By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Oliver Buba. Fr. Buba was abducted on Tuesday in his residence in Numan Local Government Area of the Adamawa State. Confirming the incident, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Most Rev....
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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has noted the valuable role Nigerian youths play in defining and achieving development and security in the nation, saying that the youth remain the energy of the nation. Kalu noted this when he received on a...
Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has said President Bola Tinubu led administration is supportive of autonomy for Local Government Areas in the country. Akume said this during the Ministerial Press Briefing on Wednesday in Abuja to mark Tinubu’s one year anniversary in office....
An Abuja Federal High Court has granted former Commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, a two-week bail. Kyari was granted bail to enable him return home and complete the burial rites of his late mother. The court subsequently set Friday, May 31 for determination of...
Former Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed has dragged the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Taoreed Lagbaja, and the Nigerian Army before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged refusal to release a copy of the certified true copy (CTC) of the judgment of the Special Court Martial. Mohammed told...
Executive Director/CEO of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Dr Shaibu Husseini, has said the Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourising of vices in Nigerian films. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Husseini disclosed this at a National Stakeholders Engagement...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu led administration would be low-key. Idris made this known at the Ministerial Press Briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the move is in line with Tinubu’s desire to...
The arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and its executive, Tigran Gambaryan, by Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Wednesday, suffered a setback at a Federal High Court, Abuja. The matter, which was scheduled for arraignment before Justice Emeka Nwite, could not proceed due to the absence of Gambaryan...
The Puskas Arena in Budapest, home to the Hungary national team, will host the 2026 Champions League final, European soccer governing body UEFA said on Wednesday after its executive committee met in Dublin. The decision on the venue for the 2027 final has been postponed until September, subject...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has given directive for the immediate commencement of work at the proposed 1000 units housing estate under the Renewed Hope Housing Project in the state. Governor Ododo disclosed this while playing host to the Management of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As the world commemorates the 2024 World Family Doctors’ Day, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmou , has called on Nigerians to adopt a healthy living condition. The Minister also urged Nigerians to collectively invest more in afforestation and discourage deforestation,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a Superintendent of Police (SP) Pius Sunday, who was the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Marte Divisional Headquarters, Marte. SP Sunday was killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists while responding to a distress call on...
The Kremlin on Wednesday criticised European Union plans to use income from frozen Russian assets to provide military aid to Ukraine as “expropriation.” EU ministers earlier on Tuesday gave final approval to use the proceeds of Russian assets frozen in the EU to help Ukraine. The agreement concerns...
A FCT High Court in Zuba, on Wednesday dismissed the application filed by the Medical Director, Alliance Hospital, Dr Christopher Otabor asking for variation of his bail conditions. Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that granting the application would not be in the interest of justice adding that Otabor’s wife...
U.S. President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor and likely election opponent Donald Trump of using Nazi rhetoric following the publication of a video referencing a “unified Reich.’’ Trump is using “Hitler’s language’’. That’s not America’s, Biden said in a campaign video released. In the short clip, the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Manhood Yakubu has charged the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs), to stop the coronation of candidates and instead conduct proper elections in their states. Manhood stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he received the...
A murder investigation has been launched into the parents of a 3-year-old child who died of starvation in Austria. Police in the western Austrian state of Tyrol said on Wednesday that emergency services were informed of the child’s death in the district of Kufstein, near the border to...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to mandate public healthcare institutions to provide free medical treatment for pregnant women during and after delivery. The call was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Shehu (PDP-Bauchi) at plenary...
The Senate has constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the recent explosion near the Gbarain-Ubie gas processing facility in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. This followed the adoption of a motion at plenary on Wednesday on the need for urgent action on massive explosion close to Gbarain-Ubie gas processing facility...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – North East Development Commission (NEDC) in collaboration with the federal government is to award contract for the resuscitation of the grounded power house and its accessories for revitalization of irrigation activities in the Chad basin that have been stopped by insecurity and destruction...