The Nigerian Army are yet to confirm the alleged shooting by unknown gunmen of two soldiers at a military checkpoint located at popular Timber Shade junction in Amasiri, Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi. Meanwhile, a top security source, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday at Amasiri on...
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Prof. Abayomi Fasina, Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), on Tuesday dismissed reports that the institution was planning a mass sack of its workers. “We have no plans to sack anyone; any rumour in that direction is false. The governing council is not thinking in that direction,” Fasina told...
Police Command in Enugu State has confirmed killing of two yet to be identified men in an alleged rivalry cult clash on Ogui Road of Enugu metropolis. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu....
Gunmen have attacked the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, setting part of the complex on fire. The attack was carried out by hoodlums in the early hours of Tuesday as firefighters tried bringing the inferno under control.One of the burnt offices. One of the eyewitnesses...
The Nasarawa State Government, on Tuesday, solicited the support of its citizens in budgeting, with a view to tackle the challenges facing various communities in the state. This, the government said, was also to improve the standard of living of the people across all communities in the state. Mr...
Yobe state,Governor. Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday said the security situation in the state generally needed quick response and reassessment. Buni made his position known during an emergency security meeting in Damaturu. “We thanked God for the relative peace we now enjoy in most parts of the state. “However,...
A coalition of 14 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has expressed concern over delay in the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, urging the National Assembly to fast track its passage. Spokesperson for the coalition, Mrs Cynthia Mbamalu, said this when she spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja....
Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal have stressed the need for states to cooperate in tackling the menace of banditry and kidnapping. The two governors took the stand in Sokoto, when El-Rufai visited to condole with Tambuwal over the death of Hajiya Aishatu,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed confidence that Nigeria will overcome her current security challenges. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the vice president made this known when he received a traditional ruler from Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ahmed Hassan, the Yankanje Uke....
Some students of the University of Ilorin have donated ten sets of grinding machines including fryers to some rural communities in Kwara. The students, of the Faculty of Agriculture are undergoing the Community Based Experience and Services (COBES). Prof. Gbolagade Adesiji, the Acting Dean of the Faculty, delivered the equipment...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Association of Igede Media Professionals has sent warm greetings to the Governor of Benue State, Dr Samuel Ortom, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, with an appeal to him to visit conflict areas in the state, especially, Bonta and Ukpute in Konshisha...
The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of efforts to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses. India’s infection and death rates are growing exponentially, overwhelming hospitals, in...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says no fewer than 1,548 youths will benefit from its training on environmental beautification nationwide. The Acting Director-General (D-G) of the NDE, Mr Abubakar Nuhu-Fikpo stated this while declaring open the training of 88 participants on Tuesday in Kano. According to him, the...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun chapter, has called on the state government to provide adequate protection for students in all the tertiary institutions in the state. Mr Kehinde Simeon, the Chairman of the association in the state , said this at a press conference in Abeokuta...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met separately behind closed doors with Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno State and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at his official residence, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President’s Personal Assistant on Photography, Mr Sunday Aghaeze,...
Saving Dreams Foundation, says it will unveil Saving Leaders of Tomorrow Club in secondary schools, to promote reading, writing, and speaking skills in Kwara State. Director of the Foundation, Mr Abdullateef Abdulkareem, in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday, said the club would begin with 10 schools that had...
Afghan forces say they have killed a key commander of the Taliban radical movement in the country’s southern Kandahar province. The country’s head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Ahmad Zia Saraj, said this on Tuesday. On Monday, a source told Sputnik that two high-ranking Taliban commanders had...
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Abagana camp have blocked the Markurdi-Lafia Federal Highway protesting the recent killings by herdsmen and laying the corpses of the victims on the road. The suspected herdsmen on Tuesday morning invaded Abagana IDP camp killing seven persons and injuring about 15 of them....
The Plateau Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has commended Mr Cyril Tsenyil, Plateau Accountant General (AG), for providing potable water at its headquarters in Jos. Mr Stephen Jiyason, the Commandant of the corps in the state, made the commendation when he visited Tsenyil on...
The Senate has administered oath of allegiance on Mr Frank Ibezim (APC – Imo ) as member of the 9th Senate. This follows the Supreme Court decision affirming him as APC authentic candidate for Imo -West by-election. The oath was administered by Clerk of the Senate, Mr Dauda El-...