The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a man (name withheld) for allegedly beating his 40-year-old wife to death over an undisclosed matter. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday....
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The Defence Headquarters has said the release of 313 terrorism suspects to Borno Government was on the orders of the Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, who made the clarification on Thursday in Abuja, said the suspects were detained on...
The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., Mr Olufemi Soneye, has bagged the 2024 Distinguished Spokesperson Award in Oil and Gas. The award was conferred on him by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Wednesday night at the inaugural National Spokespersons Award...
The Defence Headquarters has said the troops neutralised 121 terrorists, apprehended 253 and rescued 244 kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide in one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj -Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving an update on military operations on Thursday in Abuja....
By ANDREW AGBESE If you go to look for Terzungwe, who lives at High Level in Makurdi, between 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, it is most likely that you won’t meet him at home. Ter (as his friends call him), retired from his civil service job...
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, has advised priests against misleading their members with false teachings but teach them truth about Christ. Onaga gave the advice in a homily during a Chrism Mass held at Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu on Thursday. The News Agency of...
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has warned the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue (FIRS), Mr Zacch Adedeji against his alleged disregard to appear before the committee on invitation. The committee said that Adedeji’s actions amounted to contempt of parliament. Rep. Bamidele Salam, Chairman, PAC, said this at...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it requires about 5.2 billion dollars to address infrastructure deficit and achieve its core objectives of driving the subregion’s economic growth. The ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization, Mr Sediko Douka, made this known while addressing a news...
Lagos State Government paid another set of 1,455 retirees a total of N4.48 billion on Thursday as accrued pensions disbursed for the month of March. The payment was made at the 104th retirement bonds certificate presentation organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC). At the 103rd...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Anambra chapter, on Thursday commenced an indefinite strike over non implementation of full legislative financial autonomy by the state government. This is contained in a circular signed by the Chairman and the secretary of the association, Mr Abraham Okoye and Mr...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has expressed profound joy at the emergence of the Chairman Lafia Local Government Council, Hon. Aminu Muazu Maifata, as the National Chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, (ALGON). A letter written to Hon. Maifata, by the...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The family of the former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has announced his burial arrangements. According to the burial programme, made available to NATIONAL ACCORD in Abuja on Thursday, the late Ojougboh, who died on February 7, 2024, aged...
The prices of tomatoes and other perishables in FCT markets have continued to soar in spite of the items being in its seasons, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondents, who visited Dei-dei, Bwari and Gwagwalada markets in Abuja on Thursday, report that there had been...
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, sentenced one Nasir Idris to 15 months imprisonment on Thursday for stealing a fan and praying mat from a mosque. The court, however, gave Idris an option to pay a N50,000 fine. The prosecutor, Mr Chinedu Ogada, had earlier told the...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Despite the unfortunate loss of 17 soldiers in Delta state, troops of Nigerian military sustained the war on insecurity across the country, neutralizing 212 terrorists and other criminal elements as well as and arresting 252 persons in the last one week. Troops also...
The House of Representatives has resolved to halt the planned strike by the Non-Academic Staff of Universities (NASU), with move to intervene in the dispute between the Federal Government and staff of Nigerian Universities. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education made the move...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has declared eight persons wanted in connection with the gruesome murder of 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army on March 14 in Okuama community in Delta. The wanted persons include seven men and one woman. They were identified as Akevwru Daniel Omotegbono...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has directed mining new marshals drawn from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to smoke out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation’s mining laws. Alake gave the directive while inaugurating the first batch of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention held in Nnewi, Anambra. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said the conduct...
The House of Representatives has vowed that it will recover two Bell HelicoptersJou, Bell 206L4 BZB and Bell M2061- L4, belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, sold to private individuals. The Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Public Assets, Rep. Ademorin Kuye, said this...