BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto -. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said the planned nationwide subsidized disposal of seized grains to Nigerians has been temporary suspended over stampede that led to the lost of some lives at customs office in Yaba, Lagos State. The National Public Relations Officer of...
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The Federal Government on Monday flagged off “Lights Up Nigeria Project’ in South-East aimed at providing electricity across the country. Flagging of the project in Enugu during the South East Business roundtable, the Vice President Sen. Kashim Shettima, said the project was the reassurance of the federal government...
Taraba State Police Command in collaboration with local hunters have rescued 40 kidnapped victims in Yorro Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr David Iloyanomon, said the success was achieved due to strategic use of the local hunters, who were familiar...
A former governor of Benue, Dr Samuel Ortom, has debunked rumours making the rounds that he is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another political party. Ortom made the clarification during the party’s stakeholders meeting on Monday in Makurdi. The former governor said he remained a member...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – Tanzania is all set to welcome Ministers and Attorneys-General to the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting, which will open in Zanzibar on March 4, 2024. Held every two years, the meeting of law ministers is a leading platform for collaboration among the 56 Commonwealth...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday said it has deployed personnel and placed them on red alert ahead of the Feb. 27 and Feb. 28 proposed protest by members of the organised labour. The Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said in a...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, fixed March 19 for ruling in the bail application and preliminary objection to his trial commencement filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice Binta Nyako fixed the date after counsel for the Federal...
The Federal Executive Council has adopted the Steve Oronsaye report on the reform of the civil serviceIdri to cut cost of governance. Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris disclosed this at the end of the council meeting on Monday in Abuja. He said that some Ministries,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has flagged off the distribution of empowerment equipment to nstituents of Borno Central Senatorial District, which were procured and donated by Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan,. He commended Senator Lawan for such gesture at this critical period of economic...
At least 15 Catholic worshippers have been killed in a Burkina Faso village when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for mass at a church in the country’s conflict-hit northern region, church officials said. Sunday’s violence in the village of Essakane was a “terrorist attack” that left 12...
Last Wednesday, Ghanaian social media personality, Mona Faiz Montrage, widely known as Hajia4Reall, pleaded guilty in a $2Million romance scam case in the United States of America (USA). Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, while announcing Haji4Reall’s guilty pleas, stated that...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said the registration for its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ends on Monday, Feb.26. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that...
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) on Monday said it has executed no fewer than 134 projects in various sectors across Taraba. Managing Director/CEO, NEDC, Mr Muhammed Alkali, stated this when the management and Board of the commission visited Gov. Agbu Kefas in Jalingo. Alkali said that they...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Commissioner of Health and Human Resources, Professor Baba Malam Gana has said that the level of tuberculosis cases in the state informed the intervention of the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve on the health emergency in the state. Declaring...
Troops of the Nigerian military have eliminated two wanted armed bandits’ leaders, Baldo and Baban Yara, together with scores of their foot soldiers. The warlords were behind the coordination of movement and exchange of kidnapped victims within camps in the Zamfara/Katsina axis. A defence intelligence source confirmed to...
Nollywood veteran actress, Rita Edochie, has urged parents to live up to their responsibilities and be active in the lives of their children. The renowned actress, who took to her Instagram page @ritaedochie to give the advice, said parents should stop running away from their responsibilities as regard...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, declared that despite the challenges and hardship facing the country, all hands must be on deck to repair the economy rather than trade blames. The governor maintained that one of the ways to achieve such repair is...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The former Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson, has lauded the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, for the achievements of the Commission under his stewardship. Senator Dickson, representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, spoke at Ayakoro...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has flagged off the distribution of palliatives for victims of the 2022 flood disaster in communities across the 25 local government areas of Delta State. Speaking during the presentation ceremony at the Sapele Athletic Club in Sapele,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has unveiled 110 HIJET mini trucks procured and donated by Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno as empowerment and for onward distribution to beneficiaries mostly Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs from Borno North Senatorial District. The empowerment initiative is coming at...