Men of the Plateau State Police Command have rescued the abducted lecturer of the University of Jos, Professor Grace Ayanbimpe and her husband, Isaac, after spending 24 hours in captivity with the abductors. The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Jos....
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There is tension in some areas in Osogbo, Osun state capital early on Tuesday morning as some youths protest raid by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Offence Commission (EFCC). In a viral vedio trending online, the youths were seen shouting and protesting that the operatives of the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Oyo State has intercepted baked cakes made with cannabis sativa on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The NDLEA Commander, Mrs Josephine Obi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan. “We also arrested a delivery man...
No fewer than 50 billion birds call planet Earth home, according to an extrapolation by Australian scientists published in the journal Proceedings of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday. This means that there are about six times as many birds as humans on the planet. A team...
The Federal Government on Monday declared that insecurity was a major crisis in the maritime sector, describing it as more complex than the world knows. It also announced that the President Muhammadu Buhari would inaugurate Nigeria’s maritime security project in June. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has destroyed a 20 feet container load of bagged soya bean seeds in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State’s capital. The agency South-South zone spokewomen, Mr Cyril Monye, announced this in a statement in...
The African Development Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote sustainable private sector development in Africa. In a statement issued by its Communication and External Relations Department, the AfDB said, “The MoU will help catalyse new sources of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced that it has registered 69 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,778 confirmed cases. As at Monday, 17 May, 2021, the public health agency recorded one...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University Chapter, has directed its members to join the ongoing warning strike by public sector workers in Kaduna State. The ASUU Chairperson, Dr Peter Adamu gave the directive in a circular to the members of the union, issued in Kaduna...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum meeting held in Ibadan, was a waste of time, with no substance. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary APCCaretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “Going...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government is concerned about Nigeria’s security challenges and doing all it can to restore peace in every part of the country. Alhaji Mohammed stated this on Monday when received the President of the Nigerian Institute of...
The Lagos State Judiciary began a weeklong intervention on Monday to decongest police stations across the state. The intervention, which is in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, empowers magistrates to visit police detention facilities as prescribed under Sections 33 and 34 of the Administration of Criminal...
$2.0 million USD to be extended to qualifying MSMEs The African Union Development Agency NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Ecobank Group, its strategic partner on the development of the 100,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Initiative, are set to launch the financing component as from 27 May 2021. AUDA-NEPAD...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past Governor of Kwara, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, for questioning. The spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday. Mr. Uwujaren gave no further information on reasons for the invitation. Ahmed had governed the...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says inflation rate reduced by 0.05 per cent in April compared to what obtained in March.’ It said while inflation rate stood at 18.17 per cent in March, it reduced to 18.12 per cent in April. The rate is contained in the NBS’s...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – Africa’s leading airline, Ethiopian Airlines Group, has started vaccinating its employees against COVID-19. The vaccination, which began on May 14, is being carried out in its temporarily opened vaccination center. According to a statement released by the airline on Monday, Ethiopian Medical Center is equipped...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos- Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted Professor Grace Ayanbimpe of the Department of Medical Microbiology in the University of Jos alongside her husband. The gunmen were reported to have stormed her residence located behind Haske Quarters, Lamingo in Jos North Local Government Area...