Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has urged the police to unravel the mysteries surrounding the death of a singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. This is contained in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday and signed by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode. According to the...
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By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Steering Committee of the 2023 Ofala festival Onitsha, Anambra says it has launched a website: https//ofala.org. to serve as a primary source of information about the festival. The Editorial Publicity Lead, Ofala Steering Committee, Tony Nezianya, disclosed this in a...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that anyone that is found culpable in the case of the missing intestine of Adebola Akin-Bright would be prosecuted in due course. The Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Mr Noheem Adams, made this disclosure to newsmen at the visit of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is now more ready to take its rightful place in the global business environment. The president stated this when he played host to a delegation consisting of the global leadership of an oil and gas transnational giant, ExxonMobil,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hamsatu Allamin has called on the media to focus their reportage on humanitarian issues in the society , especially, transitional justice, peace building and reconciliation for victims of insurgency rather than celebrating individuals in...
Unknown gunmen have killed no fewer than eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo State. The incident which happened on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano LGA of the state has thrown the area into panic, according...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has charged newly promoted Directors of the Commission to emphasise efficiency in the discharge of their duties. Ogbuku, who made the call during the Opening Session of a...
The Presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has approached the Supreme Court to nullify the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which on Sept. 6, upheld the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Atiku in the Notice of Appeal...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has reacted to a video clip in circulation across the social media handles of some soldiers engaging with bandits somewhere in Katsina State. Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, said in a statement on Tuesday, that the military...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Police Command has arrested four persons for alleged involvements in banditry and kidnapping activities in the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Sewuese Anene, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Makurdi. He said the suspects identified as Ordoonku...
The Police Command in Plateau, has arrested two other medical doctors in connection with the alleged harvest of vital human organs by one Noah Kekere, a suspected quack doctor. DSP Alabo Alfred, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, on Tuesday said the first phase construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project had been completed and delivered to ensure free traffic flow. Kesha told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that phase one was completed and delivered before...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission has revealed that Nigeria needs an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms to be able to absorb the growing number of out-of-school children in the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Hammed Boboyi, gave the statistics while briefing...
The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has advised the Chairman of Arik Air, Johnson Arumemi-Ikide, to present a reasonable debt recovery plan in order to recover the airline. The Managing Director of AMCON, Mr Ahmed Kuru, gave the advice at a media interactive session in Lagos State....
A Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed the suit filed by Sen. Adamu Bulkachuwa seeking to stop the ICPC from investigating him over the comment he made during the valedictory session of the 9th National Assembly (NASS). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the suit...
Ex-Big Brother Naija Season 3 housemate, Tobi Bakre, has announced the arrival of a baby girl with his wife, Anu Oladosu. Bakre, who took to his verified Instagram handle, @tobibakre, on Tuesday to disclose the good news, had a display of his picture with the newborn and his...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 36-year-old business woman, Lois Iliya, be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged lesbianism with a minor. The defendant was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with unnatural offence, contrary to section 259...
It is pedestrian information that the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Western Zone, comprising Delta, Edo and Ondo States, in a recent media statement signed by the trio of Comrade (Dr) Doubra Collins Okotete (Zonal chairman), Comrade Olu Derimo (secretary) and Lugard Izoukumor (Information Officer), specifically called on Gov. Oborevwori...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has on Monday advanced his economic development diplomatic drive for investment attraction as he engaged extensively in a bilateral discussion with South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, in New York City, ahead of the United Nations General Assembly. President Tinubu...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has pronounced the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), a worthy telecom regulator in Nigeria for its dedicated efforts in promoting awareness and knowledge of Information Communications Technologies (ICT), among the judiciary in particular, and...