The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said no life was lost in the fire outbreak which occurred at a three-storey building in Marina, Lagos Island, on Sunday. LASEMA Spokesman, Nosa Okunbor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire started in one of the flats in...
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A Federal lawmaker representing Kebbi North, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, has blamed what he describes as a poor security arrangement in the country for the Kebbi School abduction. Sen. Abdullahi said the number of security personnel, specifically policemen across the country, is grossly insufficient to fight the level of insecurity...
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday visited Mulai and Dalwa communities, and also met with security operatives to begin modalities for reopening of farmlands along that axis so as to avoid livelihoods crisis. Governor Zulum’s decision was in compliance with Thursday’s directive to the Nigerian military...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has approved the appointment of 11 members of the recently established board of Borno State Housing Corporation. The Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement, announced that Zulum appointed eleven members from 10 Local Government Areas. The...
Libya’s unity government on Sunday reopened the coastal highway linking the country’s east and west, closed for two years due to fighting. Announcing the implementation of another key step in a UN-led peace process, Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah said the move would help to “turn a page” after...
Troops of the Nigerian Army operating under the auspices of Operation Hadarin Daji supported by the Nigerian Air Force component have rescued more abductees of the Federal Government College Birnin Yawuri in Kebbi State. According to a statement on Sunday by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) deployed at the Forward Operational Base (FOB) of 152 Battalion, Kumshe on Sunday, 20 June 2021 gallantly dealt with elements of Boko Haram terrorists (BHTs) on a suicidal infiltration attempt into the camp....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Dan Orbih, has said that Nigeria’s main problem is more of leadership recession rather than economic recession. Orbih, the National Vice Chairman, South South of the party, said this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By ADARA JOY, Abuja – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) say they will continue to partner to work out strategies for food security in Nigeria. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the agency’s Managing Director of Corporate Communications Unit, Mr Muntari...
Within the framework of the Second Generation (2nd Phase) of the Alliance to Fight Avoidable Blindness (AFAB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) have executed cataract surgery campaigns in the city of Djibouti and its surrounding rural localities. The campaign, which was...
An SS3 student was shot dead during a clash between security operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) and suspected rice smugglers at Irosu village near Badagry on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Alade Oba (18), was hit by stray bullet and died on...
The Civil Liberties Organisation has admonished Christian fathers to always show love and respect to their wives and children in order to build happy homes. The Chairman of CLO, Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the failure of Gov. Godwin Obaseki’s administration to address the water problem in the Edo Central Senatorial District and other parts of the state as unbearable and unacceptable. This is contained in a statement released on Sunday by the Edo APC spokesman,...
the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a serving officer of a law enforcement agency, Popoola Abayomi for selling various illicit drugs to students of a Federal University and cultists in Ogun State. The drug dealer who serves in the Lagos State Command of the security agency...
The Benue State Police have said no fewer than 14 bandits were killed following an attempted attack on a police station on Sunday morning. A spokesperson for Benue police, Catherine Anene, said in a statement that the gunmen numbering about 50 launched an attack in early hours of Sunday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Board Chairman of Universal Basic education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Usman Adamu Kyuka and the Executive Secretary Dr. Hamid Bobboyi has commence the inspection of model schools built by the commission across Nigeria. At one of the sites in karshi FCT Abuja, Professor Kyuka...
A Traditional Birth Attendant in Calabar, Mrs Ekaete Udoffia, has called for unconditional end to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), practiced in many communities in the country. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Saturday. FGM refers to the partial...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has reaffirmed that construction of the Second Niger Bridge would be completed next year. The minister gave the assurance at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, to mark the sixth year anniversary of...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities in Dubai has announced a revision in procedures for travellers coming from the Republic of India, South Africa and Nigeria on June 19. This is contained in a statement issued by the UAE Embassy in Abuja to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)....