The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Thunder Strike on Sunday eliminated two bandits and wounded many others in an encounter on Abuja-Kaduna highway. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, said the encounter was in continuation of aggressive...
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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party at the 2019 general elections, on Monday called for urgent and comprehensive reform of the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement issued in Lagos, Moghalu condemned police brutality, extra-judicial killings, unlawful arrests and extortions. “In spite of the hard...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – While waiting for the nation’s independence anniversary broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday morning October 1, 2020, I stumbled at a statement by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirate and Ruler of Dubai, where he...
JOHN ONAH, Abuja Counsel representing former Acting Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Mr Abubakar Gana, have lodged a formal request to SaharaReporters for a public apology and retraction of 3 defamatory publications within 7 days. Victor Giwa & Associates, conveyed the demand in a letter addressed to...
We heard the organized labour in Nigeria, fuming. There were very angry, furious. They outrightly rejected the new price regime introduced by the federal government for the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, and the increase in electricity tariff. They began to talk tough, to threaten fire...
OLA MODUPE, Lagos Osun State First Lady, Kafayat Oyetola, has commended Olori Janet Afolabi, CNN award winning journalist and Queen of Apomu kingdom for supporting Apomu market women with interest loans through Apomu Women Cooperative launched on October 2, 2020 at the Palace hall in Apomu. According to a...
Some Nigerian celebrities have called on the government to end police brutality as more evidence of illegal activities by Special Anti Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) emerged over the weekend. The online protest was triggered by a post from a Twitter user who said he recorded SARS officials shooting a young...
Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for the African Cup of Nations soccer in 2023. The ceremony, with a great show of dance and music, took place in the presence of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 58 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. According to the agency, the new infections take the total number of confirmed cases in the country...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday described as unacceptable and annoying, the violation of young people’s rights by the Nigerian Police. “I am very concerned, in fact, very angry about what I see, happening to young men and women who are arrested, in some...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has charged Nigerian youth to engage themselves meaningfully through the creative industry among others. Mrs. Buhari was speaking on Sunday at a dinner organized for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) contingent on the recent National Day parade....
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President of Niger Republic, Alhaji Muhammadu Yusufu, on Sunday sent a high powered delegation to commiserate with Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, over the attack on his convey near Baga last month. The delegation was led by the Nigerien Minister of Education,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi Thirty youths selected across five northern states who were trained on good agricultural practices, soil sampling and testing techniques for Empowering African Youth (EMAY) and Agripromoters Project by a Morrocan Fertilizer Company, Office Chérifien des Phosphates, (OCP Africa), in partnership with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has charged the new FCT Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Mathias Ohiemi, to leverage on the achievements of his predecessor in the fight against crime and criminality in the Territory....
…awards contract for Bayelsa EHIME ALEX, Lagos Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) is to facilitate domestic gas infrastructure development in Oyo State following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government last week. In a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD on Sunday, the company said the pact targets...
OLA MODUPE, Lagos Oyo State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Barr. Seun Ashamu, has said that the state signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) to build a Gas Pipeline Infrastructure in order to expand its economy and attract big businesses. Ashamu, who stated...
…As 2020 cybersecurity awareness month kicks off EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the need to be cybersecurity-conscious to guarantee online safety for Internet users is everyone’s business and not reserved for a...