The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it had repelled a four-man armed robbery gang after dispossessing victims of their possessions in Gwarimpa area of Abuja. ASP Mariam Yusuf, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on...
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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has congratulated the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on her 50th birthday celebration. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday, described the First Lady as a courageous and amiable woman, kindhearted and strong pillar of...
The Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Enugu State, Mr Abdul Abdullahi says the command had arrested 116 drug dealers and users between January 2020 and February 2021. Mr. Abdullahi said this on Tuesday in Enugu during a sensitisation programme and town hall meeting on ‘Preventing Drug...
A hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) hammer FC Barcelona 4-1 at the Camp Nou on Tuesday in the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League. Liverpool, just like PSG, are also on course for the quarter-finals of the competition, after having won 2-0 away to RB Leipzig. The elite...
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration NAFDAC says it has sealed thirteen milk production factories for operating illegally without registration. The coordinator of the Agency in Kano, Shaba Mohammad stated this while briefing journalists shortly after conducting the operation in Kano. He said NAFDAC was committed to fishing...
The House of Representatives and the Ministry of Finance have disagreed over the procedure for the payment of the sum of N2.8billion to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)in 2017. The Ministry appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of the House in the ongoing investigative hearing on audit...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday led a high delegation of elders and stakeholders from Borno and Yobe States to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. The delegation had Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, former Governors...
The National Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, disclosed that as at Feb. 15, the commission had received 9,777 unsolicited requests from across the country for the establishment of additional polling units. He observed that the requests, which were 5,700 as at October, 2020, had...
Veteran Nollywood Actor, Victor Decker, 72, is dead. The news of his death was confirmed by the Mayor of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Abuja, Jesse Nazareth on Tuesday. She said that Decker’s neighbours had to break down the door to his apartment to found his decomposed body seated...
Bayern Munich FC defender, David Alaba has decided to leave the German club after a decade when his contract expires after the season, the player told a news conference on Tuesday. “I have made the decision to leave Bayern at the end of this season and try something new,’’...
Ibadan Book Club (IBC), one of the reading arms of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) has set aside February 27, 2021 to host the only surviving son of the late Yoruba literary sage, D.O. Fagunwa, Mr. Diipo Fagunwa, in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State A statement...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – A non-governmental organisation, the Vision Centre for Communication and Development Advocacy (VICCDA), has called on the Federal Government to urgently convoke a Pan- Nigerian conference to check the current spate of inter-ethnic crises in some parts of the country. VICCDA, in a statement issued...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inducted the 94 newly appointed ambassadors, urging them to fight hard, and protect Nigerians living abroad. The President who joined the event virtually urged the appointees to go out and represent the nation with utmost dedication and pride. He said the Federal Government has...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee, led by former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan at his residence in Maitama Abuja. Former governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo, former Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator Pius Ayim, former Governor of...
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, on Tuesday in Abuja, officially pulled out of the Nigerian Army in a parade at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro. Retired Gen. Olonisakin, pulled out following his retirement and appointment of his successor, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, by President Muhammadu...
Tragedy struck last night as over sixty people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following the crash of a passenger boat on the River Congo. Eyewitnesses said the boat, which was carrying more than 700 passengers, became shipwrecked at night. Confirming the incident in a twitter...
Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has arrested five suspects for alleged vandalising railway installations in Lafia, the state’s capital. Briefing newsmen in Lafia, The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC in the state, Mr Surajo Muhammad said two of the suspects were staff...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to conduct a thorough investigation into the recent violence in Oyo state. Mr Gbajabiamila, also urged the police to allow for prosecution and punishment of those who instigated and participated in the killings...
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that the Federal Government’s support for massive investments in Lagos State to boost its economic potential as one of the world’s fastest growing megacities. The President spoke in a video goodwill message to the Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, under the theme, For a Greater...
The Kano State Fire Service has rescued 48 people from fire disasters this February. The Public Relations’ Officer of the service, Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Kano. Alhaji Muhammed said that two lives were lost to fire during the period, while 52...