No fewer than six persons including a former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and his younger brother have been killed by bandits who attacked Kwassam and Sabon Layin communities of the Kauru LGA of Kaduna State. The police are yet to confirm the incident...
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A Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, was on Saturday, unveiled as the brand ambassador of Rowe Motor Oil distributed by a German based company, 9th Integrated Energy Solutions Ltd. Speaking during the endorsement held in Enugu, Mr Okechukwu Benjamin, the Managing Director, of the company, said the deal was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has arrested Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, a lawyer, who has been on the run after she allegedly abused her 10-year-old househelp. The Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Women Affairs, Ohaeri Joseph, disclosed this in a statement issued...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Obviously perplexed by happenings in Nigeria lately, the immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal has decried that, the country is not only in a coma but in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Tambuwal, who is the current Senator Representing Sokoto South...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – President General, Tiv Youths Organisation (TYO), Mr. Aondongu Anza has called for adequate measures to check the influx of violent herdsmen and other criminals and how to stop them from causing mayhem on the Tiv communities in Benue State. Mr. Anza, who...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed how one of its officers foiled a ‘one-chance’ robbery and kidnap attempt in Wuse, Abuja. The NAF officer, identified as Air Commodore John Ijudigal, ensured the arrest of the three suspected robbers and the rescue of...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Some members of the National Assembly in Benue State are plotting to distabilise Governor Hyacinth Alia and to discredit the government before the whole world, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Tersoo Kula has said. Addressing journalists in Makurdi yesterday, the...
The Federal Government has commenced engagements with relevant UN agencies and other stakeholders to end the practice of early child marriage in the country. The agencies are United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Ms Cristian Munduate, UNICEF’s Country Representative, who spoke in Abuja...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, Ibrahim Lamido has registered no fewer than 5,000 students from his constituency for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). This development which was in continuation of...
Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo) has emerged as the All Progressives candidate for the Sept.21 Edo governorship election. Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, the Chairman of the APC Edo governorship primary election committee, said this at the end of the election on Saturday in Benin. Uzodimma said that...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has reopened the head office of Sahad supermarket previously sealed for customers extortion and lack of transparency in prices fixing. The Acting Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Dr Adamu Abdullahi, said this in a statement in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Christian Aid and Cooperazione Internationale with support funding from the European Union has flagged off two days workshop for journalists in Sokoto on disaster reduction and social safety. Given reasons for the training, the organizers said it was geared towards educating the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Some residents in Cross River State have commended Governor Bassey Otu for constructing concrete pavement roads in some parts of Càlabar Municipality and Càlabar South. The State Commissioner for Information, Erasmus Ekpang told newsmen on Friday in Calabar during a facility tour of...
The UK Government said it spent more than 300 million pound sterling delivering programmes and peacekeeping in Africa in 2023 to strengthen security and ensure stability. The UK Minister of State, Cabinet Office, Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during her visit to Nigeria aimed...
The Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), have uncovered 14 sites illegally refining crude oil in Rivers, the Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, has said. Okeke who assumed duty on Thursday, said that the illegal refining site, located on Ataba Island, close to Bonny Island in Rivers,...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops have in the last one week eliminated no fewer than 254 terrorists and apprehended 368 others in different theatres of operation across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving update on the operations of...
No fewer than 150 former State House of Assembly speakers are expected to participate in Adamawa Conference 2024, says Sen. Simon Lalong. Lalong, a former governor of Plateau and the Chairman of the conference, made the disclosure in Yola on Friday, while briefing newsmen ahead of the meeting...
iP The Managing Director (MD), Benue Investment and Property Company, (BIPC), Dr Raymond Asemakaha, has attributed the high level of insecurity in the state to unemployment. Asemakaha stated this on Saturday, while playing host to members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Benue State...
Some wholesalers and retailers of liquor and beverages have decried low level of patronage of their products amidst soaring costs, following price increment by bottling companies across the country. The stakeholders in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday, said there had...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will embark on a two-day nationwide protest from Feb. 27 to Feb. 28, over the worsening economic hardship and insecurity in the country. President of NLC, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this at a news conference at the end of its...