—Plead with PASAN over ongoing indefinite strike– ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has advocated for the creation of state police across the 36 States of the country and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It stated that this was the best way to...
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A Special Offences Court sitting at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Friday convicted and sentenced a businessman, Charles Ihenetu, to 15 years imprisonment. This follows the arraignment of Ihenetu before Justice Mojisola Dada by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The convict was arraigned on...
North Korea threatened a further military build-up on Saturday in response to Joe Biden’s condemnation of this week’s missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang’s first substantive provocation since the US president took office. The nuclear-armed North has a long history of using weapons tests to ramp up...
The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and other related matters has handed out cheques to four deserving petitioners. At the resumed sitting on Saturday, the panel gave decisions in six petitions and found that the four of them were able to prove their cases...
The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environmental Facility (GEF) have resolved to improve food security in the country The Project Manager Resilient Food Security Project, Ms Rhoda Dia stated this on Saturday in Abuja while inaugurating the executive members of the newly formed Gender Sensitive Advocacy Network...
The gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, on Saturday, left many motorists and commuters stranded, as passengers were seen trekking long distance to get to their destinations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FRSC and other agencies had been battling with the gridlock since Friday. It was gathered that...
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Queen Zara Foundation for Human Resources and Development, on Saturday embarked on free blood pressure screening exercise for residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to improve healthy lifestyle. The Country Representative of the organisation, Danielle Anetor, said the exercise aimed at creating more awareness on...
The Nigerian Army troops attached to the Cross River security outfit “Operation Akpakwu” handed over a suspected kidnapper to the Cross River Police Command in Calabar. Speaking at the event on Saturday, Brig. Gen. Abdullahi Mohammed, Brigade Commander 13 Brigade, said the 24-year-old suspect was arrested at Umoh Orok...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A Federal High Court sitting in Bauchi has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to pay the sum of N210 million as compensation for the torture which led to the death of two people and injury to the third person. The three accused persons: Abdulwahab Bello,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The National Universities Commission, NUC has approved Three new universities for Delta State. The Universities are Delta State University of Education Agbor, Dennis Osadebe University Asaba and Delta State University of Science and Technology Ozoro. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed while presenting...
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday said the calls for restructuring, increased regional autonomy and secession will not meet the long-term aspirations of Nigerians for a better life. Amaechi also said it was unfair to blame the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the...
Myanmar security forces killed at least 19 protesters on Saturday, witnesses said, in violent crackdowns on demonstrations across the country as the military regime staged a major show of force for its annual Armed Forces Day parade. The nation has been in turmoil since the generals ousted and detained...
No fewer than eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State. The gunmen were said to have abducted the church members on Friday evening while on transit along the Kachia Road in the southern part of the state. While...
A Non-Governmental Organization, Abuja Metropolitan Lion’s Club has donated a twenty-bed Pediatric Cancer Complex to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, (UATH) Gwagwalada. At the event, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said the present administration would give unhindered access to cancer treatment in the country. The Minister...
The Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB) has received the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) 2020 Highest Taxpayer, Pay-As-You-Earn Award. The Executive Chairman, KADIRS, Dr. Zaid Abubakar, described Nigerian Breweries at the agency’s 2020 Grand Dinner and Award Night, in Kaduna on Friday, as one of the “committed” taxpayers in...
A new study, released on Friday by the UN cultural agency, has revealed that more than 100 million more children, than expected, are falling behind the minimum proficiency level in reading, due to COVID-related school closures. According to the study from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNECSO), “One year...
Three accomplished Nigerians and leading authorities in government and finance sectors; Yewande Sadiku, Osayi Alile and Teju Abisoye have jointly enjoined Nigerian women to explore multiple investment opportunities available to build a sustainable wealth that would last generations. The trio gave the advice at a webinar organised by Polaris...
The Arewa Mandate Initiative (AMI) has backed Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rotimi Amaechi, Orji Uzor Kalu and others to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The AMI in a statement issued by Malam Muhammad Mubarak, FCT, Coordinator and Alhaji Aminu Muhammed, Sokoto Secretary respectively, said the endorsement was in line...
A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has criticised Gov Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over his plan to construct a flyover with a loan at the Hotoro roundabout in Kano Metropolis. The former governor faulted Ganduje for acquiring a loan of N20bn for the project, which he said...
Ahead of Anambra State governorship election slated November, Chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yagbaji Sani, has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), to forget about the exercise as his party would emerge victorious. Sani, who addressed newsmen...