By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Muhammed Ali Ndume”s empowerment scheme which was aimed at reducing poverty and empowering youth has been flagged off by the Deputy Governor of Borno State Umar Usman Kadafur at the government Lodge Biu Town. The empowerment programme was presented to 9 LGA in...
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No fewer than three police officers have been severely injured after unknown gunmen reportedly attacked The Akwa-Ibom State Police Headquarters. The Command’s spokesman, SP Odiko MacDon, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday, said the gunmen on Saturday night attacked the Divisional Police Headquarters in Udung Uko LGA...
The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking has rescued 203 people, including 67 minors, in recent days, its owner SOS Mediterranee said Sunday. The migrants came from Egypt, Gambia, Libya, South Sudan, Syria and Tunisia, the Non-Governmental Organization said in comments posted on Twitter. They were rescued in four separate...
No fewer than five persons have been crushed to death, while others are severally injured following an accident involving a gas truck in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The accident occurred around 9:00 am on Sunday at a popular herbs market in the Bode area of the city as...
The Financial Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Mohammed Tajudeen, has said the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, funded the by-election campaign expenses of Rep. AbdulRaheem Ajuloopin in 2018. Tajudeen told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin that contrary...
Hosts Wikki Tourists Football Club on Sunday beat Dakkada FC of Uyo 2-1 in the ongoing 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi. The Match Day 31 fixture provided hopes of staying far away from the relegation zone for the Wikki Tourists....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians and the global community to pray for the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, as he undergoes surgery of the colon. President Buhari also sent a get-well message to the pontiff ahead of his routine operation....
HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Police Command have confirmed the abduction of eight person at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Quarters, in Zaria Town of the state. In a statement, the state’s police spokesman, ASP Muhammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident, said, in the early...
The Kaduna State Police Command have disclosed that the Improvised Explosive Device that was detonated in Kaduna Saturday, was concealed in three empty yogurt containers. Recalled that the Saturday incident, which occurred in Badarawa area of Kaduna metropolis, resulted in the death of one adolescent child, aged seven and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 8th Division, Sokoto, Major General, Usman Yusuf has reassured that the Nigeria Army would not rest until total peace is attained in every part of the country. Gen Yusuf who spoke on Sunday at the Interdenominational Sevice held at...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined President Joe Biden, the Government and people of the United States as they commemorate this special day, July 4th as the 245th Independence Day and the annual celebration of nationhood. The president’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – 9 Bingham University, a private located in Karu, Nasarawa State and Ukraine have pledged to continue with their relationship, which began in 2019. The relationship between the university and Ukraine has two basic components: Staff exchange programme and Students academic mobility programme. The decision...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has exceeded its N36 billion projected revenue from spectrum license fees for 2021, having recorded over N150 billion from this revenue source within the five months of the year. Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who made this known in a...
Millennials are thriving in the workforce today. They are the next generation to be leaders in the workplace and will be the generation that shapes the future of leadership. There are not many millennial role models that potential leaders can follow and emulate. Thus, we must attract leaders for...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday supervised the profiling of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Gubio IDPs camp for onward relocation to their ancestral homes located in 5 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. The IDPs who are mostly from Kukawa, Marte, Bama, Gwoza and...
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj -Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has urged officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to remain resolute and determined in dealing insurgency and other adversaries confronting the nation. COAS Yahaya gave the charge at the interdenominational church service as part of activities to commemorate the...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command, has called on Nigerians to cooperate with all security agencies to defeat insecurity. The state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Abidemi Majekodunmi, made the call when he addressed journalists on Saturday in Uyo. Mr. Majekodunmi said that modern security...
By BABARA KALU, Umuahia – Men of the Abia State Police Command have arrested 8 suspected kidnappers who specialized in kidnapping and demanding ransoms from their victims families. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Janet Agbede, who disclosed this to newsmen in Umuahia, said The suspects, two...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Government has debunked the false claim by MURIC that certain individuals from other parts of the country impersonated Sokoto indigenes and subsequently secured Federal Government jobs, particularly recruitment into the military and other para-military organisations. It also stressed that the claims...