Gunmen, suspected to be abductors, on Tuesday kidnapped a senior matron serving with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla in Enugu State. Dr Augustine Duru, Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) UNTH Chapter, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the federal capital; Abuja is safe and free for foreigners to conduct their businesses. Wike stated this when the Ambassador of Poland to Nigeria, Mrs Joanna Tarnawska, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday. He said...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has raised alarm over planned attacks on schools and rural farm communities in the state. Governor Adeleke raised the alarm in a statement by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Tuesday in Osogbo. He said that intelligence snippets,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted leave to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), to appeal the decision of the court dismissing his no-case submission in the charge against him. Justice James Omotosho also gave Ndifon’s lawyer, Mr...
The Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), says the opposition caucus will support the quest for payment of a living wage to Nigerian workers. Chinda made the promise while addressing journalists on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that no lawmaker was happy over the current...
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Tuesday sentenced a fake investigator, Mohammed Momoh to seven years imprisonment for defrauding Mrs Mario Al -Makura, wife of former governor of Nasarawa state. Kekemeke sentenced Momoh based on the charge preferred against him by the Economic and financial...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The House of Representatives has called for a full investigation of attack and killing of the people of Wa-ndoo community in Mbakyor, Mbalom in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. The call followed a motion by a member of the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has condemned the recent threats to the life of the First Lady, Remi Tinubu, describing it as a “national embarrassment.” He said he was disappointed and frustrated that the death threats came from someone from Bauchi State. NATIONAL ACCORD...
‘Carnival’ by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign, featuring Rich The Kid and Playboi Carti has topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ which topped the chart last week, dropped to second while ‘Lovin On Me’ by Jack Harlow was rated third. ‘Beautiful Things’...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State University (PLASU) in Bokkos has raised concerns about the ongoing encroachment of the campus area by herders and called for improved security measures to address the issue. During a meeting with Plateau State Commissioner of Police, CP Hassan Steve Yabanet, Vice...
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday adjourned until May 2, contempt of court proceedings against the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Justice Akintunde Savage adjourned the proceedings after dismissing the prayer of FHA counsel, Mr Chris Ekemezie, to strike out forms 48 and 49 filed against FHA. Form 48...
By CHRISTIANA LOT , Jos – Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has signed Executive Order No. 003, 2024 in an effort to tackle the issues of unregulated urban development and chaotic traffic within the state. The announcement was made by Arc. Hart Bankat, General Manager of the Jos...
The pension fund assets has appreciated by N1.17 trillion to N19.53 trillion as at Jan. 31, as against N18.36 trillion recorded in Dec. 31, 2023. This is contained in the National Pension Commission’s (PenCom’s) unaudited report on the Pension Funds Industry Portfolio for the period ended Jan. 31....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N4,439,259,692.78 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of January, 2024. The amount represent a slight decline when compared to N4,816,227,915.56 billion shared in...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Monday, March 11, 2024, told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, how Emefiele allegedly signed and approved...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army have uncovered and neutralised a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory, operated by armed fighters of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in Delta. The Army’s spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has suspended four members, including a state executive member, the ward chairman of Old Maiduguri, the ward secretary of Old Maiduguri, and a ward executive member, for trading food palliatives approved by Governor...
The Abia Government says it has commenced investigation into the death of a student of Abia State University (ABSU), who lost his life in a clash between rival cult groups. The state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr Okey Kanu, made this known on Monday during a press...
The Lack of steady power supply, further worsened by insurgency, has continued to affect businesses and other activities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three states, known as BAY states, are the worst affected by the activities of insurgency...
A 22- year old man, Aliyu Muhamadu, who was accused of participating in hostage taking on Tuesday denied ever confessing to being a kidnapper in a Federal High Court Ibadan. Muhamadu, was testifying before Justice Ekerete Akpan at the resumed trial in a case of alleged hostage taking...