By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has commenced the hearing of a case of fraud involving some ex-directors and some members of staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS). The members of staff are answering charges concerning embezzling Duty Tour Allowances (DTA) approved...
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The Chairman of Farmer’s Association in Otun-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti, Mr Peter Ibitoye, has appealed to security agencies to take proactive measures to arrest kidnappers tormenting their members. Ibitoye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Otun-Ekiti, that lives of their members were not safe...
HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – The Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a suspect, identified as Ibrahim Haruna for allegedly raping a six-year-old in Gawuna Quarters within the Hadejia LGA of the state. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Lawal Shiisu confirmed the arrest in a statement, said the...
More than 150 employees at the Houston Methodist hospital in Texas were fired or resigned after failing to comply with orders to get a Covid-19 vaccination to continue working there, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday. Officials Houston Methodist told its staff they needed to have received a Covid vaccination...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – Operatives of The Nigeria Police Force in Jigawa State have arrested three kidnap suspects in Hadejia Local Government Area of the state. The state’s police spokesman, ASP Lawan Shiisu, who disclosed the arrest in a statement in Dutse on Wednesday, said the suspects were...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has assured the African Union Commission (AUC) of the support of the Nigerian government. Onyeama made this commitment when he received the Deputy Chairperson of AU Commission, Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa, on Tuesday in Abuja The minister stated that Nigeria was a very...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has said that about 36 million Nigerians benefited from the Community Social Development Project (CSDP) within 11 years in the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiiya Umar Farouq disclosed this in her opening address...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatned to resume its suspended strike over alleged breach of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Kaduna State Government. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that there were now 1,377 active cases across the country in the last 24 hours. The public health agency made this know in an update via its official website: www.ncdc.gov.ng, adding that it has...
By OLA MODUPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Ekiti State Police Command have confirmed the death of seven persons which were involved in a ghastly road accident that occurred along Ilumoba Ekiti axis of the state. In a statement, The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Sunday Abutu, said...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered The Federal Government to pay the sum of $3 billion to Rivers and Akwa Ibom States Government, as part of their revenue shares from crude oil sales. The amount formed part of the $62 billion said to have been recovered from...
Mr Francis Nwaze, the Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement. He explained that late Nweze died in a ghastly motor accident that occurred on Tuesday, although he did not disclose the location where the crash took place. Similarly, Nwaze did...
Imo Government, in partnership with UNICEF, has trained some security operatives and judiciary officers on enforcement of laws prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The two-day training, attended by participants drawn from 53 communities in Ideato North and Ihitte Uboma Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state, ended at Urualla,...
The Federal Government has taken delivery of medical equipment worth one million dollars donated by the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to Mr Olusegun Adetola, Director, Media and Public Relations in the Ministry of Health. In a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, Adetola said that the...
The United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC) has said that 14.4 per cent of Nigerians are presently engaged in drug abuse. This portend a negative trend to the future of the country, Mr Oliver Stolpe, UNODC Country Representative to Nigeria, said in Abuja on Tuesday, Stolpe spoke...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated National Steering Committee (NSC) of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) to be chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, reiterating his commitment to lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years, with a...
Operatives of Enugu State Police Command have arrested eight suspects for their alleged involvement in kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. In a statement by the state’s police spokesman, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said that the operatives recovered five firearms, including an AK-47 rifle, 10...
By OOREOFEOLUWA KALEJAIYE, Lagos- The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) extended its losing streak on Tuesday with a loss of N364 billion due to sell pressure in blue chips. Consequently, the market capitalisation returned to the N19 trillion mark, losing N364 billion or 1.81 per cent to close at N19.725 trillion...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has tasked border communities to report immigrants in their communities to enable the service weed out illegal aliens. The Comptroller General (CG) of the service, Alhaji Muhammad Babandede, made the call on Tuesday in Jibia during a sensitization visit to residents of Jibia border...