By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagement, Mr Sunday Asefon, has expressed sadness over killing of Stephen Opaso, a Nigerian Student who was studying in the University of Manitoba, Canada. Mr. Asefon, who condemned the incident in a statement...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Police Command has invited 52 suspected criminal arrowheads for dialogue in Kiru Local Government Area of the state. Police Commissioner in the state, Mr Hussein Gumel, disclosed this at a meeting with the Kwanar Dangora community in Kiru local government...
The Enugu State Government has urged youths in the state to apply for the ongoing Navy recruitment exercise in the country. Aka Eze Aka, the Commissioner for Information and Communication in the state, made the call on Saturday in Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Dec. 26, 2023 marriage between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in a Bayelsa community is a traditional rite to save the child’s life, according to her parents. They claimed that the marriage, conducted in Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa, was...
Some notable leaders of the entertainment industry in Edo State, performing artistes groups, musicians, cultural ambassadors, film makers, creative industry professionals and others, were unanimous in their declaration that immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and frontline governorship aspirant in the guber election holding...
Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has agreed to leave Serie A champions, Napoli, for a move to Chelsea in the summer. According to TEAMtalk, the 25-year-old, who has a release clause of around £112m, will not be moving this month but is willing to sign a pre-agreement in January...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi – In the words of Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance and best known for his political treatise The Prince, written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death, the first opinion...
Nigerian art student, Chancellor Ahaghotu, has broken a decade-old record for the longest painting marathon after painting for 100 consecutive hours, Guinness World Records (GWR), has announced on its website. GWR said Ahaghotu, a sophomore at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, broke...
The body of former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has arrived in Nigeria. It arrived at the private wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Friday and was received by the widow, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu and other family members. It was flown from...
The Nigeria Police Force says its Cybercrime Centre acting on a petition at the instance of Hon and Doctor Mrs Seye Oladejo has arrested three persons in connection with a case of, cyberstalking, and threat to life. The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi,...
Suspected arsonists have burnt a 75-year-old woman, Mallama Meimunat Opaluwa Sani, sister to Attah Igala, His Royal Majesty, Alaji Mathew Opaluwa at Oketekwe town in Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State. She was set ablaze alongside her daughter and her granddaughter. The late Mallama Meimunat...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has issued a deadline of April 1, 2024 as the commencement date for a crackdown on quacks who have infiltrated the Public Relations profession. The Director, Public Relations, NIPR, Mr Stanley Ogadigo, said this in...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A railway policy professional, Mr Olawale Rasheed has made a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council to implement urgent reform of the Nigerian Railway Corporation to solve national transport challenges and jumpstart the nation’s economy. In series of tweets...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday passed a total of N2.268 trillion as the 2024 budget size of the state. The House approved the passage of the budget following a unanimous voice by all the lawmakers present at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved three airlines – Air Peace Ltd., FlyNas and Max Air – to serve as exclusive carriers for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage. Assistant Director, Public Affairs, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mrs Fatima Sanda-Usara, made this known in...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Chairman of Andoni Local Government Council in Rivers State, Erastus Awortu, has alerted security agencies to an alleged planned politically-sponsored protest in the area. Mr. Awortu stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday. He called...
Investors net worth on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) further appreciated by N899 billion or 2.11 per cent to end trading for the week. Specifically, market capitalisation closed at N43.593 trillion as against N42.694 trillion recorded on Thursday. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) also earned 2.11 per cent or...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has asked the nation’s security chiefs to ensure that there is conclusive victory against the myriad of security threats assailing the country. Addressing security chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies at a Presidential Security Briefing at the State House, in Abuja,...
Protesters on Friday burned down the palace of the District Head of Bokkos Saf Adanchin during demonstrations over what they tagged as the indiscriminate arrests in the area following recent killings in the Plateau community. They were expressing their displeasure over the arrest of some community members...
The late Nollywood actor, Adedeji Aderemi, popularly known as “Baba Olofa Ina” has been buried at his residence in Wakajaye area of Edeland in Osun on Friday . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the burial of Nollywood actor began at 4:15 p.m. after the arrival...