The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau State’s Command has called on the State Government to ensure speedy dispensation of judgments in criminal cases brought before courts in the state. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr. Stephen Jiyason, made the call when he visited The Plateau...
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Chelsea’s impressive start to Thomas Tuchel’s reign continued with a 1-0 win at Barnsley to move into the FA Cup quarter-finals on Thursday, while Southampton put their miserable Premier League form behind them to reach the last eight by beating Wolves. Tuchel has won four and drawn one of...
In apparent reflection of the excess liquidity in the banking system, banks’ borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the Standing Lending Facility (SLF) fell by 98 percent, year-on-year (YoY), to N15.95 billion in November 2020 from N662.44 billion in November 2019. Consequently, the apex bank’s interest...
A middle-aged man, Mr Kinsley Kalu is demanding the sum of N200m compensation from the Nigeria Police Force over an alleged gunshot injury and amputation of his left leg. Mr Kalu made the request while appearing before the Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct Special...
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has reaffirmed commitment to improving on the staff capacity towards building a robust system for efficient and effective disaster management in the country. The Director-General, retired Air Vice Marshal, (AVM) Muhammadu Muhammed stated this at a field operation and humanitarian coordination workshop organised...
The United Arab Emirates, UAE Government has stopped all Nigeria inbound flights to the UAE as part of its COVID-19 measures. However, flights bringing Nigerians back from UAE are not affected. A spokesman for one of Nigeria airlines that operate to the UAE says, flight from UAE to Lagos...
—CBN turning itself as a financial arm of APC— A human rights group known as Writers for Human Rights has advised the Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to obey a court judgment recently given by the Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered the Central Bank...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 938 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 143,516. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. The public health agency also confirmed additional eight coronavirus-related deaths in the...
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zamfara Sector Command, Mr Idris Fika, on Thursday disclosed that 139 people died in 195 road crashes in the state last year. Mr. Fika who made the disclosure in an interview Gusau in an interview, said that 1,309 people were involved...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Borno State High Powered Committee on biometric data capture and verification of secondary school teachers has been inaugurated Inaugurating the committee at the Council Chamber Government House, the State Deputy Governor, H.E Umar Usman kadafur said the exercise would determined the specific areas that may...
*** Slams Ortom over farmer’s/herder’s crises in Benue By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has stated that his colleagues in the southern part of the country are “wrong” to asked Fulani herders to leave their states. He added that it is the constitutional right of Nigerians...
The Buharism Movement, a President Muhammadu Buhari support group, has condemned the high electricity tariffs by the Power Distribution Companies, DISCOS in the country. Mrs Jessica Kuraun, in a press statement she issued on behalf of the group on Thursday, urged the President to swing into action and reverse...
The House of Representatives has set up an inquiry into the quality and quantity of arms and ammunition purchased for security agencies in the country for the last 10 years. The House announced the probe, at the inauguration of an ad-hoc Committee mandated “to review the purchase, use and...
In a bid to curb the spate of herders/ farmers clashes in the state, Ondo government on Thursday approved a bill for the rearing and grazing of livestock across the state. The bill is to be transmitted to the state House of Assembly for debate and passage. Information and...
Lagos State Government has warned those planning to stage #OccupyLekkiToll gate protest on Saturday, either pro or against to shelve the plan and stay away, as every arrangement has been concluded to deal with anyone caught in the act. Also, the state Police Command has threatened to deal decisively...
President Muhammadu Buhari has offered automatic employment to 110 former corps members in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies up to doctoral level in any university in Nigeria. The president, who made this known at the virtual 2018 to 2019 President’s National Youth...
The Super Falcons are heading for Antalya to participate in the fifth edition of the Turkish Women’s Cup holding from Monday to Feb. 24, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said. The NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, that the Nigerian senior...
A decomposing body of a 98-year-old woman identified as Oyibo Ogidi, was discovered Tuesday morning at her Amafor residence in Ovoko, Igbo-Eze South LGA of Enugu State. The childless woman, according to family sources, was last seen on Friday when she visited her ailing brother in the neighbourhood. A...
As some Nigerians prepare to occupy certain parts of Nigeria under the second wave of #ENDSARS protest, the Federal Government has vowed that the planned protest will not be allowed this time around. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who gave the hint at a news conference in...
Following a two-day visit to Cameroon by Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, a tripartite commission meeting held on Wednesday night, has fixed February 27th, and March 7th, 2021 to commence the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees towards resettlement in Borno State. About 46,000 Nigerians, mostly from Borno, have...