The Defence Headquarters says the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the last one week have resulted in the killing of more than 180 terrorists, arrest of 204 others and rescue of 234 kidnapped victims. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a...
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The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated the National Council on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to ease ways of doing small businesses across the country. Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Mr Charles Odii, made this known while briefing newsmen at...
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 51 illegal oil refining sites and recovered stolen crude oil and refined products in the Niger Delta in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed in a statement...
The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to withhold statutory allocations of local government councils who are not democratically elected. This followed the adoption of a motion on “Urgent need to halt the erosion of democracy; the dissolution of elected councils in Benue, ”at plenary...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has pledged to provide communities in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State with more impactful development projects. The representative of Abia State on the Board of the NDDC, Chief Eruba Dimgba, made the pledge...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has lamented that the suffering of Nigerians currently is unprecedented, pointing out that prices of food items in the country are on the increase. He stated this in an interview with journalists at the end of a closed-door...
Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Florence Obi, has said the institution is now a more serious academic environment and will no longer condone business as usual. Obi made the disclosure on Friday in Calabar in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) while commemorating...
The House of Representatives has accused the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) of hiding billions of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) thereby depriving the nation of its financial responsibility. The House of Reps Committee on Finance subsequently threatened to remove the Managing Director and other top officials from the...
The Nigerian Community in Rome, Italy, has urged the Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to resolve the enhanced e-passport challenges encountered by Nigerians in the diaspora. President of the community, Prince Chima Ibezim, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission , Mr Omar Touray, has said that the situation in the Republic of Niger is of concern to the bloc. The president said this on the sidelines of the ongoing 2023 second Ordinary Session, and when...
Suspected gunmen on Friday attacked the residence of the Kogi Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Hale Longpet, in Lokoja, an official has confirmed. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this in Abuja on Friday, adding the incident occurred around...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – An MI-35P helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has crashed in Port Harcourt, shortly after take off. The crash occurred at about 7.45 am shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers State....
Chairman, Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) Task Force, Harrison Jalla, has said the Super Eagles of Nigeria can not make much impact in 2024 African Cup of Nations(AFCON) in Cote D’Ivoire, as they lack the tactical skills for the tournament. Jalla told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
King Charles III on Friday urged participants at the COP28 climate conference to take swift and resolute steps to protect the planet, in an impassioned call for action. The British monarch in Dubai said the world’s hopes rest on heads of state and government as he expressed a...
Madagascar’s High Constitutional Court on Friday declared incumbent President Andry Rajoelina as the winner of last month’s election, effectively handing him a third term. Rajoelina got 58.96 per cent of the votes cast, the court said after dismissing various challenges lodged against the provisional results announced by the...
Gun shots were fired overnight in Guinea-Bissau’s capital Bissau and continued into Friday morning, Reuters reporters said. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear. One reporter said gunshots were first heard after midnight in the neighbourhood of Antula, on the outskirts of the capital, where an army general...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed a professional Public Relations practitioner, Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali, as its new Acting Director of Corporate Communications. Mrs Ali is a recognised member of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), who served as Deputy Director in the same Department...
The Kogi House of Assembly has given Dec. 30 ultimatum to the state Ministry of Education to pay N497.3 million examination fees to the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The house wondered why the fees, already released by Gov. Yahaya Bello, was yet to be paid to the...
No fewer than 18,059 persons, including 795 children infected with HIV/AIDS, are receiving treatment in Borno. The Executive Secretary of Borno State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (BOSACA), Hajiya Falmata Alhaji-Bukar, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Maiduguri. Alhaji-Bukar said...