Kogi State Police Command has detained 3 suspects for allegedly using the name and Office of the Wife of the Governor, Sefinat Usman-Ododo, to defraud unsuspecting residents. The Spokesman of the command, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, who confirmed the arrest on Tuesday in Lokoja, said the suspects (names with-held)...
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Heirs Insurance Group (HIG), Nigeria’s fastest-growing insurance provider, has announced the appointment of Ibrahim Puri and Sonny Iroche as Independent Non-Executive Directors of its non-life insurance business, Heirs General. The appointments further strengthen HIG’s governance and leadership team. HIG has enjoyed rapid growth since its launch in 2021, as...
Nigerian Army troops have captured two suspected Boko Haram commanders, apprehended two logistic suppliers and collaborators, while 50 terrorists and their families surrendered in North East. The army, in a post on its official X handle on Tuesday, said the troops also rescued kidnap victims from various locations...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has placed the sponsors of the “mayhem” that greeted the #EndBadgovernance protests on its watchlist. The protests assumed violent dimensions in some states, leading to destruction and looting. But the NIS Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during a briefing...
Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic — and bruising — bid for the White House. Walz had been on a shortlist with a string of other Democratic...
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has said the service will begin implementation of the duty waiver on imported foods in a week time. Adeniyi made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during a combined news conference by the heads of security agencies and Service...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the military and security agencies are after those behind the call for undemocratic change of government. Musa said this on Tuesday during a combined news conference by the heads of security agencies and Service Chiefs at...
A Lagos High Court, at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday extended an earlier order restricting protesters in Lagos to conduct their activities only at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park and Peace Park. Justice S.I . Sonaike gave the order following an application filed by the Lagos State Attorney-General (AG),...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), on Tuesday, announced Cross Rivers State as the host of the 2023/2024 NWFL Championship. The upcoming Championship, the league’s second division, will be held from from August 31 to September 8, 2024, in Calabar, Cross Rivers State. Building...
1. The Nigerian refuses responsibility, but pushes it to the “leaders”. Let’s consider an example: If you frequently ride the train on the Itakpe-Warri line, you would have noticed that the toilets at train stations along the route and on the train coaches are without WATER! Passengers are often...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said the state investment promotion agency will be a melting point for investment related activities in the state. Governor Fubara told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that the executive order establishing the agency was an outcome of the state economic submit....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umar Zulum on Tuesday launched the Borno’s 2024 tree-planting exercise with 10 million assorted seedlings aimed at controlling desertification in the state. The largest tree-planting campaign in Nigeria’s history was kicked off in a ceremony at Kawuri village in Konduga...
A U.S. based Nigerian Wrestler, Ashton Mutuwa has said that the songs of Nigeria music sensation, Burna Boy, keeps him going whenever he needs inspiration. Mutuwa disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Paris, France. “Everybody just go crazy when...
In a groundbreaking endeavour, a 14-year-old Nigerian art sensation, Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke (Kanye) is attempting to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for the largest artwork on canvas, measuring 10,000 square feet. The current world record is by an artist in Qatar, which measures 9,652 square meters. The project, titled...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Tuesday, said that power supply has been restored to areas affected by arcing on the Benin-Egbin 330 Kilo Volt (kV) isolator at about 6:10pm on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that arcing is an electrical discharge that occurs...
By MBAFAN ADE – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a loan of $60 million to the Republic of Benin to finance the second phase of the country’s Economic Governance and Private Sector Development Support...
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has defrayed a total sum of N130 billion of the N465 billion inherited debt from previous administrations in the state. This was disclosed at a joint news conference by the Governor’s Executive Assistant, New Media, Mr Felix Ofou, and Mr Norbert Chiazor, Executive...
Human remains believed to be of a missing man was found inside a crocodile in north-eastern Australia, police said on Tuesday. The 40-year-old man had gone missing in a suspected crocodile attack near the Annan River Bridge in Far North Queensland on Saturday afternoon. “A formal identification process...
A Federal judge from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the U.S. antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the online search market. Judge, Amit Mehta on Tuesday agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that Google has a...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA) has confirmed that two persons have escaped death on Tuesday when a commercial bus rammed into a slow moving articulated vehicle. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said the...