Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Yahaya Abubakar, newly-deployed to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday assumed duty and read riot acts. The spokesperson for the department, SP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed the assumption of duty to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
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The Ancient Religion Societies of African Descendants International Council (ARSADIC) has called on Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara to protect its members from harassment in practicing their faith by other religious group in the state. This is contained in a statement by Dr Ifagbenusola Atanda, the ARSADIC President, on...
Gunmen have killed eight villagers at Farin Lamba community in Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Rwang Tengwong, National Publicity Secretary, Berom Youth Movement (BYM), a socio-cultural group, disclosed this in statement on Monday in Jos. Tengwong said that the criminals invaded the community...
The sports court of the German Football Federation (DFB) has imposed a fine of €115,600 ($126,810) on Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich for unsportsmanlike conduct by their fans in a league match. Up to €38,500 can be used for investments in security or infrastructural measures, the DFB said on Monday....
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have recovered five fabricated AK-47 riffles and live ammunition from residents of some communities in Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Capt. James Oya, the Spokesperson of the Operation, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. Oya, said that the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it is determined to bridge the digital skills gap between industries and academy. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Sonny Echono disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the 2023 train the trainer ICT Capacity Workshop for Beneficiary Institutions...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General, Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Army will amongst other measures strengthen collaboration with other security agencies in addition to enhancing logical thinking and creativity to end the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) , on Monday in Abuja, donated a 30-seater brand new Toyota Coaster bus to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to ease their movement. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono, while presenting the bus, said...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu, to life imprisonment for defiling his employer’s granddaughter, aged five years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution successfully proved all the ingredients of defilement against...
The Federal Ministry of Health has launched the Malaria Modelling Programme to achieve zero malaria prevalence by 2025. Launching the programme on Monday in Abuja, Dr Perpetua Uhomoibhi, National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme in the ministry expressed the importance of eliminating malaria with data by 2025. The News...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as governor in the March 18 poll. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Ibadan has adjourned hearing of the application by Allied Peoples’ Movement Party (APM) seeking to withdraw the petition challenging Makinde’s victory to Thursday. The APM had approached the tribunal to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaration of Makinde of Peoples Democratic...
Sporting a pair of sunglasses, Asisat Oshoala celebrated Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League triumph with her teammates in early June, but Nigeria was already on her mind. Standing on the balcony of the historic palace in Placa de Sant Jaume in the city’s Gothic neighbourhood before several thousand jubilant...
Poland’s secret service has arrested another suspected Russian agent who had been spying on military sites and ports, Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński wrote on Twitter on Monday. This is the 15th arrest in the investigation into a Russian spy ring in Poland. The prosecutor’s office said the suspect was...
The Kogi Government has condemned the alleged vandalism of the state campaign office of Social Democratic Party (SDP) by hoodlums on Sunday morning. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the state’s Commissioner for Information, who made the condemnation in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday, called on security operatives to fish out...
Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, will join King Charles III of the United Kingdom and U.S. President Biden at the Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum in London today to help attract a new generation of capital to combat climate change. Achieving the goals of the Paris...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Chairman Karu Local Government Council, Mr Akala Gajere, sys he is a bonafide member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr. Gajere stated this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, while reacting to his purported suspension from the ruling party. According to...
Following warning on impending floods across the country, three states in the North West have taken new measures, including relocation of people living in flood plains, to avert flood disasters. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) predicted severe flooding in 2023 based on the annual flood outlook released by the...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma has redeemed his pledge of N30m to six Super Falcons players who participated at the 2022 Africa Women Championship (AWCON) in Morocco who are from the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, in Owerri. The News Agency of...
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti on Sunday directed the Police, DSS and Amotekun Corps to free the abducted State Chairman of the APC in Ekiti, Mr Paul Omotoso and two others from captivity. Oyebanji, represented by his Deputy, Mrs Monisade Afuye, gave the directive on Sunday, when he visited...