The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has admonished the area council chairmen in the territory to stay in their domains and develop the communities. Wike stated this on Wednesday in Yangoji, while inaugurating the construction of 11-kilometre rural road to connect Sukuku Ebo and Yangoji...
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An early mor , on Wednesday, gutted the popular Roky Fella Night Club, located at Udoji Street, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, destroying property worth millions of naira. The Ebonyi Chief Fire Officer, Mr Raphael Ibiam, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said he received distress call about the incident around...
An unidentified driver of a mini commercial bus ” Korope”, on Wednesday, died in an accident that occurred on the Olaiya overhead bridge in Osogbo. An eyewitness, Mrs Funmi Adeyemo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident, occurred when the bus driver allegedly slumped while...
The Anambra State Government in collaboration with security operatives on Wednesday rescued six pregnant teenagers from ‘a baby-making factory’ at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, told journalists after the raid that the baby factory where babies...
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi, has said 88.4 million people in Nigeria are living in extreme poverty. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fadeshemi spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna during the distribution of farm inputs and empowerment materials to 250...
The Pastor of Kingdom Power International Christian Praying Centee Ishashi, Lagos, Azuka Ohez and his wife, Mary Ohez, have been remanded by a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court Lagos. The couple were remanded on Wednesday for allegedly aiding in defrauding a lubricant company of N33.8 million. The defendants of no...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Fresh facts have emerged about the alleged criminal activities of the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, recently arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Investigations according to a statement by the anti-graft agency...
)The Nigerian Navy School of Armament Technology (NNSAT), Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna State said it had intercepted three trailers loaded with vandalised railway tracks . The NNSAT Commandant, Commodore Henry Aruomaren, made this known at a news briefing in Kachia on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said a total of 15 drug kingpins, out of the 3,412 drug offenders successfully prosecuted and convicted in 2023, collectively bagged 168 years imprisonment. NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing commanders and officers...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto who is also the President Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III is to commission the newly redesigned and reconstructed Central Mosque on Friday in Nasarawa State. This is contained in a statement...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday, departed Abuja for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire to lend President Bola Tinubu’s unwavering support to the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The spokesperson of the vice-president, Mr Stanley Nkwocha said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that Shettima’s trip to Côte...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Permanent Secretary, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Mr. Temitope Peter Fadeshemi has said that the number of men living on less than 1.90 U.S. dollar day in the country has reached around 44.7 million, while the count was at...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has received the official report of the Jan. 16, explosion that occurred at Adeyi Avenue in Bodija, Ibadan, in which five persons died. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Mr Fatai Owoseni, made this known on Wednesday while briefing newsmen shortly...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum is billed to deliver a public lecture to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) on Friday, 9 February, 2024. Gov Zulum’s lecture titled “Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts: Issues and Challenges” is to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Forum of Ethnic Youth Presidents in Nasarawa State, has called on the federal government of Nigeria, to totally ban the activities of the recently launched Miyetti Allah Vigilante’ Group, in the state. The forum made its position known on Tuesday, while addressing...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Three non-profit organizations, Lawyers in Defence of Good Governance and Democracy (LIDOGG), Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Nigeria, (COCSON), and the Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria (BAVCCA) have declared the allegations of corruption and nepotism leveled against the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Prosecuting witness Three Pw3, in the trial of Ali Bello and Dauda Suleiman who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has told Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that Suleiman usually comes to...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has raised a Special Task Force in all its Zonal Commands for the enforcement of extant laws against currency mutilation and dollarization of the economy. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday via...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated the 9-member Oyo State Elders’ Council, calling on its members to provide his administration with robust suggestions and feedback from across the state. The Council, which has its members drawn from all the zones of the...