Akwa Ibom State Police Command has rescued 10 pregnant women from a baby factory operated by a 56- years-old suspect, Eunice Eze. The Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia in Uyo on Tuesday. Ayilara said that the suspect, who...
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The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Sports Development, have appointed Tobi Amusan as the Nigerian flag bearer and Anuoluwapo Opeyori as the General Team Captain at the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Tony Nezianya, the Public Relations Officer of NOC who...
A Makurdi High Court on Monday, presided by Justice Tertsea Asue, on Monday declined to grant an application by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom seeking to appeal against its ruling. In the ruling, the court had dismissed his ex parte motion seeking to stop Gov. Hyacinth Alia...
The death toll from Monday’s landslide in southern Ethiopia has risen to 146, local government officials said on Tuesday. The deadly landslide occurred on Monday morning at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) in southern Ethiopia’s Geze Gofa district. The deaths included 96 males and 50 females,...
It is not entirely surprising, yet the implications can be far-reaching. Beyond the potential for an unprecedented first female president in America, Uncle Sam’s Land of Liberty, facing the toughest threat yet to its superpower supremacy, could be in for an inflammable Donald Trump’s second term at the White...
“Local government is not just about politics, it’s about people’s lives.” – Eric Garcetti At last, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled in favor of Nigeria’s 774 Local Governments (LGs)! May God’s name be praised! Yes, the Supreme Court’s ruling is a...
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Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has convened a high-level meeting with key stakeholders in the oil and sector to resolve issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery. This is contained in a statement by Nneamaka Okafor. the Special Adviser to the minister on Media and Communications....
President Bola Tinubu has urged the youth not to carry out their planned protests against the Federal Government’s economic reforms. Tinubu made the call in Abuja on Monday at a meeting of the National Council of Traditional Rulers, where he was represented by the Secretary to the Government...
The Director-General of West Africa Region, African Development Bank (AfDB), Lamin Barrow, has said the banks’s cumulative financing approvals in Nigeria stands at 10.9 billion dollars. Barrow said this at the Second Interactive Session and Workshop on Developing Bankable Business Proposals/Business Plans for Youths in Agriculture on Monday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian military has achieved a significant milestone in the fight against Boko Haram, rescuing 330 women and children from the terrorist group’s enclaves in Sambisa forest. The survivors, comprising 110 women and 220 children, were handed over to the Borno state government on...
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi will not play in this week’s MLS All-Stars Game, Major League Soccer (MLS) said on Monday. This has come eight days after the Argentine superstar left the Copa America final match with an ankle injury. Messi was listed among unavailable players for Wednesday’s match...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) Shehu Mohammed, has approved the deployment of new Sector Commanders for 20 States of the federation. This is contained in a statement by the Acting Corps Public Education (CPEO), Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide on Monday in...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, has announced the suspension of its 82-day strike with immediate effect. Chairperson of ASUU, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh, announced the suspension of the strike at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, short after the congress held by...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called for improved collaboration with the World Bank Group in the implementation of development projects in critical sectors of the state’s economy. He made the call when he paid a working visit to the new Country...
Edo State Police Command has said gunmen involved in the attack on Monday Okpebholo, APC Governorship Candidate for Edo and the state’s reinstated deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, have gone into hiding. The Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye said this on Monday while giving an update on the investigation...
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has rejected an appeal to nullify the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its candidate for the upcoming Governorship Election in Edo. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by A. M...
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi on Monday said that the proposed nationwide protest slated for August 1, is not the solution to Nigeria’s current challenges. The governor voiced out his opinion at a town hall meeting with 27 groups in Dutse. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) Team of the Forward Operating Base Bonny, under Operation Delta Sanity, has destroyed a camp of suspected crude oil thieves and apprehended two suspects in Rivers. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja....