BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto Ahead of the furthcoming APC Congress across the Federation, Honorable Abdullahi Saleme has called for a free, fair and credible election during and after the congress. Hon. Saleme, who is the National Assembly House Commitee Chairman on Poverty Alleviation stated this in Sokoto when the APC...
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PATRICK ABANG Calabar – A forex expert, Dr Theophilus Ogumbe has charged Nigeria Government to take advantage of the $7 trillion rotating on daily basis in the foreign exchange market globally by coming out with effective regulation. He gave the advice in Calabar on Sunday in a statement titled:...
To help douse the swift and conflicting reactions, utter confusion and frustration raging in the minds of the Niger Deltans and other stakeholders, occasioned by the inexplicable and unexpected provisions of the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), I sought a telephone conversation with Comrade Joseph Angodeme Evah, Coordinator,...
Between 15 and 17 people are missing after a vessel sank off the coast of Liberia, the West African state’s government and coastguard said on Sunday. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, Liberia’s Maritime Authority Commissioner Eugene Lenn Nagbe told reporters in the capital Monrovia. Coastguards told the press...
Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, is set to join the astronaut club Tuesday on the first crewed launch by Blue Origin, another key moment in a big month for the fledgling space tourism industry. The mission comes days after Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson crossed the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in Anambra State have arrested a drug trafficking suspect identified as Okeke Chijioke (44) with 548,000 tablets of tramadol. According to a communique issued by NDLEA on Sunday, revealed that Okeke’s arrest followed credible intelligence and surveillance, which confirmed he stocked his...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – The Jigawa State Police Command have assured residents of the state of adequate security during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebration. In a statement, The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Usman Gomna, said the Command had deployed conventional and mobile policemen as well as...
At least 23 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India’s financial capital Mumbai, authorities said Sunday. A falling tree demolished a wall in the eastern suburb of Chembur during Sunday’s early hours, burying nearby...
A ram the size of a small pony tosses its head inside a sumptuous pen illuminated by flashing disco lights, before lunging at some ewes half its size. The skittish animal lives on a rooftop in Senegal’s capital Dakar, alongside a dozen ewes, in an enclosure featuring ceiling fans,...
Police said Sunday that 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in western Kenya as crowds thronged to collect the spilling fuel. The fuel truck collided with another vehicle and toppled over late Saturday near Malanga, some 315 kilometres (195 miles)...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to urgently instruct Mr. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the directive containing...
Akara (Bean cake) is a popular street snack and staple food in Nigeria and some other African countries. Though its origin is said to be from the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria, it has found its way to the tables of other West African countries and even beyond. It is...
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has put six states and FCT Abuja on red alert to ensure a safe and healthy nationwide Eid-el-Kabir celebartion. The action followed the confirmation of the Delta Variant of COVID-19, the rising number of infections and hospitalisation in the country. The PSC...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The popular Prince Ebeano Supermarket at Lokogoma district in Abuja was on fire late on Saturday. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, Mr Ibrahim Muhammad, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday. Muhammad said that fire fighters from...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Ikot Effanga Mkpa Town Council in Calabar Municipal of Cross River State, has accused the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of total neglect to the community. The people also accused The Cross River Basin Development Authority, Federal Character Commission,...
Fugitive Kenyan female police officer Caroline Kangogo who is believed to have killed two men alleged to be her ex lovers, has been found dead. According to reports, her lifeless body was discovered lying in a bathroom at her parents’ home and moved to Iten County Referral Hospital mortuary....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced that it has registered 123 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 169,329 confirmed cases. As at Friday, 17 July, 2021, the public health agency recorded no...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday said the Federal Government will be responsible for taking possession of the 1,130 Benin bronzes to be returned by Germany. “The Federal Government is aware of the widely reported controversy on who will take possession of the Benin bronzes...
A corps member in Lagos State, Miss Oyinkansola Oneuchekwa, says passion to save women from suffering cervical and breast cancer informed her Community Development Service (CDS) project. Oyinkansola, also known as KKC, with Lagos State code: LA 20B/0310, made the disclosure at a one-day free cervical and breast cancer...