A Nigerian-American woman, Victoria Ogunremi, has returned the cash sum of $5,700 which she found in the toilet at her workplace in New Jersey, U.S.A. The gesture has been described as one of the remarkable acts of honesty and kindness by most Nigerians living abroad. Ogunremi told the News...
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Dr Bassey Akinde, Wife of the Most Rev. Adebayo Akinde, pioneer Anglican Bishop of Lagos Mainland and retired Archbishop of Lagos Province, is dead. She died at the weekend in a Lagos hospital at the age of 77. The Lagos Mainland Anglican Communion Synod Secretary, Rev. Canon Adesanya Asaolu,...
Benue State Government has confirmed the outbreak of rabies virus in Kwande and Gboko Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. Director General (DG), Benue Bureau of Livestock Development and Transboundary Animal Diseases Control, Dr. Aondoakaa Asambe, made the disclosure on Monday in Makurdi. Asambe said the bureau was...
Russia has said that it would not withdraw or cancel its conditions for resuming strategic stability talks with the United States (U.S.). Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday. “The president said what he said. The president did not say that we are canceling everything that we...
Kenyan President William Ruto, the champion of the African Union (AU) institutional reforms, on Monday said conflicts is hindering Africa’s potential, resulting in estimated losses of 18 billion dollars annually, displacing millions of people. Ruto, said Africa currently hosts 35 million internally displaced persons, 8.9 million refugees, 1.1 million...
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 1,313 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week. IOM said in a statement, that from January 19 to 25, 1,313 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya, “The migrants include more than 160 women...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the N300 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the Singer, Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, against the police, until March 19 for adoption of processes. Justice Musa Liman fixed the date after counsel for the Inspector-General (I-G)...
An environmentalist, Chief Sam Onuigbo, has said only partnership among countries and innovation into cleaner energies can save the climate from further devastating damage. Onuigbo, former member of House of Representatives, said this on Monday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The All...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Plateau State Government has been commended for fostering peace and creating a conducive environment for business and tourism as the second edition of the Strongest State Nigeria (SSN) reality show kicks off in Jos. Describing Plateau as the “safest state in Nigeria,” the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has warned the Benue people to desist from politicizing the plight of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Governor Alia in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, said the plight of the IDPs should be the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, inaugurated the International Cattle Market and two other projects in Banki town of Bama Local Government Area. The International Cattle Market was designed to foster economic growth and enhance the livelihood of the people of the...
A Nasarawa State High Court on Monday remanded a man, Timilehin Ajayi, at a correctional facility over alleged killing of his 24-year old girlfriend, Salome Adaidu Ajayi whose address was not given, is being charged with culpable homicide. The state Counsel, Stanley Ifeanyi, told the court that Ajayi killed...
Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was on Monday grilled at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers. In the video, Sowore alleged that the officers were engaged in some illegalities on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road in Lagos State. In the...
Members of the Omoluabi Progressives, a political group of a former governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, said they had agreed to quit the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement signed by the group’s organising and publicity secretary, Oluwaseun Abosede, and made available to the News...
Security was unusually tight on Monday morning at the Lagos State House of Assembly ahead of the day’s plenary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a large number of security operatives were sighted at strategic positions at the assembly complex very early in the day. The security...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested a suspect accused of vandalising and stealing equipment from an Airtel Telecommunication Company facility in Port Harcourt. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told journalists on Monday that the police operatives arrested the suspected vandal during a stop-and-search operation. “The male suspect...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a significant stride toward economic development and community empowerment, between Borno State and Far North Region of Republic of Cameroon, the Governor of the Far North Region, Midjinyawa Bakari has officially commissioned an international cattle market, a government lodge, and a government day...
Justice, Samira Bature, of a Federal Capital Territory (NAN) High Court on Monday threatened to issue a warrant against a property developer, Cecil Osakwe, and Victor Giwa over their persistent non-appearance for arraignment. Osakwe and Giwa were to be arraigned on a nine-count charge bordering on unlawful eviction and...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abiola Oshodi, has described the appointments of Dr Umar Ganduje and Dr Mary Idele-Alile as rewards for loyalty and dedication to the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Bola Tinubu appointed Ganduje and Idele-Alile as Board...
Hamas has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan. In a press statement on monday, Hamas described the plan as an “aggressive scheme”aimed at displacing Palestinians and undermining their national cause. Hamas said that the Palestinian people, who have...