A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, admitted an optical disc in evidence in the ongoing trial of popular Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola alias ”Naira Marley”. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on May 14, 2019, charged the singer, with 11 counts, bordering on conspiracy, possession of...
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An NGO, Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) on Wednesday called for increased sensitisation on political participation for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) ahead of the 2023 election. The organisation made the call when some members of IFA board and management paid a courtesy visit to the Headquarters of the News Agency...
The National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO), has facilitated the training of 17 unemployed graduates from Iru Community, Iru -Victoria Island Local Council Development Area of Lagos State with vocational skills. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries graduated on Wednesday after a three-month residential training...
The international community should facilitate joint scientific research on the new strains of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) that have appeared over recent months, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday “Several variants of this dangerous disease, as is known, have appeared recently.“The international community should create the conditions for scientists...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, has disclosed that the letter purportedly issued to Alhaji Ibrahim Samari replacing Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa as state chairman of the party was given in error. Oyedepo made this known in Ilorin on Wednesday in an interview...
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will commence actions against speed violations to curb road crashes Mr Ahmed Umar, Sector Commander of FRSC, announced this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Ota, Ogun. Umar said the exercise...
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) said it would release 10 tons of Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea before the beginning of the farming season, to assist farmers get the best yield. Dr Issoufou kollo, the Regional Coordinator of AATF, told the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has congratulated Air-Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, an indigene of the state, on his appointment as the new Chief of Air Staff by President Muhammadu Buhari. Oyetola said on Wednesday in Osogbo that Amao’s professionalism, hard work and dedication to service had qualified him for...
The Bauchi State Orphans and Vulnerable Children Agency (BASOVCA) has restated its commitment towards promoting the good health and general well-being of orphans and vulnerable children in the state. Its Chairman, Mrs Hasana Arkila said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday that...
The CBN says it has disbursed N554.61 billion to 2, 849,490 farmers to boost food security under its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) beginning from 2015. In a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor said that out of the amount, N61.02 billion was disbursed...
The Kaduna State University (KASU) will resume academic activities on Jan. 29, says its Registrar, Mr Samuel Manshop. Manshop said this in a statement in Kaduna on Wednesday. He said that the decision followed Kaduna State government’s approval for tertiary institutions in the state to reopen from Jan. 25....
The CBN says Nigeria’s Foreign Exchange Reserves rose from 34.94billion dollars in November 2020 to 36.23billion dollars as at Jan 21, 2021. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said at the January Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the bank, which began on Tuesday that improvement in crude oil prices contributed...
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kofar Fada Zaria, Kaduna State on Wednesday sentenced an artisan, Bashir Adamu, 25, for attempting to kidnap a businessman in Zaria. The police charged Adamu, who resides in Wusasa Zaria, Kaduna with criminal intimidation and attempted abduction. Delivering her ruling, Chief Magistrate Zainab Garba,...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has tested positive for COVID-19, his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday in Markurdi. “The latest result of the governor’s COVID-19 test has returned positive. “This follows the test results of most of the governor’s close aides who...
The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday distributed relief materials to victims of gun attacks in Kaduna. This, it did in collaboration with the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA). Abubakar Hassan, Executive Secretary of KADSEMA, said 300 households in eight communities were affected and were...
Iran is willing to compromise in regard to its nuclear programme, President Hasan Rowhani said on Wednesday. He however said the United States should take the first step in returning to the 2015 deal regarding its atomic ambitions. Rowhani said, after all, it was the U.S. that withdrew from...
A scavenger, Moshiru Mohammed, 32, on Wednesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, Gwagwalada, FCT, for alleged criminal trespass and wandering. The police charged Mohammed, who lives in Gwagwalada FCT with two counts of criminal trespass and belonging to a gang of thieves. The Prosecution Counsel, Abudullahi Tanko, told...
The US-Nigeria Trade Council, United States of America says there is need to urgently review the challenges faced by Nigerians both at home and in diaspora in the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise. The council made the call in a statement signed jointly by its Executive Director,...
The Police Command in Anambra says it has uncovered a ‘baby factory’ where young girls are being impregnated and their babies sold by human traffickers. Chief Superintendent of Police Haruna Mohammed, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Awka, said 10...