In an intelligence-driven operation, the Nigerian military has so far received 605 ISWAP Boko Haram members who laid down their arms and surrendered to the troops, PRNigeria authoritatively gathered. It further gathered that 229 of the members who are mostly women and children have been handed over to the...
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An Alpha Jet of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) operating under Operation Hadarin Daji in North-West has foiled an attempt by armed bandits to kidnap dozens of commuters in Gusau axis of Zamfara on Saturday. PRNigeria gathered that the fighter jet while returning from an aerial operation, sighted the bandits...
In September 2019, over a dozen entries were received nominating DCP Abba Kyari for a certain category of the First Security and Emergency Management Awards (SAEMA). At that time and up till recently, the now-suspended police officer was the most celebrated crime-buster in the Nigeria Police Force, leading him...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate the reported spending of over ₦880bn of public funds by 367...
Mr Ismail Adebiyi, Railway District Manager, Northern District, Zaria, says there is no blockage or any impediment on Lagos-Kaduna rail line that might affect its operations. Adebiyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Zaria, that the track was also not an impediment to the Kaduna...
Lionel Messi was in tears on Sunday as he confirmed his departure from Spanish side FC Barcelona after 21 years with the club. Messi was set to sign a new deal with Barca, but is now heading for pastures new —- possibly Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). This was after the...
At least five persons have been killed in separate attacks by gunmen in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed the incidents on Saturday. A ten-year-old herder was among those killed in the attacks carried out around the Maduachi...
At least 60 persons have lost their lives across many communities in Katsina State following the outbreak of cholera. The state Commissioner for Health, Yakubu Danja disclosed this during the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the State chapter of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) held in Katsina, however, did not...
Enugu West Senatorial District has declared its support for Enugu East to produce the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2023. Enugu West said its position was in consonance with the zoning policy which the party leaders agreed on in 2013. At a solidarity rally tagged, “Ife Emelu...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The newly deployed Commissioner of Police (CP) to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Babaji Sunday, has assumed duty as the 28th CP in the territory. Recalled that the Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, on Friday approved the deployment of newly...
By DAVID IROJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has sent heartfelt condolence to the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, and Christendom in general, over the passage of the former General Overseer, Rev. Wilson Badejo, aged 74. The president’s condolences message is contained in a statement issued by his spokesman,...
The Abia Government has asked residents of the state to disregard the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The government’s directive is contained in a statement issued in Umuahia by the Commissioner for Information, Chief Okiyi Kalu. IPOB on July 30 ordered sit-at-home in the...
Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc has installed about 105,000 prepaid meters for customers under its network through the Federal Government’s National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). The Head, Corporate Communications, IE, Mr Felix Ofulue, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ikeja. Ofulue said the...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has called on officers and personnel conducting the ongoing selection exercise for the 81 Regular Recruits Intake into the Nigerian Army to be fair and firm. COAS Yahaya gave the directive on Saturday, when he visited the Nigerian Army Fitness...
Jack Grealish’s Manchester City debut was spoiled by Kelechi Iheanacho as the Leicester striker’s late penalty clinched a 1-0 win in the Community Shield on Saturday. All eyes were on Grealish when he came on as a second half substitute following his British record £100 million ($139 million) move...
An oil and gas magnate, Mr Akanimo Udofia, has said that the huge untapped potential in the Nigerian tourism industry is bigger than the benefits deliverable from the petroleum industry. Udofia’s assertion is contained in a statement issued on Saturday at the end of the Annual General Meeting of...
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has hailed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the people of Japan for allowing the dreams of the world’s athletes to come to life. Coe, in a statement on Sunday, noted that athletes dreams were made to come alive at “the most globally successful...
A Christian association under the auspices of the Christian Youth Leadership Network, has said Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello is the right choice to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The group made this known in Abuja on Saturday during the opening of its two-day National Retreat with the...
The state government appealed to the party to refrain from comments that could portray it as mocking the dead, saying that lives should be considered sacred. Ekiti State Government has warned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against undue politicisation of matters bordering on security of lives and property in the...
The National Secretary of the church, Rev. Yomi Oyinloye, said in a statement that Badejo, who was the church’s G.O between 1999 and 2009, died on Saturday after a brief illness. “He was a great achiever, an accomplished servant of God, a role model, a bridge builder, mentor, teacher...