Two police officers were shot in a Paris police station, according to police sources on Friday. The two were immediately rushed to a hospital and one of them was in critical condition. A man, who had been arrested for domestic violence on Thursday evening, seized the weapon of...
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Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has donated a border patrol vehicle to the state Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Governor Idris presented the Hilux vehicle to the Comptroller-General of Immigration (C-G), Mrs Kemi Nandap, when she paid him a courtesy visit on Friday in Birnin Kebbi....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has advocated for the revival of the Sambisa forest which was affected by the over one decade old Boko Haram insurgency. Governor Zulum was speaking on Thursday in New York at the UN’s High-Level Segment Roundtable on: “Forest-based...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Spotify, a global online music streaming platform says it paid more than N25 billion to Nigerian artists as royalties in 2023. Spotify’s Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, said in a statement on Friday, that this was double of what was recorded in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Nigeria and Nokia Solutions and Networks Nigeria, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for the training of young Nigerians on latest 4G/ 5G radio and transmission technologies. The MoU was signed earlier this week with the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Company Limited (SNEPCo),Bonga, has identified effective leadership, cutting-edge technology, continuous improvement, integrated delivery and collaboration with partners and stakeholders, as reasons for the outstanding success of Bonga, Nigeria’s first deep-water development. Managing Director of the company, Elohor Aiboni, who stated...
Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTEC), Osara, Okene in Kogi, and abducted some students. An eye witness account indicated that the bandits swooped on the university around 9.00 p.m. while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said...
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over fake 1.2 million dollar notes and five cryptocurrency machines to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Customs Area Controller (CAC), MMIA, Charles Orbih, said this during the handing over...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration will deal squarely with land grabbers, no matter how highly- placed. Wike gave the warning when officials of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), FCT Chapter, visited him in Abuja...
The Nigerian Army has handed over Lydia Simon, the rescued Chibok school girl, and her three children, to the Borno government for reunification with her family. The Theartre Commander, North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, disclosed this on Thursday in Maiduguri. He said that...
C A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the Federal Government (FG) from securitising the sum of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means Loan support it got from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the plaintiffs...
The trial of the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, continued on Thursday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tendering bundles of documents to nail him. Emefiele is standing trial over abuse of office and alleged $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu has released 167 inmates across the five custodial centres in the state. Bashir-Aliyu freed the inmates during an official visit to the custodial centres in Lafia, Wamba, Nasarawa and Keffi Local Government Areas of the state. Speaking at...
The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has sealed Residency Hotels, a school and three business premises in the capital city for tax evasion. The FCT-IRS acting Director, Legal Services, Mr Festus Tsavsar, who led the enforcement team, explained that the closure of the premises was in line...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), as the Co-Chairman of the NCDMB Governing Council. The NCDMB, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is charged with increasing local content for more job...
Group vows to expose those against Tinubu’s 2027 re-election Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the umbrella of South-West Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Supporters Movement, have called on President Bola Tinubu not to delay in sacking some of his appointees who have allegedly been plotting his political downfall...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has unveiled new products as part of his promise to take NASENI to the market. A statement by the Director Information, NASENI,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army (NA) has arrested a soldier in possession of illegal ammunition and explosives during a routine search operation by the Military Police K9 Team in Maiduguri, Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on...
The stock market recorded an upturn due to increased investor demand for banking stocks and other medium-capitalised entities on Thursday, which led to N17.96 billion profit. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N54.552 trillion, gained N18 billion or 0.03 per cent to close at N55.570 trillion. The...