Taylor Swift was named artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday and won two other trophies in a ceremony held live in Los Angeles amid tight coronavirus curbs. It was Swift’s record sixth win of the top prize at the fan-voted show, although she was...
Bode
The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu has admonished officers and men of Imo Command not to be deterred by effect of EndSARS violent protest, but to continue in the struggle against criminality. The IGP spoke through the leader of Evaluation Team, DCP Patrick Atayero, on Monday in Owerri, who...
The President of the Senate, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, on Sunday in Abuja called on Nigerians to give community policing adequate support. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lawan made the call at the finals of a Community Policing Awareness Polo Tournament. He expressed the hope that with...
The Toto Development Association (TODA) in Nasarawa State has urged the State Government and security agencies to arrest the killers of the Chairman of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Philip Shekwo. This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting President of the...
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the appointment of Prof. Yusuf Sabo, as the chairman of the Kano State Specialist Hospitals Board. The governor’s spokesman, Abbar Anwar, said in a statement on Monday in Kano that Ganduje also appointed Dr Hadiza Ashiru as the Chief Executive Officer...
The Confederation of Africa Football President Ahmad Ahmad has been slapped with a 5-year ban by the world football governing body FIFA. FIFA cited financial misconduct as one of the reasons for his ban from football. Ahmad Ahmad was slapped with four breaches and will now not be eligible...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Accord have arrested 11 illegal miners and eliminated scores of bandits on Nov. 21 in parts of Zamfara and Katsina States. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Monday, said the troops continued to record successes in...
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it has trained social and health workers on mental health and psycho-social support for victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Kaduna State. Mr Macauley Christian, UNFPA Humanitarian Coordinator, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna...
The United Kingdom Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has described Gov. David Umahi as a great asset that will add value to the party because of his stride in infrastructure. This is contained in a statement by Mr Jacob Ogunseye, Publicity Secretary of the chapter on Monday in...
Bayelsa Queens Football Club have emerged winners of the Flying Officer’s pre-season Cup tournament.The event, formerly known as the Naija Ratels Pre-season tournament but now called the Flying Officer’s Cup in honour of late Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot.The Yenagoa-based team defeated Nasarawa Amazons by a...
Sen. Elisha Abbo (PDP- Adamawa), has felicitated with Malam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on his 60th birthday. Abbo said this in statement in Abuja on Monday. He described Ribadu as a detribalised Nigerian. “You live an honest and simple life that which you...
Six people were killed in an accident which involved a commercial bus and a truck at the Nkwelle Junction on the Nteje-Onitsha expressway in Anambra. Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Awka....
Senator Danjuma La’ah, representing Southern Kaduna Senatorial District at the National Assembly on Monday commissioned a free medical outreach for his constituents. Speaking at the commissioning in Kafanchan, La’ah said that the gesture was borne out of the need to look after the well being of his people. “I...
A father who paid a ransom to Kidnappers in a Kaduna forest before his child was released on Saturday, said he sold his goats, pigs and other valuables to raise the money. The father, who was thankful to God for the development, was among other parents whose children were...
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has assured participants of the 2020 National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) of safety and compliance to COVID-19 protocols. Lalong gave the assurance during the grand performance of the 33rd edition of the festival, tagged, “Cultural Dynamism and Post COVID-19’’ in Jos. News...
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has condoled with the government and people of Nasarawa state over the death of the state chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Philip Shekwo. Bello in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, in Minna on Monday, expressed shock...
The defection of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Peoples Congress (APC), citing “injustices” by the PDP to the South East geopolitical zone as reason for his defection, has made us begin to reexamine the relationship between the PDP and the...
By By RACHEAL ABUJAH – The fight against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), which took the better part of year 2020 is still raging, more than nine months after its emergence in the world, with many countries going into second lockdown to check its spread. It started in Wuhan, China in...
By YUSHAU A. SHUAIB – The battle of wits between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) may soon come to an end, with the recent compromise that seems to be close at hand. Even though...
The Ethiopian government has given the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) 72 hours to surrender and end its rebellion. The conflict has entered its “final” phase, with the next major offensive focusing on the Tigray region’s capital, Mekele, where the rebels are hiding out, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office...