By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has warned Nigerians not to fall prey to fake recruitment advertisements being circulated by unscrupulous persons on the social media. The NIS in a statement on Thursday via its X handle (formerly Twitter), urged the public to disregard...
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The late retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olarewaju Belgore’s illustrious career and dedication to upholding justice have left an indelible mark on Nigeria’s legal system. Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), made this in condolence message...
Kano State Police Command has arrested 54 suspects who are planning to disrupt the Hauwan Daushe in different parts of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Usaini Gumel, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN in Kano on Thursday....
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A female armed bandit confirmed to be an associate of the dreaded and vicious armed bandit kingpin known as Ukum Dekera a.k.a, Chen has been arrested by men of Operation Zenda, a Joint Task Force in the Nigeria Police Force, Benue State...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – To adequately address the challenge of park in Abuja, the Benue State Government has handed over newly acquired park to Benue Links Nigeria Limited to be used as its office and motor park in Abuja. The park which is just a stone...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Division Nigerian Army (NA) and Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH), Major General AE Abubakar, has vowed that the command will take decisive action to seek justice for three operatives who were brutally killed in Plateau recently. Speaking...
The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has confirmed reports that actor, Junior (Jnr) Pope is alive. It would be recalled that the actor was involved in a boating accident earlier on Wednesday evening. Many videos have been shared online showing Pope sitting...
Scores of Iyara people, who were hit by rainstorm in Iyara community, headquarters of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi, on Wednesday failed to celebrate the Eid-el-Fitr events as the natural disaster rendered them homeless. Already, the National President of Iyara Development Association (IDA) Alhaji Aliyu Badaki, has...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of the Dangote Group, on the occasion of his birthday on Wednesday. This is contained in a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelaleon Wednesday in Abuja. Ngelale said that the President...
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has mourned the death of a former Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ahmad Belgore. This is contained in a condolences message issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Rafiu Ajakaye, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in...
The Military Board of Inquiry constituted by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the 17 soldiers killed in Okuama Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, has commenced sitting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the panel convened on Wednesday at the Governor’s Office Annexe in...
The Police Command in Bayelsa on Wednesday confirmed the death of 28-year-old Victor Namabebe to cult rivalry at Amarata, a suburb in Yenagoa. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Musa Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that the cult groups, Greenlanders and the Bobos, clashed...
Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo popularly called, Jnr Pope, is dead. It was gathered that the actor died on Wednesday afternoon during a boat trip for a film production. National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, confirmed to Channels Television that the remains of the...
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to continue to make sacrifice and exhibit integrity for national development. Tinubu said this after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayer at the Eid Ground at Dodon Barracks on Wednesday in Lagos. The President also called on Nigerians to continue to have faith in...
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has disassociated himself from a report that President Bola Tinubu has picked Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State as his preferred candidate for the Nov. 16 Governorship election in the state. A statement issued by Mr Babatunde Alao, the Special Adviser...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo on Wednesday, disclosed that some suspects in connection with the bandits’ killings at Agojeju-Odo and Abejukolo communities in Omala Local Government Area of the state have been arrested. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two communities were attacked by...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has said that there is no rancour over the ascension to the throne of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, as being widely speculated. Governor Makinde stated this while hosting his deputy, Bayo Lawal, and other Muslim faithful within the government who paid him an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Professor Baba Malam Gana has said that several diseases are on the verge of eradication and elimination, including polio, guinea worm as well as maternal and neonatal tetanus in the state. Professor Gana also added...
The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rashidi Ladojaaad, has faulted the position of some Ibadan High Chiefs over the health status of the Olubadan-designate, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. Ladoja while addressing newsmen after Eid-el-Fitri prayer at his residence on Wednesday in Ibadan, said that the comments were mere...
Three persons were confirmed dead while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a Toyota jeep on Fidiwo bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday. According...