Six of the more than 1,800 inmates who escaped from the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State have voluntarily returned to the facility, authorities have said. The Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Francis Enobore, confirmed this in a statement, disclosed that during the incident at...
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By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, has appointed Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti, as the new Dean of Post Graduate School. Ukertor Gabriel Moti (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Public Sector Management and Governance, Department of Public Administration, University of Abuja. He...
The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has identified and dismantled an illegal surface Automotive Gas Oil(AGO), otherwise known as Diesel Depot in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the State. Addressing newsmen at the scene of the crime, the Ondo State Commandant...
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has expressed confidence that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will oust the terrorists and other criminal elements in Nigeria in no distant time. He gave the assurance during an Easter Lunch with the personnel of 013 Quick Response Force Minna, where...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said that Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger States have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird flu.” The NCDC Director General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria...
The Federal Government has revealed that security agencies have arrested some Nigerians funding Boko Haram terrorists, that are bedeviling the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known on Tuesday, while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. Malam...
Popular Nigerian actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo, a.k.a Pope has expressed gratitude to God for sparing his life and that of his family members after a fire incident that destroyed his house. The renowned actor, who said he was so thankful to God for saving his entire family, took to...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians that the US has placed all alcohol-based hand sanitisers, manufactured in neighbouring Mexico, on its watch list. The information is contained in a public alert signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, and issued to...
President Muhammadu Buhari chose the best time to embark on his frequent medical tours to London to be the period when Nigeria doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is on strike due to poor condition of service and many other unfulfilled promises by the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced that it has registered 135 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,330. As at Mondday (5th April, 2021), the public health agency recorded no COVID-19-related deaths,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Zamfara- The Progressives Governors’ Forum, on Monday donated N50 million to the victims of the fire incident that gutted parts of the Tudun Wada, Gusau Central Market, penultimate week. The donation was announced by the Chairman of the Forum and Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku...
The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Edeh, has confirmed the arrest of two persons for embarking on a smear campaign against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in Lokoja. CP Edeh said around 2.30am on Monday, personnel of the command arrested two young men, who were painting...
The Ogun State Government says it took its diligence to discover an alleged hidden additional N50bn domestic debt left behind by the immediate-past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Governor Dapo Abiodun said the figures given to it by Amosun’s administration did not capture the entire liabilities it left behind...
A body has been found in the search for a 19-year-old Nigerian student, Richard Okorogheye, the UK’s Metropolitan police said on Monday. Although the body is yet to be confirmed as Okorogheye’s, the police said his family has been informed of the discovery. “On the afternoon of Monday, 5...
A former jihadist who helped secure the release of four hostages in Mali last October told French radio on Monday that the Bamako government paid two million euros ($2.36 million) for the freedom of one of the captives, the late Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse. Ahmada Ag Bibi also...
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the attacks on the Owerri Custodial Centre and Police Command Headquarters in Imo State as an act of terrorism. The President condemned the incidents which he said were insurgent attacks on the facilities in the Imo State capital on Monday. Recalled that a total...
Five of the 39 students abducted by bandits from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom. The five students returned on Monday afternoon and were taken to a military medical facility for examination, the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs in the...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos- Ron Kulere people of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau state have been called upon continued to promote and preserve their culture because it foster community peace, unity and love in the society. The State’s Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon John...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Attahiru Ibrahim has acknowledged and thanked all officers and soldiers in the frontline for their selfless service, commitment and their dedicattion in the fight against insurgency in the country. General Attahiru gave the commendation on Monday during...