The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna Sector Command, says 16 persons died and four others injured in a road accident on the Kano-Kaduna expressway on Sunday at about at 11:20hrs. The Sector Commander, Mr Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that crash occurred at...
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APC House of Representatives Candidate in the upcoming Surulere I Bye-election in Lagos State, Mr Faud Laguda, has said he is certain of victory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 12 candidates are jostling for the Surulere 1 house of representatives seat. NAN recalls that The...
The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Match Day 19 fixture involving hosts Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan and Enyimba International ended in chaos on Sunday. While the match ended 2-1 in favour of the visiting Aba side, the after-match situation was very chaotic as the...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Sunday announced the berthing of the largest container to sail on the nation’s territorial waters at the Lekki Deep Seaport. The Managing Director, NPA, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, confirmed this in a statement in Lagos. According to him, the vessel measuring 367M in...
Pharaohs of Egypt playmaker, Mohamed Salah, has said that his country’s national team has the quality to make it to the next round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Cote d’Ivoire. Salah said this on Sunday in Abidjan at the pre-match news conference ahead of...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Niger Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested four suspects for allegedly operating an illegal refinery to produce Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) in Tafa Local Government Area of the state. The Civil Defence Public Relations Officer, Nasir...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Okosun Paul Punitt, the consignee of a consignment of tramadol concealed in a bottle of dietary supplements, which a staff of Pathfinder International Ltd, Ajuzieogu Mac-Elvis Ugochukwu attempted sending through an intending passenger...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has blamed the proliferation of illegal degree awarding institutions on parents whom he said had placed a premium on university certification. The Acting Executive Secretary, Mr Chris Maiyaki, said this on Sunday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Labour Party (LP) aspirants looking ahead to its Feb. 22 Edo Governorship Primary, on Sunday rejected the N30 million charged as fees for Expression of Interest and nomination forms. One of the aspirants, UK-based financial analyst, Dr Egbe Omorodion, told newsmen in Benin, that all governorship aspirants had...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)C, says it has concluded arrangements to conduct re-run elections in four state assembly constituencies in Bauchi State. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Nura said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Bauchi. “The...
The Commandant-General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has said there are newly implemented security strategies to ensure that attacks on schools in Nigeria will reduce to the barest minimum. Audi said while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA), Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan has felicitated with governor of Delta state, Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori and his counterpart of Ebonyi state, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru for their affirmation by the Supreme Court of Nigeria, as...
Hajiya Inna Galadima of the of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared Chairman-elect of Jere Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Galadima’s emergence automatically makes her the first female to be elected council chairman in the...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has warned universities to desist from cutting corners during accreditation visitations or risk their programmes’ approval being revoked. The Acting Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr Chris Maiyaki, gave the warning on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno, has won all the 27 Chairmanship and 312 councillor positions in Saturday’s council polls in the state. This is even as the newly elected chairmen and councillors of Konduga, Jere and other local government areas...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 20 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “for unilaterally and arbitrarily increasing the allocation for lawmakers from N197bn to N344bn,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Operatives of different special units of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted large consignments of Cocaine and Colorado, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in containerized household items and vehicles imported from Durban, South Africa and Canada at the Tincan Seaport...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than five million six hundred and fifty three thousand (5, 653,000) pills of tramadol 250mg and exol-5 from three suspects in Kano State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has commended the swift move by men of Nigerian Police Force and Nigerian Army in the rescue operation of the victims of kidnapping incidents in Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that a joint team of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Following the relentless advancement of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command Anti-Kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army, on the heels of the kidnappers that struck the Zuma 1 area in the Bwari Area Council on the 2nd...