The European Union (EU) has invested 1.5 million euros for the preservation of Cross River’s wildlife, an official has said. EU’s Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms Samuela Isopi, said this during a meeting with Gov. Bassey Otu at the Government...
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The start date for former U.S. president Donald Trump’s trial for attempted election fraud has been pushed back. The court in the capital Washington announced on Friday that the start of the trial, originally scheduled for March 4, would be postponed due to unresolved legal issues in the...
There is heavy presence of security operatives and men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the Saki West State Constituency where INEC is conducting a rerun election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rerun election is holding at polling unit 007 Odo...
A businessman, Mr Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, has filed a N5 trillion suit against the Minister of Works and Housing over alleged copyright infringement. Ibe-Kalu, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1047/2022 before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, sought 22 reliefs. The case filed during President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, alleged that Mr Babatunde Fashola,...
The Police Command in Rivers has denied reports that it released three officers accused of kidnapping and extorting 3,000 dollars from two victims in Rivers. The Spokesperson for the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, clarified the issue in a statement released in Port Harcourt on Saturday. “The attention of...
Heavy security presence at the Model Primary School, Uruagu Ward 3, for the re-run of Nnewi South/South Ikwusigo Federal Constituency election of Anambra as voters turnout en mass. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday reports that the security agencies include the Nigeria Army, Police and operatives...
No fewer than 55 persons have been kidnapped by bandits while escorting a bride along Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Although security agencies are yet to confirm the incident officially, a resident however, told Channels Television on Friday in a telephone call that the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- There was massive turnout of voters at the Tudun Wada 1 and Kofar Fada Polling Units in the Madara/Chinade state Constituency of Bauchi State during the rerun election on Saturday. The voters mostly women, queued up at their various polling units for accreditation and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is over 95 per cent ready to conduct a hitch-free re-run elections in two constituencies within Enugu State as ordered by the Court of Appeal. INEC would conduct a re-run in Igbo-Eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency and Enugu South (Urban) State...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday said military troops have in the last one week killed no fewer than 185 terrorists and kidnappers and apprehended 212 others in various operations across the country. The Director Defence Madia Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, prayed Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to issue a warrant of arrest to compel a former Executive Director on Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli to attend...
The newly appointed Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal capital Territory (FCT), Mr Benneth Igweh has assumed duty with a declaration that “one chance” was not known by law. Addressing personnel of the Command on Friday in Abuja, Igweh said “one chance” is robbery and...
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaib Audu, has said that a three-year roadmap has been developed to resuscitate the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Mill located in Kogi. Audu, while speaking at a media parley on Friday in Abuja, said the plan was part of efforts by the President...
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, says the command will deploy modern digital technology to enhance security in the state. Onwuemelie said this on Friday during an interactive session with newsmen at the end of the State Security Meeting in Nvosi, Isiala South Local Government...
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike says providing infrastructure in rural communities for sustainable growth and development is key in the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu. Wike stated this in Abuja on Friday, while inaugurating the construction of 7.2-kilometre road, linking Gaba and...
Trial of Mamman Ali, son of a former PDP National Chairman, Ahmadu Ali, charged with N2.2 billion subsidy fraud, was on Friday stalled due to absence of a prosecution witness. Ali is standing trial alongside one Christian Taylor and Nasaman Oil Services Ltd. on a 49-count charge...
The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof John Okeniyi, has indicted his predecessor, Dr Olumuyiwa Owojuyigbe, for not following due process in the recruitment waiver approved for the hospital. At an online press conference on Friday, Okeniyi said the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned stakeholders against divisive tendencies, and fake narratives that could undermine national order ahead of Saturday’s re-run and by- election in 26 states. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has forwarded the names of six commissioner nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said one of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said about 5,642 eligible voters are expected to vote in Saturday’s Jigawa re-run election. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Muhammad Bashar, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Dutse on Friday. Bashar said that the re-run would...