeal when he hosted members of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) at...
Guinea’s ruling military came under diplomatic pressure on Friday as the African Union suspended the country over last weekend’s coup and West African envoys arrived to mediate in the crisis. The regional bloc ECOWAS had already suspended Guinea after special forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power...
The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, says intelligence remains the most effective instrument in fighting insurgency and banditry. Monguno stated this on Friday, in Abuja while speaking at the public presentation of a research report titled ‘Terrorism and Banditry: The Nexus’; conducted by...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Media Team of FGN/UBE Project Inspection, has commended Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi for his unprecedented achievements in basic education infrastructural development across the 21 local governments areas of the state. The Team Lead, Dr. Tom Ohikere, gave the commendation when he led the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives from the Ogun State Police Command have rescued three workers of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Farm, from their kidnappers’ den, three days after they were abducted. Recalled that the Obasanjo Farm’s workers were kidnapped on Wednesday evening at Seseri Village, while returning...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an urgent need for action to address the climate crisis posing an existential threat to all human life. Guterres made the call while launching a report, “Our Common Agenda”, at a meeting of the General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York,...
Team Nigeria on Friday lost her second game to Namibia by 59 runs at the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in Botswana. The game at the Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) oval in Gaborone saw Namibia winning the toss and electing to bat. Namibia’s Adri...
The Nigeria Volleyball Team will on Saturday take-on Cameroon in the quarter finals of the ongoing 2021 African Men’s Senior Volleyball Nations Championship in Kigali, Rwanda. Team Nigeria defeated Ethiopia 3-1 (25-20, 25-12, 32-34, 25-17) in their last match of Pool B on Friday, to qualify for the quarter-finals,...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed into law a bill empowering the state government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). The Commissioner of Information and Strategy in Lagos, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. “The governor signed the ‘bill for a law to impose and...