The General Superintendent (GS), Christ Redemption Bible Church, Ikosi Ketu Lagos, Prophet John Oluwadare, said that Nigerians will experience new glory in year 2024. Oluwadare said this on Tuesday while hosting not less than 300 widows, where he distributed food items to them as part of activities to...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed Jan. 8, 2024 for the conduct of its primaries for the by-elections holding February 2024. The party in a timetable and schedule of activities for the party primaries issued by PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, also fixed Dec. 28, 2023...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted to the death of over 96 persons and destruction of 221 houses, according to police report. CAN President, Rev. Daniel...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of many lives. President Tinubu condemned the gruesome act in a statement issued by...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, stated on Tuesday that more than 50,000 soldiers are presently involved in several peacekeeping operations across the country. The internal security operations include counter-terrorism efforts in the North East, separatist operations in the South East, and combating oil theft...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps in collaboration with Nigeria Police Force have arrested eight suspected cult members in Ilesa Town of Osun State. The State Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on...
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has emphasised the need for motorists to obey speed limits, to reduce crashes on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during the festive period. Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Anthony Uga, made the appeal in an interview with the News...
The Northern Governors Forum on Tuesday condemned the Christmas eve attacks on communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The forum described the attacks as reprehensible and heinous. Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, chairman of the forum expressed the disgust on behalf of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has debunked a trending social media publication requesting candidates seeking recruitment as Constables in the Nigeria Police Force to pay N2,000 for screening. The Commission’s spokesman, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, debunked the report in a statement issued in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year old suspected armed robber at Kosofe area of the state and recovered his gun. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in Ikeja on Tuesday that the suspect’s accomplices...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, on Dec. 23, destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Director, Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, as he celebrates his 70th birthday. The president in a statement on Tuesday by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, commended Akume for his consistency and perpetual dedication to...
Two persons died while six others sustained injuries in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. Mrs Florence Okpe, Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the lone accident involving a Toyota bus carrying eight persons. She attributed the accident to over speeding and...
Ethiopia became Africa’s third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a 33-million-dollar “coupon” payment on its only international government bond. Africa’s second most populous country announced earlier this month that it intended to formally go into default, having been under severe financial...
Gunmen attacked 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau on Christmas eve; killed 96 persons and destroyed 221 I’ll. The assailants also destroyed eight vehicles and 27 motorcycles, police spokesman in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo, stated on Tuesday in Jos. “On Dec. 24,...
Israel’s war cabinet is to discuss a proposal from Egypt to end the Gaza war, according to the Jerusalem Post newspaper. This is coming as Palestinians and Israelis continue to count the cost of the conflict. While Gazans searched for bodies after the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health said...
The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Kaduna Sector Command says four persons died and 56 others sustained injuries in a road crash on the Kaduna-Abuja expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the road traffic crash occurred at Sabon...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja -. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said no crisis is rocking the forum or its secretariat. The secretariat said this in a statement issued by its Director, Legal, Mr Chijioke Chuku, for the management of the forum, in Abuja on Monday. Chuku was...
There have been renewed rocket alerts in Israel in the early hours of Tuesday, the Israeli army reported, with sirens sounding in communities along the border with the Gaza Strip. An Israeli website which gives live rocket alert updates corroborated the army’s information. Israel’s army has...
By MAHMUD MOHAMMED-NURUDEEN (Lead writer) – Aisha Bawa, a 34-year-old midwife at the Manhyia Government Hospital in Ghana, tries to ensure safe deliveries in her facility. Aisha has worked in the Ghana Health Service for nine years, where she has been committed to minimising maternal deaths while providing emotional support...