The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Abdullahi B. Umar, the doyen of Northern Chambers of Commerce. This is contained in a statement issued by ACF National Publicity Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Yawe, in Kaduna. The ACF also condoled with his immediate family, the Bida Emirate Council and...
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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, on Tuesday confirmed an attack on Abagena Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs), camp in Makurdi by suspected herdsmen, that left seven persons dead and many others injured. Ortom stated this when he visited the camp, where the IDPs were already protesting the attack by blocking...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has condoled with the Sultan of Sokoto over the death of Chiroman Sokoto, Alhaji Buhari Abubakar. The deceased, an elder brother to the Sultan, died on Thursday following a protracted illness. Mallam Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser to the governor on Media made this known...
Italy’s anti-Mafia units said it had arrested dozens of suspected criminals for drug trafficking offences in several operations targeting criminal gangs across the country. Investigators caught 51 suspects in the metropolitan area of Rome and other locations, the ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday. They were allegedly trafficking drugs...
Imo residents have called for more effective security measures to forestall further attacks on the state. The residents made the call in the wake of the killing of five police officers at the Okigwe South Zonal Police Area Command on Monday. They also expressed worry over an attack on...
The Bayelsa Government has inaugurated a 31-member committee to review the grade levels and steps of Local Government and primary school workers in the state in line with extant public service rules. Gov. Douye Diri made this known during a ceremony on Tuesday in Yenagoa. He said that the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has inaugurated the Governing Council of the Borno State University (BOSU). The inauguration which was presided over by Governor Zulum on Monday at the Council Chamber of the Government House, Maiduguri, had the Founder and Chairman of Oriental...
Australia has suspended passenger flights from India as the South Asian country continues to face a record-breaking COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday. Morrison said that passenger flights between India and Australia would be paused effective immediately until May 15, with the suspension set to be...
The bodies of 17 would be migrants from Africa have been found in a small boat off Spain’s Canary islands, Europa Press news agency reported on Tuesday, citing officials. Spain’s maritime rescue service found only three survivors. The woman and two men were taken to hospital by helicopter. The...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it arrested 114, 934 people across the country between January and March for diverse traffic offences. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Freetown to represent Nigeria at Sierra Leone’s 6oth Independence celebration. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Osinbajo will be joining several...
Rep. Dachung Bagos (PDP-Plateau) has called on security agencies to intensify effort in ensuring the safety of farmers in his constituency as the farming season sets in. Bagos, representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, made call in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media...
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has decried the paucity of funds to keep the state-owned airport functional. Yahaya, who stated this in Gombe while briefing Members of the Joint Committee on Aviation, said it had become difficult for the government to cope with the financial burden of keeping...
As EU lawmakers on Tuesday prepare to vote on the post-Brexit trade deal struck late in 2020 with Britain, European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called on the legislature to back the deal. “This agreement is essential to help us move forward,” the EU executive chief told...
The remains of the late Hajiya Maryam Ado-Bayero, mother of the Emirs of Kano and Bichi Emirates, have been buried at the palace of the Emir of Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late mother of the two First Class Emirs died on Saturday, in...
The Kaduna State Government said on Monday that it would spend N1.6 billion on provision of school uniforms to pupils and students in 2021. The Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Makarfi made this known in Kaduna, while briefing newsmen on the increase of tuition fee in state owned tertiary...
Leicester City closed in on a UEFA Champions League return after red-hot Kelechi Iheanacho struck again to beat Crystal Palace. The forward’s late winner – his 14th goal in 14 games —-clinched a 2-1 victory to leave the Foxes three wins away from booking a top-four spot. Timothy Castagne...
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon, better known as Reekado Banks, is of the opinion that Nigeria is on the brink of a civil war. In a tweet posted on his handle, Reekado Banks alleged that politicians are doing everything to enable a civil war because ”their schemes...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday announced that another tariff review for Nigeria’s 11 power distribution companies would hold in July. It disclosed this in its notice of Minor and Extraordinary Review of Tariffs for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Companies, a development that might lead to a rise...
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has distributed Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) certificates of registration to 6,606 beneficiaries in Bauchi State. Mr Joseph Ari, the Director-General of ITF, at the formal presentation of the certificates to beneficiaries on Monday, in Bauchi, said that it was part of Federal Government’s post-COVID-19...