By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- The Oju II Unity Forum condemns in its entirety, the unwanted, cruel, inhumane, calous and unfortunate destruction of properties at the main town of Igede, in Oju Local Government Area of Benue state where properties worth billions of naira were utterly and regrettably destroyed as...
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The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate in October 2020, has approved the reopening of the toll plaza. In a ruling on Saturday, the pane which was chaired by Justice Doris Okuwobi, returned control of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has refuted reports of Nigeria’s disqualification from access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a statement on Saturday, the Country Representative, Walter Mulomboo, said no country in Africa was barred. The UN official said the agency is supporting all to access vaccines as quickly as possible...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria is making efforts and hopeful to get the coronavirus vaccines to the country by end of February. Onyeama disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said Nigeria was expecting vaccines from the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Gombe State Command, has warned against underage driving in the state. Mr Ibrahim Hassan, the Public Relations Officer of FRSC in the state gave the warning on Saturday while sensitising motorists in Zambuk Community, Yamaltu-Deba LGA of the state. Hassan said that FRSC...
The Kano State Executive Council has approved and amended the proposed bill on Child Rights (protection) Act 2010 to reflect the position of Sharia on all sections of the Child Rights Act (CRA) 2003. Mr Muhammed Garba, Commissioner for Information in Kano State disclosed this in statement he signed...
A vedio clip that went viral during the week, showed APC members in Kwara state exchanging blows and throwing chairs at each other Some of the party chieftains who sustained injuries are receiving treatment at undisclosed hospitals The embattled chairman of the party, Bashir Bolarinwa, who paid them a...
The Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has urged troops fighting against insurgency to show gallantry and discipline in the discharge of their duty. Maj.-Gen. Yahaya made the call on Friday in Bama during an operational visit to Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary of Operation Lafiya Dole....
No fewer than six travellers have died as a result of ghastly auto crash when bandits opened fire on commuters along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road in Kaduna State. In a statement by the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said the bandits who were on...
Nigeria’s total value of capital importation in 2020 stood at $9.7 billion, compared to $24 billion in 2019, representing a decline of 59.65 per cent between the two periods. Also, the country’s capital importation decreased by 71.87 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 when compared to the...
The Anambra State Police Command said it has commenced an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing of a man, his wife and his daughter at a church in Azia, Ihiala LGA of the State. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Haruna Mohammed, who made the disclosure while...
Veteran rapper, Ruggedman has shared his thoughts on property acquisition by Nollywood actresses. In a tweet he shared, Ruggedman asked why only the female actors are the ones buying cars and building houses? The rapper who wondered why the male actors are left behind, added that it has discouraged...
Two tigers escaped from a zoo in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, with one of the animals killing an employee who tried to stop them, according to local media reports on Saturday. The white tigers ran away from Zinka Zoo in Singkawang district on Friday after a rain-triggered landslide and...
India has confirmed 11,713 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 10,814,304. The country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. According to the ministry, the death toll from the disease has reached 154,918 people,...
A former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has opined that investing in cows is better any form of cryptocurrency business. Garba was lending his voice to the latest instruction to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), other Financial Institutions (OFIs) and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) against having any transactions in crypto or...
Popular Nigerian Disk Jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, also known as DJ Switch, has reacted to the ban on crypto currency transactions or crypto exchanges in Nigeria by the Central Bank. Recalled that CBN on Friday in a circular signed by Director of Banking Supervision, Bello Hassan instructed all financial...
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that 62.63% of electricity consumers in Nigeria are on estimated billing. NERC stated this in the 2019 to Quarter 3, 2020 Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) Key Financial and Operational Data, obtained from its website by the News Agency of Nigeria...
At least six civilians including three members of Afghanistan’s Sikh community were injured in an explosion in the capital city of Kabul, police said on Saturday. Police chief spokesman, Ferdous Faramarz said that the explosion in the city’s Police District 1 (PD1) took place inside a shop, the type...
General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Friday night said terrorism would soon be a thing of the past in Nigeria. Speaking at the February edition of the Holy Ghost Service, Adeboye said apart from Nigeria, all other nations of the world would soon...
UN-sponsored talks on Libya have resulted in a new interim government for the war-ravaged North African country. An agreement was reached between the sides on Friday, with the aim of resolving a decade of division and violence by holding national elections later this year. Under the deal, Mohammed al-Menfi,...