The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised Nigerians not to entertain fear over the release of the excess water from Lagdo Dam from Cameroon. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Manzo Ezekiel, Head of the agency’s press unit, on Monday in Abuja. He...
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No fewer than 91 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are undergoing training in effective protection of schools across the country by security experts. The 2-day training kicked off on Monday at the NSCDC Headquarters, Abuja. NSCDC Commandant-General (CG) Ahmed Audi, said that...
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 20-year-old student, Austin Ife be remanded in a correction centre for alleged murder and belonging to a cult group. Ife who lives at No 22 Solomon Akaahan Street in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue was charged with criminal conspiracy,...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is keen to hold national elections even amid the ongoing Russian invasion, but financial support would be needed from the U.S. or the EU. “According to the law, it is forbidden to hold elections under martial law, Zelensky said. “It would...
The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says flood has destroyed at least 700 houses and farmlands in Cheledi Community, Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Director, Planning, Research and Statistics of the agency, Mr Adamu Nayola, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the Emergency Communications Centres (ECC) being implemented by the commission is currently providing employment opportunities for many Nigerian youths and professionals. The Commission also noted that the Centres were offering informal business activities to the citizens...
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The Presidential Election Tribunal has finally fixed a date to make public its verdict. This is coming barely four weeks after it adjourned for judgment. A usually reliable source disclosed Sunday that the five-member tribunal which sat at the Court of Appeal complex in Abuja from May...
The Nigerian government and its sub-nationals have been urged to put in place contingency plans to forestall possible flooding in the coming weeks. The President of Environment Protection and Climate Change Experts, Mr Akugbe Iyamu, made this call on Monday following a report that the Cameroonian government was...
Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia) has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu as a gift to the people of South Eastern Nigeria. Ogah, member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia in the House of Representatives, made the appeal in a statement in Abuja on Monday. ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said it would be possible to negotiate a solution for Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, rather than using force. “When we are at the administrative borders of Crimea, I think it is possible politically to force the demilitarisation of Russia...
The Chairman, Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Kanu Nwankwo has said that the club under him had not started badly. Nwankwo stated this at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba on Sunday while speaking to newsmen after the club played a goalless draw with Al Ahli SCSC of Benghazi,...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the Merchant Vessel (MV) CECELIA arrested on Aug. 15 at Meco Jetty in Port Harcourt, was carrying illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. ...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The immediate past President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) Engr. Ali Rabiu, has called on Nigerians to always engage the services of professional engineers when building a structure. Engr. Rabiu made the appealed during a paper...
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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has tasked residents of the state to vote for Alhaji Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election. Governor Bello said this on Sunday in a radio and television broadcast to celebration the 32nd anniversary of the creation...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria will not sustain failed economic theory that sees to the wastage of 90% of its scarce revenue in the servicing of external debts in the midst of many development challenges facing the country. The President...
FC Barcelona fought back to secure a barnstorming 4-3 win at Villarreal on Sunday, with last year’s LaLiga top scorer Robert Lewandowski bagging the winner late in the second half. Villarreal were arguably the better side throughout the match, but a clinical FC Barcelona scored at key moments....
Napoli comfortably sealed a 2-0 home victory against Sassuolo on Sunday through goals from Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo. While Lazio were unexpectedly beaten 1-0 at home by Serie A newcomers Genoa. Osimhen opened the scoring after 16 minutes when he converted a penalty after...