By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigerian Army Headquarters says its troops of 81 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force and Vigilante on the evening of Monday, 15 March 2021 neutralized more Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Dikwa axis, Borno State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier...
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday, condemned members who carried out activities that disrupted the smooth proceedings in the chamber. Hon. Gbajabiamila specifically criticised lawmakers with the habit of roaming around the chamber and having group discussions during plenary. The Speaker declared that the...
Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia Tuesday, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said. The shootings came with many Asian-Americans already on edge following a...
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has denied that the minor skirmish reported at Sani Dingyadi Secondary School is linked to an attempt to abduct students. The Governor, who promptly rushed to the school, told journalists that the incident was about a motorcycle thieve that ran into the...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has announced the return of 118 Nigerians who were stranded in Libya. NIDCOM, who made the announcement via a post on its official Twitter handle, said the returnees who arrived in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday include 51 males, 41 females,...
Players and officials of Ekiti United Football Club of Ado-Ekiti were on Tuesday involved in an auto crash. The club’s Media Officer, Quozeem Oladapo, made this known in a statement Tuesday night, describing the accident as “mild”. He noted that the accident occurred while the players were returning to...
Manchester City coasted into the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday, beating Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 for an aggregate 4-0 success. Kevin de Bruyne and Ilkay Guendogan ended any doubts about the outcome by scoring inside 20 minutes for an utterly dominant Manchester City. Both games were played in...
Tiger Woods said Tuesday he has left hospital and is recovering at home after being seriously injured in a car crash in Los Angeles last month. In a statement released on social media, the golf superstar thanked hospital staff who cared for him following his single vehicle car accident...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 50 criminal suspects who are members of various notorious criminal gangs and networks across the country. The arrests were carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff...
Zenith Bank on Tuesday held its 30th Annual General Meeting at the Civic Centre in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. The meeting held in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic which crippled among other things, economic activities in 2020. Despite the challenges, the bank being Nigeria’s tier-one lenders...
The Lagos State government has identified 88 healthcare facilities across the state where residents can go to take the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. These centres, which include military and police hospitals, have been selected to provide vaccination across the 20 Local Government Areas, the Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it would be demanding the assets declaration forms of all bankers across the country. Addressing State House correspondents in Abuja, the chairman of the anti-graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa, announced that bankers would be required to present the forms from June 1....
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, says the house would not do anything to hurt Nigerian workers as the Green Chamber will always work in tandem with the yearnings and aspirations of the people. Speaking during a meeting with a delegation from the Nigerian Labour...
Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered the remand of the suspected Fulani Warlord in Ibarapaland, Abdullahi Wakili at Abolongo Correctional Center. The seventy-year-old Wakili who was arraigned alongside his three sons were facing six counts charge bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. Other suspects...
A lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the Covenant University, Ota, Dr. Stephen Ukenna has been arrested by men of Ogun State police command for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old student of the institution. The 41-year-old lecturer was arrested after the parents of the victim...
Young Nigerian comedian, Emanuella Samuel has won Nickelodeon’s Kid Choice Awards 2021 in the ‘Favorite African Social Media Star’ category. Emanuella was nominated alongside Ikorodu Bois, Magician Wian Van Den Berg from South Africa, Uganda’s Ghetto Kids, Kenya’s social media sensation Elsa Majimbo, and South Africa’s Bonang Matheba. Emanuella...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has explained that the integration of artisanal and modular refinery operators into mainstream oil and gas sector promotes the inclusion of more local content in the industry and advance the use of home-grown technology in the refining of petroleum products,...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), said on Tuesday it remained in charge of collection of Stamp Duty in the country. FIRS’ Director, Communications and Liaison, Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, who made the declaration in a statement, debunked news reports which claimed that the Finance...