Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has wooed people from the south-eastern part of the country to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He made on Sunday during an interdenominational service to mark the first year anniversary of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, asking Igbos to grab the opportunity to...
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The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar the third has declared Monday the 15th of March as the first day of the Islamic month of Shaaban, one thousand four hundred and forty two years after Hijira. ! statement signed...
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 43 year old Housewife, Bisola Awodele for allegedly pouring hot water on her husband over drunkenness. The suspect was apprehended after the husband, Peter Phillips had reported the incident at Sango Ota Area Command that his wife poured hot...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru was in Damaturu on Sunday to inspect the guard of honor of both sector 1 and 2 Headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole. While addressing the troops, Lt. General Attahiru said the aim of his visit to...
A much-changed Manchester City stretched their Premier League lead to 17 points with a 3-0 win at Fulham on Saturday, while Chelsea gave the chasing pack in the race for a place in next season’s Champions League hope with a 0-0 draw at Leeds. Pep Guardiola could afford the...
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina on Sunday called on global leaders to share surplus COVID-19 vaccines among nations. Mr. Adesina, in a Twitter thread on his official handle, noted that the world needs solidarity to beat the dreaded virus which has been contracted by...
Gunmen have attacked the Safer Highways base of the Nigerian Police in Nabordo, Toro Local Government Area, killing two persons. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakili, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday said the attack was carried out on Saturday night on men of the safer...
Gunmen have shot at a commercial vehicle in transit between Ikere Ekiti and Iju (a border town in Ondo State), killing one passenger on Saturday. The Police Public Relations Officer Ekiti State, Sunday Abutu confirmed the incident to Channels Television via a statement issued on Sunday. He said that...
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi among others on Sunday converged in Owerri to celebrate the first year anniversary of Imo State governor Hope Uzodinma. Other governors at the Dan Anyiam Stadium...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr.Chibuike Amaechi has said that the only difference between narrow and standard guage rail line was the speed. The Minister was reacting to those who felt it was unfair to have narrow guage rail lines along the Port Harcourt – Maidugri rail line compared to...
Bandits have attacked Government Science Secondary School, Ikara in Kaduna State. Daily Trust gathered that armed men invaded the school in the early hours of Sunday but their plot to abduct students was foiled by the military, according to Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs. Aruwan...
The Ogun State House of Assembly has sacked about 53 casual workers who demanded the regularisation of their status. Branded “office assistants,” it was gathered that a large number of the casual workers earned N12,500 monthly, while the “lucky” few collected N15,000 monthly stipend. A number of the auxiliary...
Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Simon Lalong, has said that the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Kaduna State will be released soon. Governor Lalong gave the assurance when he visited his counterpart in Nasarawa State, Governor Abdullahi Sule on...
Four members of the civilian Joint Task Force, including two of their leaders and some ISWAP members, were killed during an ambush on Nigerian soldiers in Gudumbali, a village in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources who spoke to newsmen said the military also recorded some...
Junior and Senior staff living in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) staff quarters at the Kaduna airport are evacuating the area as another attempt was made Sunday morning by armed bandits to abduct aviation staff. The attempt was said to have been foiled by the military who...
The arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria has been a source of joy to many; especially those who watched President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on National Television take their first shots. The public demonstration of receiving the vaccine was meant not only...
Herders and farmers in Taraba have solicited the support of the state government toward the production of alternative feedstock for animals. They made the appeal in Jalingo after undergoing some training on alternative feedstock for animals. The training was undertaken by the Centre for Social Change and Economic Development...
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who dominated boxing’s middleweight division in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his wife Kay Hagler said on Saturday. The cause of death was not immediately known. Celebrity website TMZ reported Hagler was taken to hospital in New Hampshire on Saturday with chest...
After what looked like it has been forgotten, the Federal Government, at last, remembered the Eastern corridor of the Nigeria Railway in its rail rehabilitation project. President Muhammadu Buhari was reported to have performed the groundbreaking ceremony for commencement of work on the Eastern Corridor, last Tuesday. But unlike...
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has put out a heartfelt Instagram post in reaction to criticism after his side’s surprise exit from the UEFA Champions League round of 16 by Portuguese side FC Porto Ronaldo joined the Old Lady from Real Madrid in 2018 for a €100 million transfer fee,...