The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested a 21 year-old undergraduate of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Anthony Oscar, for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old girl. Mr Oluyemi Ibiloye, NSCDC State Commandant, made this known while parading the suspects and two others on...
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said the decision to remove petroleum subsidy was a challenging one, but a necessary step to secure long term energy security and foster economic growth for the country. The president said this while officially opening the 7th edition of the Nigeria International Energy...
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has expressed sadness following the tragic building collapse at Odu-Igbo Market, Ochanja, Anambra, that claimed five lives. Soludo, while addressing residents at the scene of the incident, on Tuesday, announced that 26 individuals had been rescued and hospitalized, while five persons died. He...
The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately address hunger and economic hardship in the country. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this when addressing workers during a peaceful protest from its headquarters to the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja. The protesting workers...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and civil society groups in Osun on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo on the rising cost of living in the country. The protesters who carried placards with various inscriptions such as; ‘Nigerians are hungry, ‘say no to Naira devaluation’, amongst others,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 29-year old suspected car snatcher, Ahmed Mohammed, a resident of Polo High-Court, Borno State. A white Toyota Highlander Jeep with registration number ABC-65PK, suspected to have been stolen by the suspect was also recovered from him....
Workers came out in their numbers in Plateau to peacefully protest against the prevailing economic hardship in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that local, state, and federal governments workers, took to the streets of Jos carrying placards with different inscriptions to express their displeasure...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has successfully dismantled and arrested members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America in a 12-day well-coordinated operation leading to the seizure of the single largest...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A total of 832 artisans, mostly orphaned as a result of the over one decade long Boko Haram insurgency, have graduated from the Borno State Enterprise Institute. The event was presided over by the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Tuesday at the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has expressed his willingness to cooperate with the probe panels as long as the investigation is carried out in line with the law as he claimed that his administration was built on transparency,...
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have stormed the National Assembly (NASS) complex in Abuja on Tuesday as they continued their protests over the rising cost of living in the country. The protesters who were carrying placards with diverse inscriptions, arrived at the National Assembly around 10...
A lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to Supreme Court over alleged failure to promulgate an order to bring Part 1 of the Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act, 1990 into operation since its enactment in 1960 to commence on Feb. 1, 1961. Ekpenyong,...
Governor of Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia on Tuesday inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry to investigate the administration of former governor, Samuel Ortom. The commissions are the Benue Income and Expenditure Commission of Inquiry 2024 and the Sale/Lease of Government Assets, Companies, and Markets (both State and...
No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead following Lassa Fever outbreak in the Katsina State. The state Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Umma Ahmed, confirmed the outbreak of the disease to newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna. She stated that an initial six samples were collected to confirm...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) protest in Borno State has been truncated with security threats from uniform policemen, who stationed themselves within the vicinity of the labour office as early as 6.03 am and blocked all major roads linking the NLC State Secretariat...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Benue State chapter has risen from an expanded caucus meeting with the readiness to reclaim power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Speaking during the meeting, the immediate past Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom said...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – As days continue to pass and the ultimatum given to the Fulani herdsmen to leave Benue lasts. the violent herdsmen have also continued to attack and kill the innocent Benue people without any form of provocation. Few days ago, the Benue State...
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Lagos converged under the Ikeja bridge early on Tuesday to begin their two-day protest over the high cost of living in the country. Traffic on the Awolowo Road leading to the under bridge Ikeja mounted as the protesters gathered, chanting...
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Tuesday convicted a false investigator, Mohammed Momoh for defrauding Mrs Mario Al -Makura, wife of former governor of Nasarawa state. Kekemeke convicted Momoh based on the charge preferred against him by the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) bordering...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) of the United Kingdom has appointed the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris J. Maiyaki, into its International Advisory Committee (IAC). Maiyaki’s appointment, which was conveyed in a letter by the Director of International...