The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said on Friday that free train rides were open to no fewer than 340,000 passengers across the country from Dec. 20, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025. NRC acting Managing Director, Mr Ben Iloanuse, made this known while addressing newsmen after a train started the...
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Speaker of House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has urged all relevant stakeholders to collaborate with the house in its investigation on the alleged forceful retirement of no fewer than 1,000 staff members of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Abbas made the call at the opening of the hearing,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy Board has approved the promotion of 146 senior officers to various ranks. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. The breakdown of the promotions released showed that 24 Commodores were...
Troops of Nigeria military have neutralised 212 terrorists, apprehended 317 suspects and rescued 152 kidnapped hostages through a well executed operation across the country in the last one week. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.- Gen. Edward Buba, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said...
The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr Joseph Osanipin, says Nigeria spends approximately 19 million dollars annually on the importation of motorcycle spare parts. Osanipin said this at NADDC’s 2024 end-of-year media briefing on Friday in Abuja. He emphasised the urgent need to reduce...
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) has described the recent comments by the UK Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch , about Nigerian Police as unfair. The National Chairman of PCRC, Alhaji Mogaji Olaniyan, expressed the view in an interview with News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja....
A fire incident has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife and their grandson which affected a storey building at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. General Manager Oyo State Fire...
Rivers State Police Command has announced the arrest of Nwile Bete, 30, a suspected kidnap kingpin during an operation in Port Harcourt. The operation also led to the rescue of a 10-year-old boy allegedly abducted by the suspect. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed the development in a...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has distributed 100 truckloads of rice to residents of the state as part of his efforts to ensure a joyous Christmas and New Year celebrations for families. This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Kingsley Fanwo,...
Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has described the Federal Government’s approval of an agro-allied cargo airport in Ekiti as the best thing to happen to the state in the outgoing year 2024. It would be recalled that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently granted license to the Ekiti state...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, will hold a one-day open crusade on Monday, December 23 in Ilogbo-Ekiti. Ilogbo-Ekiti is a community in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti. The crusade, themed ‘Operation Light Up Ilogbo-Ekiti’, is organised by the Ilogbo-Ekiti...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe State Police Command has detained a 29-year-old man (name withheld) who allegedly posed as a Navy officer and defrauded several traders in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement issued in Damaturu on Friday. Abdulkarim said the...
A former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the allocation of N4.91 trillion to defence and security in the 2025 budget underscores the present administration’s seriousness and political will to end insurgency and other security challenges. Okupe, a former Director-General of Mr Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation in...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State over the unfortunate incident that claimed the lives several young people at a High School in Ibadan. Governor Ododo said he was saddened by the stampede in Ibadan...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Council FCT Council has mourned the sudden demise of the former Secretary of the Council, Mrs. Rafat Idris. Mrs Rafat died in the early hours of Friday, December 20th 2024, in Abuja after a brief illness. In a statement...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has described as illegal and unconstitutional, the suspension of the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 18 Local Government Areas in Edo State. Fagbemi said the removal from office or suspension of any elected LG official in the country...
The ICPC has revealed that the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), and 13 other agencies failed to meet the requirements of its 2024 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard (EICS). This announcement highlights the failure of several key institutions to meet the required ethical...
Three persons have died in a series of bomb explosions in Bassa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Five others sustained injury in the tragic incidents has left behind a trail of death and destruction. The Council Chairman of Shiroro Local Government, Akilu Kuta, confirmed the...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has said the nation has achieved significant progress in its fight against insecurity, as the security agencies recorded 80 per cent success against kidnapping. Ribadu, who stated this while inaugurating the Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell (MAAKFC) on Thursday in Abuja, commended...