The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Monday accused his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, of being a terrorist based on his utterances supporting herdsmen from carrying AK-47 to defend themselves. Governor Ortom who made this accusation while addressing journalists in Makurdi, Benue State’s capital, said Governor Mohammed must...
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A Magistrate Court sitting in Owerri, has granted bail to Mr. Steve Asimobi, a senior legislative aide to a former governor of Imo state and Senator representing Imo west senatorial district in the National Assembly, Chief Rochas Okorocha, and thirteen others over their alleged forceful entry into a property...
–Launches NEDC security vehicles intervention scheme– By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has expressed confidence that the Nigerian military is capable of recapturing Marte and liberating surrounding communities in Northern part of the state from the captivity of the dreadful Boko Haram terrorists. The Governor...
The Nigerian army has described the allegation of extortion against its personnel in Edo as a deliberate orchestration of falsehood and gross misrepresentation of facts produced and circulated to deliberately smear its image. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Monday, reacted to a...
Gunmen have abducted a lecturer with the University of Port Harcourt, Dr Jones Ayuwo, and a first-class traditional ruler in Rivers State. Dr. Ayuwo of the department of Linguistics and Communications Studies in UNIPORT was abducted on Sunday night along the Andoni-Ogoni road while returning from the Local Government...
Banky W and Adesua Etomi are proud parents as they have welcomed a baby boy! The couple who got married in November 2017, welcomed their son four weeks ago. Adesua shared photos from her maternity shoot on her Instagram page this morning to celebrate her birthday which is today...
Prices of grains have increased at Potiskum Grains Market in Yobe, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent, who went round the market on Monday, observed the increase in the prices of grains such as beans, rice, maize, sorghum and guinea corn. NAN reports that a...
The Italian ambassador and a policeman travelling with him were killed after a UN convoy was attacked near the town of Kanyamahoro. The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a military policeman travelling with him have been killed in an attack on a United Nations...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has expressed shock over the crash of a Nigerian military aircraft in Abuja on Sunday. Senator Lawan who said this in a statement by his Special Adviser, Mr Ola Awoniyi in Abuja, condoled with families of those killed in the accident, praying...
The 10 schools affected by the Hijab controversy in Ilorin are to remain shut pending the outcome of the State Government consultations with stakeholders on the use of the Muslim headgear in schools. In the statement on Monday, the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Mamman Jibril, said this...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has described the crash of the Nigerian Air Force King 350 plane as an unfortunate national disaster. Recalled that the crash had left seven air force personnel on board dead on Sunday. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media...
Former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah on Monday appeared at the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged financial impropriety. The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is alleging that Oduah misappropriated public funds while serving as a minister. In a 25-count preferred against the former minister and eight others,...
By RAY UMUKORO – Nigeria is reputed to be a difficult place to do business, especially if your business is the type that requires constant power supply. It’s even more cumbersome if other businesses depend on your business to thrive. When your business is an enabler of other businesses,...
Tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters rallied across Myanmar again on Monday despite a clear threat from the junta that it was prepared to use lethal force to crush what it branded “anarchy”. The warning came after three demonstrators were shot dead over the weekend, and the funeral on...
By Illah Michael Ojodomo THE subject of communication has been with mankind for centuries. Its nature and content, especially communication in its most professional form– journalism, depends largely on the society and time in question and stretches to the quality of communication journalists are able to project to the...
Six military personnel have died after the airplane they were traveling in crashed on takeoff in eastern Mexico, the defense secretariat said on Sunday. The Airforce LearJet 45 crashed at around 1545 GMT after taking off from Emiliano Zapata in Veracruz state, the secretariat said in a statement. The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A group under the aegis of Northern Youth Consultative initiative (NYCI), has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s great contributions to agricultural development in the country through its various support programmes made the sector one of the biggest earners after oil. The Convener, NYCI,...
The Kebbi State Government says it would sponsor over 300 students to India, Turkey and Cyprus to study Medicine, Health Sciences, Paramedics and Engineering. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Mukhtar Bunza, announced this at the swearing-in and inauguration of new executive members of the National Union of Kebbi...
An expert in Machine Learning, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Mrs Khadijat Ladoja, has underscored the need to create awareness on the benefits of artificial intelligence. Mrs Ladoja, the organiser of Oyo Robotics Competition in collaboration with the Oyo State Government, gave the advice on Sunday in Ibadan in an...
The Arewa Consultative Forum has condole with the Chief of Air Staff, the officers & men of the Nigeria Air Force and the families of the seven Air force officers who died in the crashed Beechcraft KingAir B350i (NAF) airplane yesterday. The National Publicity Secretary ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, gave...