No fewer than seven persons have lost their lives while five others injured in an accident on Monday at Kirila village along Birniwa-Malammadori road in Jigawa. Mr Gambo Ibrahim, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in a Road Traffic Crash (RTC) report...
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The Enugu State Government on Monday sealed 106 shops and two banks for allegedly observing Monday’s sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the exercise was carried out by officials of the State Government and Enugu...
Eight occupants of a 2-storey building at Inalende area of Ibadan, on Monday morning escaped death as the building collapsed following a prolonged downpour. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that neighbours and other sympathisers rushed to the scene and rescued all the eight occupants at...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Four suspected members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been apprehended by the Police in Yola, for attempting to attack the residence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The arrest of the four suspects was confirmed by the Atiku Media Office in a...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A panel is set to discuss the implications of digital culture for democracy during the public presentation of a book by the Head of Media Relations at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Omoniyi Ibietan, on Tuesday, 25 July 2023, the publishers of...
The Nigeria Police Academy has opened an online portal for applications for its 10th regular course cadet degree programme by interested and qualified Nigerian candidates. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, added that the online registration...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has eulogised the first female Professor of Yoruba Studies in the world, Prof. Omotayo Olutoye, for her important contributions to the Yoruba language, culture and tradition, saying her works and seminar interventions helped in deepening the knowledge and understanding of...
The Ogun Government says it has begin a public sensitisation on the risk of consuming locally-brewed alcoholic drinks and other products not approved by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr Tomi Coker, made this known in...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to immediate suspend the impeding strike. Abbas made the call at a meeting between the leadership of the House and NARD in Abuja on Monday against the backdrop of...
Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Monday, pledged his support for the family of the founding Chairman of DAAR Communications and African Independent Television (AIT), the late Chief Raymond Dokpesi, over the death of the media icon. This is contained in a statement issued by Chief Press...
On the eve of World Drowning Prevention Day, the European Regional Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) highlighted the urgency of raising awareness on drowning. As a public health issue, this has killed an estimated 20,000 people annually in the European region. “Most of us rarely, if ever,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied insinuation from the public that it has received huge sums of money from the development partners as sponsorship for elections. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed this at a meeting with...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced that it has attracted several partnership requests from the European Union, foreign and domestic entities, State Governments, and the private sector due to its transparency and accountability in delivering its mandate. The NDDC Managing...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kwara Chapter, has advised the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to enrol as many Nigerians as possible into the scheme to cushion fuel subsidy removal. Dr Ola Ahmed, the branch Chairman, gave the advice on the sidelines of the 2023 Annual General Meeting...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, says the 10th Assembly is ready to respond and urgently too, to the yearnings of Nigerians who brought them to the National Assembly. Abbas said this at a stakeholders meeting on the 10th House of Reps Legislative Agenda in...
The immediate past Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has urged President Bola Tinubu to fulfill his promise to implement the 35 per cent affirmative action for women in appointments. Tallen, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
Alhamdulillah! I will like to extend a message of profound gratitude to everyone who contributed to the successful wedding fatiha we hosted on Saturday in Maiduguri. I am and my entire family are deeply honoured and we shall eternally grateful to everyone who supported the event in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been released from hospital on Monday after heart surgery. This happened hours ahead of a key parliamentary vote on his planned judicial reforms. The 73-year-old leader has left the Sheba Clinic near Tel Aviv, a government spokesperson said. He was fitted with a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has dismissed a fake NAF recruitment advert being circulated on social media platforms to defraud unsuspecting applicants. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said “NAF is...