Ogun Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said three persons have died and two others injured in a road accident on Sunday, along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, told newsmen in Abeokuta that the accident involved a Volvo mini truck and a Nissan...
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The Nigerian Navy says it is providing security and ferrying stranded commuters across the flooded East-West Road linking Port Harcourt, Rivers and Yenagoa in Bayelsa. Sub-Lieutenant Tochukwu Okeke, the Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, a unit of Central Naval Command, said in an interview with the...
Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Saturday inspected the newly-built Asphalt Plant at Emene, Enugu, by an indigenous construction company, Eketeson Resources International Limited. Ugwuanyi commended the resilient spirit of indigenes of the state in excelling in their various business endeavours nationally and internationally, in spite of the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly and thoroughly investigate the spending of Ecological Fund by governments at...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 542 stranded Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr Manzo Ezekiel, Head, Press Unit, NEMA, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on board Max...
The corpse of 31 years old footballer, Earnest Peremobowei has been recovered two days after drowning at Yenebelebiri community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. The remains of deceased who died after saving five other occupants of the boat, has since been deposited in the Federal Medical...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart Abuja for Seoul, South Korea to participate in the First World Bio Summit, 2022. The presidential spokesman Mr Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, said the summit is jointly organized by the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the people of Benue state over the recent attacks by suspected herdsmen on parts of Logo and Guma local government areas of the state. The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Garba...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – With the increasing vulnerability of the people to widespread hazards and disasters, particularly flooding, the Network of Civil Society in Environment (NCSE), Kaduna Capital Territory Authority (KCTA) and leading members of civil society organizations have called citizens to be part of on going campaign to...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Former Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has congratulated Igwe Alfred Achebe on his 20th coronation anniversary as the Obi of Onitsha. Achebe ascended the throne on May 14, 2002, at the age of 61 years. Obiano in his congratulatory message on Saturday, said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), ha commended Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State for banning betting in the state. The MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola gave the commendation in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. Recall that Governor Soludo had on Friday banned...
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has cautioned Nigerians against panic buying of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), cooking gas, as a result of the force majeure declared by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. (NLNG). Its president, Mr Oladapo Olatunbosun, made the appeal in a statement on...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has received the Nigerian Excellence Award in Pubic Service for his inroads in the agricultural sector. President Muhammadu Buhari presented the award to Engr. Sule, at a ceremony inside the presidential villa, in Abuja, on Friday. Gov Sule...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Voting has now commenced for the 5th Edition of the Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards (GFIIA) as members of the public are once again provided with the opportunity to select their most preferred recipient among the 15 shortlisted nominees across the categories of the...
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that 23 persons lost their lives to flooding and windstorm in 25 LGAs of the state. Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Saleh Jili disclosed this at an event to mark the 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)...
More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria need humanitarian assistance, 60 per cent of which include children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, UNICEF has announced. A statement by the UNICEF on Friday in Abuja, said the floods, which affected 34 out of the 36 states in the country,...
A Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPC), representing Anambra, Mr Chidi Ezeoke, says calls for postponement of 2023 national population and housing census are ill-advised. Ezeoke made the assertions, while addressing journalists on Friday in Awka, on the preparations for the Trial Post Enumeration Survey (PES). He said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the demise of Tunde Mark, the eldest son of the former Senate President, Sen. David Mark. In a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina on Friday in Abuja, the President commiserated with friends, relations, and...
A pastor in charge of Living Faith in Lokoja, Pastor Fred Attabo, 68, is dead, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Church Associate Pastor, Edwin Okolo who confirmed the death of his boss described it as “very shocking.” Okolo, however, refused to speak further on incident but promised...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said aside from the extractive industry, agriculture and food processing especially, the export of manufactured and processed food, is really where the potential and wealth of Nigeria lie. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Friday in Abuja at the...