The North Central Legislators Forum has urged major political parties in the country to zone their 2023 presidential ticket to the North Central for fairness and equity. This is contained in a communique at the end of its meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, read by Mr Marata Gum, former...
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At least 113 container ships have passed through the Suez Canal that was blocked by a massive cargo container, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Tuesday. Rabie said in a televised press conference that “113 out of the 422 ships that have crowded the...
A 23-year-old man, Olusola Omotayo, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged impersonation. Omotayo, whose address was not given, is facing a charge of impersonation. The prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offence on...
Project Alert, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has trained 360 community volunteers on reporting and referrals of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases in Sokoto rural communities. Dr Mudassir Ahmad-Gado, the Project Alert Focal Person in Sokoto state, said the volunteers engaged were from Sokoto North and Tangaza Local...
The Bayelsa government says the recently enacted Anti-Open Grazing Law will assist in promoting peaceful coexistence among all Nigerians residing in the state. Mr Crowder Duba, Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, in a statement in Yenagoa on Tuesday, urged residents to refrain from seeking self-help in conflict situations....
DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, the Police Public Relation Officer of state Command, said in a statement in Yola. The Police in Yola, Adamawa, on Tuesday arrested a father of six for alleged sexual assault of his neighbour’s 9-year-old girl. Nguroje said that the suspect was a resident of Demsawo ward...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the Diaspora have demanded full Zonal Caucus Level Recognition, equivalent to that of geo political zones in Nigeria, to its diaspora chapters in the party’s Constitution. The demand was part of submissions by the APC Diaspora Chairmen Forum to the ongoing party’s...
A 26-year-old sales representative, Merit Samuel and 36-year-old sales supervisor, Michael Ogar, on Tuesday appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing their employer’s N5 million. The police charged Samuel and Ogar, who reside in Gishiri and Saburi, area of the FCT, Abuja respectively...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $300 million loan to finance the construction of a 300-megawatt hydropower plant. The project is meant to boost clean energy and improve the country’s energy security in Pakistan. The Manila-based bank said on Tuesday that the plant would add 1,143 gigawatt-hours...
Hundreds of Mr Magufuli’s supporters entered the airport in Dar es Salaam to try to catch a glimpse of his casket The Tanzanian police have now confirmed that 45 people died in the stampede as mourners gathered to view the body of former President John Magufuli. Thirty-seven other people...
Boniface Onovo, director, Enugu State Ministry of Youths and Sports says 48 Enugu State athletes and officials for the forthcoming National Sports Festival have taken COVID-19 vaccine. Onovo who made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday, added that the contingent was made...
A former federal legislator, Mr Sunday Karimi, has lamented what he called negligence of contractors and lack of effective supervision by the Federal Ministry of Works for the untold hardship suffered by commuters on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. “They are lazily pretending to be working, but are stagnant due to no...
Acclaimed Nigerian film to premiere in Lagos on Sunday April 18 GDN Studios, part of The Guardian Group, has announced the premiere and cinema release of its debut film Eyimofe (This is My Desire), following an extensive tour of the global film festival circuit. The movie will have its...
Kenyan police said on Tuesday they arrested three suspects and recovered a cache of weapons during a security operation in Garissa County which borders Somalia. Rono Bunei, northeastern regional police commander, said the three suspects were nabbed while transporting eight rifles, 2,104 bullets and 20 litres of petrol along...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the construction of seven different multi-million naira projects at the Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa State. The National Secretary of Keffi Old Boys Association (KOBA), Mr Sam Israel, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Keffi...
Stakeholders in the North West have frowned at the law granting life pension for former governors and their deputies, describing it as morally wrong. A cross section of those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) called for the abrogation of the law. Prof. Andrew Suku of...
A 26-year-old motorcyclist, Luka Christian, on Tuesday appeared at a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged breach of trust and cheating. Christian, a resident of Goni Gora, Kaduna State, is facing charges of criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and cheating. The prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Baba, told the court that...
More than 250 candidates from 68 countries have been nominated for this year’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for literature aimed at children and young people. The annual award, worth five million kronor ($574,000), is due to be announced later on Tuesday. The 262...
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has given the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, up till Thursday, to appear before it over an alleged disappearance of $9.5m interest which accrued to the Federation Account from Petroleum Profit Tax Investment. The SPAC, which is currently scrutinising the...
Foreign Direct Investment inflow to Nigeria dropped to $65m as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2020 from $780m as of the end of third quarter. Figures obtained by our correspondent from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s economic report in the fourth quarter revealed. Part of the...