An explosion in Kaduna on Saturday claimed the life of one person , leaving two others injured. Spokesperson of Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Muhammad Jalige,who confirmed the incident, told NAN that it occurred at about 4.30pm in Badarawa area of Kaduna North Local Government Area. Jalige said after...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya has approved the appointment of Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), Field Commanders and other key staff that would provide the much needed vigour in his command of the Nigerian Army (NA). In a statement by...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In furtherance to the activities lined up for the Nigerian Army Day celebration, soldiers of the 8th Division Sokoto, today Saturday impressed locals beyond words as they all went out to ensure a clean Sokoto and it’s environs. The Army who turned out in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A 25 year old man, (name witheld) from Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State has been accused of forcefully having an annal sex with his 15 years old wife resulting into her near incapacitation, medical officials noted. The abused wife, was lying critical...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has withdrawn his children from public schools in Kaduna after getting wind of a plot to kidnap his son. The governor had in September 2019, enrolled his six-year-old son, Abubakar-Sadiq into Kaduna Capital School, a public school located in the Kaduna state capital, in...
The Federal Government on Saturday returned a Swiss vessel, MT San Padre Pio, to the Government of Switzerland, three years after it was seized by the Nigerian Navy. The navy arrested the vessel and its 16 Ukrainian nationals on January 23, 2018 for illegal entry and transport of gas...
A 14-year-old girl, simply identified as Jumoke, was on Saturday allegedly killed by a stray bullet during a clash between security agents and the Oodua Republic agitators in Ojota, Lagos. However, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Poluce Command in the state, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, denied the...
Two bodies were found after a huge landslide at a resort town in central Japan swept away homes on Saturday following days of heavy rain, with around 20 people still missing, officials said. Television footage showed a torrent of mud obliterating buildings as it crashed down a hillside in...
“We began a planned separation some time ago, and now feel comfortable to formalise this arrangement, of living separately yet sharing our lives the way an extended family does,” Khan and Rao said. Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan announced Saturday that he is splitting with his wife of 15 years,...
Prof Oladapo Shittu, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, has attributed prevalent poverty in most Nigerian homes to high fertility rate. Shittu, who is the Provost, Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, said this in a lecture entitled ‘Reaping demographic dividends’ he delivered at a Zoom media training on reproductive...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has ordered security agencies to apprehend those responsible for various killings in Jos South and Riyom Local Government Areas of the state in June. The governor, who gave the directives in a statement on Saturday, also directed the...
Kano residents came out en-masse on Saturday to welcome Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and other dignitaries to the coronation of Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero. The vice-president’s jet landed at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport from where he and his entourage proceeded to Sani Abacha Stadium, venue of...
The Nigeria Police and some other security agencies have cordoned Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos to prevent the planned rally of Oodua Republic agitators from taking place. At about 7.00 a.m. on Saturday, it was learnt that more than 30 patrol vehicles belonging to the Nigeria Police, the DSS,...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Abdul Samad Rabiu African Initiative (ASR AFRICA), an initiative of the BUA Group, has offered a N1 billion grant to the University of Ilorin for the development of its critical infrastructure. The university’s Corporate Affairs Director, Mr Kunle Akogun, who disclosed this in...
The management of the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has ordered the immediate closure of the institution following the death of a student in a suspected cult clash. It was learnt that the deceased, a 300 level student of the department of Geography Department, Faculty of Social Sciences...
EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Dennis Idahosa, has said that the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would bring about global competitiveness in the Nigerian oil industry. Rep Idahosa, who represents the Ovia Federal Constituency, stated this in a press statement...
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has pledged to support the Rotary Club of Lagos intervention projects with the sum of five million naira. The Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, made the pledge at the induction of the 61st President of the club, Rotarian Babawale Agbeyangi,...
Ghana confirmed a community infection of the Delta variant of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Friday, the Ministry of Information said. “The Ghana Health Service informed the COVID-19 Task Force on Friday that the Delta Variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus had been recorded within a community in the latest round...