The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Adepoju, has announced plan to deploy e-gates and more logistics to airports and other entry points to improve border security and migration management nationwide. Adepoju said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in...
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Israeli warplanes resumed the pounding of Gaza, Palestinian civilians fled for shelter, and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel on Friday as war resumed after a week-long truce collapsed with no deal to extend it. The Israeli military announced it had “resumed combat operations”, accusing Hamas of violating...
The Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has said that the service would open more passport service points to meet the needs of Nigerians in the Diaspora. Adepoju said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that efforts...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Adinu Unity Forum (AUF) has concluded plans for a mega thanksgiving service in honour of sons and daughters of Adinu whom God has elevated to new positions of honour and responsibilities. The event which is scheduled for Sunday, December 3rd, is...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National President of Manufactural Association of Nigeria (MAN) Otunba Francis Meshioye has called for synergy and partnership between the Federal Ministry of Works and and the South-South State to fix the deplorable roads infrastructure. The MAN President made the call at...
A Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the arrival of the twins who were born on Wednesday at a medical facility in the capital Kampala,...
Taraba State Police Command has killed no fewer than 50 suspected bandits terrorising communities across the Bali Local Government Area of the state. The feat which is a major breakthrough in the fight against banditry in the North-East state was achieved on Tuesday. The police spokesman in...
The Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) in Gombe State, on Thursday, announced that four of its members died for allegedly using herbal HIV treatment. The Programme Officer of the association, Mr Muhammad Ibrahim stated this in Gombe at an event to commemorate...
The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker has withdrawn its appeal filed before the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the planned impeachment of the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Ondo State House of...
A High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a traditional ruler and two others to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping. Those convicted are the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Usman Adamu, his brother, and one Gidaddo Idris. They were tried and convicted of kidnapping one Abubakar Ahmad sometime...
The remains of the late Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi, the Director of Finance and Administration in the Ogun Governor’s Office, was on Thursday laid to rest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late Oyekanmi was buried at his hometown in Ifonyintedo in the Ipokia Local Government...
The Super Falcons on Thursday walloped their counterparts from Cape Verde 5-0 in the first leg of their 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations final round qualifying fixture in Abuja. Uchenna Kanu, with a first-half brace, and substitute Esther Okoronkwo, with a second-half brace, swept the nine-time African...
Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on Nigerians to support Igbo people against the ugly experience of wrong profiling and threat to their lives and property. President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the call at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja against the background...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the sole right to determine its candidate for the Sept. 21, 2024 Edo governorship election. Obaseki stated this when he visited Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State in company of former Gov. Udom Emmanuel of...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), has signed an additional 20 million dollar Trade Finance Facility with FSDH to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. Mr Lamin Barrow, Director-General, Nigeria Country Department, AfDB, said this during the signing ceremony, on Thursday in Lagos. According to Barrow, trade...
The Lagos State Government has described its yearly ‘Food Fest’ as a formidable platform that will continue to showcase and expand farmers and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to the world. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, stated this at a news conference to commemorate...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed media reports alleging that its operatives killed two students at Junior Secondary School, Gwarinpa, Abuja. Media reports had stated that two students of the school were accidentally shot by NSCDC personnel...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday sealed two drug shops and a pharmacy at Idumota and Surulere areas of Lagos for selling unregistered and control drugs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two shops sealed at Idumota are...
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, on Thursday said debt, currency depreciation, inflation and other indices have slowed down the economies of countries in the sub region. This was contained in the 2023 Annual State of the Community Report he presented to the ECOWAS Parliament...