By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade (alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun) and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade (alias Bolarinwa Rashidat Ayinke), who runs a cocaine cartel from India has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This follows the arrest of four...
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Manchester City on Sunday made English Premier League history by becoming the first side to clinch four consecutive titles after beating West Ham at the Etihad stadium No side in the history of the English top flight had ever won four successive titles, but City have...
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has become a force to reckon with among comity of nations in its 60 years of existence. Abubakar communicated this at the Interdenominational Church Service as part of activities lineup...
The Police Command in Imo has confirmed the death of six people in a road accident on Saturday evening in Imo. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday,said the crash occurred in Owerri. Okoye said...
The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) have condemned the alleged murder of a compatriot, Mr Ebuka Nwoko, by South African police officials. The President-General of NICASA, Dr Frank Onyekwelu condemned the alleged murder of the Nigerian in an interview...
The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Annett Gunther, has said there are no less than four thousand Nigerians schooling and working in Germany. Gunther made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to her, the German Academic Exchange...
President Bola Tinubu has established a committee to oversee Green Economic Initiative, being a strategic move to ensure advancement of his administration to tackle challenges of climate change in Nigeria. Director, Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Segun...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) armed forces repelled an attempted coup d’etat involving Congolese and foreign fighters on Sunday morning, a DRC army spokesman said in a televised address. “An attempted coup d’etat has been put down by the defence and security forces. The attempt involved foreigners...
Chairman, Pan African American Chamber of Commerce(PAAC), Prof. Olatokunbo Onabanjo, has said President Bola Tinubu can grow Nigeria’s economy to a trillion-dollar through long-term vision, sustained efforts, and collaboration between the government and private sector. Onabanjo said President Tinubu led government must focus on sustainable and competitive growth,...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The State of Palestine has vowed that it would continue to resist Israeli’s efforts to remove them from their lands amid the genocide war in Gaza strip . “The Palestinian people will continue to resist the Israeli occupation. There is nothing more moral,...
The Acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Haruna, has commended the troops for their recent victory in dislodging Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa Forest. Haruna, who is also the Commander Sector 1 of the Nigeria Army, stated this on Sunday during a visit to...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, the umbrella labour union in Nigeria, has lost its way and its soul. There’s an Igbo proverb that goes something like this: if you pin the strong man to the ground without getting his machete, can you get it back when he’s upstanding? Yet...
As the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Monday, a financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has said the committee will likely increase the baseline lending rate by another 100 basis points. Uwaleke, a Professor of Capital Market and the President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, said this...
Soldiers and operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have taken over the popular Banex plaza in the Wuse area of the nation’s capital following a free-for-all involving traders and soldiers. A trader, who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the incident, explaining that the fight ensued at the...
Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split decision to win the world’s first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years on Sunday, an unprecedented feat in boxing’s four-belt era. Britain’s Fury was the early aggressor but Usyk gradually took charge and the “Gypsy King” was saved by the...
Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the sudden death of a man, who came to watch television at a beer parlour in the state. The Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the owner of the...
The Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has called on President Bola Tinubu to revive moribund factories, industries and companies so as to grow the economy. Its Director-General, Prof. Kailani Muhammed, gave the advice on Saturday in Abuja when an Igbo cultural group, Nsuka Nd’Imo Organisation,...
No fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, have been rescued by the Nigerian Army troops in Sambisa forest ten years after their abduction. The acting GOC 7 Division, Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna, made this known while speaking to newsmen at the outskirts of Sambisa forest in...
Afro Pop singer and song writer, Nwoko Chinedu, with the stage name, Yprince, has said that he discovered his music talent at early stage while growing up in Niger state. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, the Imo State-born upcoming...