A local coach and some pundits on Sunday advised the Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum, to resolve the issues around the team’s midfield, to enable it to find its balance. They gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,...
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The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has urged the Federal Government to review the hike in fees in its schools. He urged the government to do so and find a safe landing for the nation’s future leaders. Osodeke was speaking against the backdrop of...
The much anticipated BBNaija ‘All-Stars’ edition premiered on Sunday with housemates from past editions returning for another round of entertainment in the Big Brother house. Mercy Eke and Whitemoney, winners of the ‘Pepper Dem’ and Shine Ya Eye’ editions respectively, as well as 18 other ex-housemates from the seven...
By DANJUMA JOSEP, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has condemned in strong terms the invasion of the residence of former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, at Ola, in Akwanga Local Government Area of the State by suspected bandits at the late hours of Saturday. The invasion...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has thwarted an attempts to smuggle into Nigeria 98 cartons containing 5,122,900 pills of Tramadol 225mg with an estimated street value of about N3.7 billion. A statement by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, said...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 48,380 pills of tramadol along Ewohimi road, heading toward Kabba in Kogi. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that the consignment were...
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Lagos say the proposed Standard Transfer Specification (STS), a metering code, to be introduced soon, is not targeted toward increasing electricity tariff. A top official in one of the Discos in Lagos, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Mr Bola Babarinde, a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa, says government palliative measures to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal should not be limited to cash distribution. Babarinde in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Sunday, urged the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Hon.Umar Usman Kadafur has congratulated Professor Ahmed Ahidjo, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) on his turbaning ceremony as the Zannah Burshema of Borno. Prof. Ahidjo, was turbaned by the Shehu of...
The President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima would unveil two books on leadership and communication in commemoration of the 60th birthday anniversary of Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele. This is contained in a statement released by Bamidele’s Media Office in Abuja on Sunday, indicating that the event...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 33 hectares of cannabis farms in Ondo and Edo in the past week. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said 29 hectares of cannabis farm was destroyed on July 20 at the Ofosu...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 suspects for conveying solid minerals from Kaduna State and Plateau to Port Harcourt in Rivers without relevant permits. The Commandant of NSCDC in Edo, Mr Samuel Dan, disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja. According to him,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, with 93 wraps of cocaine in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the notorious drug...
The Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will coast to victories, if the 2023 local government election in the state is free, fair and credible. The state Secretary of the party, Mr Lawrence Okah, stated this on Sunday in Benin during an interview with the...
As the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prepares for its July meeting, some financial experts have called for moderation in its policy decisions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CBN has announced that the 292nd meeting of the MPC...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government can safe over $200billion yearly by blocking loopholes in oil revenue, Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption group, HEDA has said. To achieve this measure, the country needs to work with all stakeholders including security, media, community based organisations and anti-graft...
The pan socio-cultural and non partisan movement, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), has showered encomiums on the late Esogban of Benin, Chief David U. Edebiri OON, who passed on recently at 94, saluting not only his forthright stance as an elder statesman who spoke truth to power but also commended...
Enugu State Government has again, urged Enugu residents to disregard Monday’s sit-at-home order by the factional members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and go about their normal businesses. The government directs resumption of normal activities on Monday and threatened to sanction civil servants, schools, markets, and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of activities marking Muharram (the new year of 1445 AH Islamic calendar), First Aid members of Shababul Faida Jamiyyatu Ansarudden Attijaniyya Nigeria have procured and donated free drugs and consumable items to the less privileged and nursing mothers at Herwa Clinic...