Following the rising wave of criminal activities within The Federal Capital Territory, The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, had deployed no fewer than 150 officers under its strategic operations code named “Operation Puff Adder II”, in order to tackle all forms of crimes within the FCT. Receiving the operatives in...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant an application file by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to inspect the money seized from the former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu. Justice Ahmed Mohammed dismissed the request on...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sought the consideration and approval of the Senate for the 2021 Police Trust Fund budget. Buhari’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary session. President Buhari said in the letter that his request...
The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has ordered the immediate closure of all boarding schools in the bandit ravaged areas of the state. Governor Bello gave the directive on Wednesday while meeting with heads of security agencies in the state at the Government House following the Kagara school...
The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency over escalating insecurity across the nation. It made the call following kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State by gunmen on Wednesday morning. The lawmakers further called on the...
No fewer than 620 houses have been completely destroyed by fire at Custom House IDP camp in the outskirts of Maiduguri Metropolis, it was learnt. A child lost his life while two other old women sustained injuries during the inferno. Our correspondent gathered that the fire outbreak which started...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Jude Emecheta has said that the former CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is the most qualified candidate to succeed Gov. Willie Obiano after the Nov. 6 Governorship Elections in Anambra. Chief Emecheta, who is the chairman of Anambra Demands...
Residents of Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River, on Wednesday marched to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) in Calabar, to protest the one year power blackout in the area. The protesters, who barricaded the entrance of the PHEDC, carried placards with various inscriptions such as; “We are tired...
At least seven children are feared dead following an explosion that rocked Magami village in Maradun LGA of Zamfara State. Confirming the incident, the Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Abubakar Dauran, said the victims went to the bush in search of firewood when they picked an explosive devise...
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has arrived in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the first stop on an itinerary that will see him visit FIFA member associations in several African countries along with heads of state and African Union (AU) Chairperson Félix Tshisekedi over the coming days. Upon arrival, the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- The Borno State Government through its N-Agriprenuears program has empowered no fewer than 47 Youths in agro-businesses in the State. The State Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Engr Bukar Talba in collaboration with The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and The Climate Change...
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has arrived in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the first stop on an itinerary that will see him visit FIFA member associations in several African countries along with heads of state and African Union (AU) Chairperson Félix Tshisekedi over the coming days. Upon arrival, the FIFA...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama alongside Charge d’Affaires, of the Nigerian Embassy in Cairo, Mr Bashir Ibrahim Ma’Aji, have revealed how Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum saved the education of a Nigerian female medical student from Bauchi State, by offsetting her unpaid fees with 8,000 US dollars. Recalled...
A large number of students, whose exact figure, is yet unknown, have been abducted by armed bandits at Government Science College (GSC) kagara, in Niger State. The bandits in military uniforms, PRNigeria learnt, stormed the school premises which a close 1000 students on Tuesday night, overpowered the security guard,...
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40 day period of repentance, fasting and abstinence in preparation for the most important Christian festival of the year, Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, Christians remember Jesus’ 40 days of fasting and repentance in the wilderness before he...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – Armed bandits in the early hours of this morning, stormed the Government Science College Kagara Niger State, and abducted some students and staff family members. Senator Shehu Sani, who broke the news in a tweet, said “I just spoke to the principal” of the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,368 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 148,296. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. According the health agency, the new infections registered as at February 16 doubled...
As the Dangote Academy prepares to admit another set of student engineers, it can be revealed that the company has in the recent past injected over N10 billion into the Nigeria’s educational sector. The breakdown shows that, aside government, the Dangote Group is the second largest contributor to education...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has disclosed that about 13 millions Nigerians are befitting from the social intervention programs of the Federal Government. Mrs Farouq, who stated this during the training of independent monitors for the National Social Investment Programmes in...