Two hundred and one residents of Sharada Quarters, Kano, were on Friday reportedly hospitalised after inhaling chemicals from a cylinder dismantled by metal scrappers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victims were rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Sharada Industrial Hospital and Ja’en Hospital, for urgent...
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The Anambra State Police operatives have arrested a 70-year-old native doctor linked with the unknown gunmen that behead a lawmaker in Anambra State, Okechukwu Okoye. It was gathered that the native doctor was exposed by one of the gunmen that were arrested last week. The security operatives, upon receiving...
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Monday meet with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over the selection of his running mate and strategy for winning the February 25, 2023 presidential election. A ranking member of the BoT confided in one of our correspondents...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the new Appropriation Bill recently passed into law by the National Assembly. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives) Umar El-Yakub said the new law repeals the Appropriation Act passed by the lawmakers in December 2021 and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested no fewer than 39 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday said the suspects were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- A presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said he holds President Muhammadu Buhari in high regard. Reactions had trailed Mr Tinubu’s comments in Abeokuta on Thursday where he said he deserves to lead the nation after helping President...
Few days after President Muhammadu Buhari indicated a template for his successor in the forthcoming APC Presidential Primaries, governors of the ruling party are beginning to rally around Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who is believed to fit the president’s description. Several APC governors were sighted in the Presidential Villa...
Two days after President Muhammadu Buhari indicated a template for his successor in the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Primaries, Governors of the ruling party are beginning to rally behind the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, who is believed to fit the President’s description. As at last...
INEC says it expects about one million voters to cast ballots during the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti. Its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this at Ado-Ekiti on Friday at a roundtable for media executives. Okoye assured Ekiti voters of free,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu against the Department of States Services (DSS). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and substance. The...
The suspended DCP Abba Kyari has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that the extradition request by the U.S. Government for his trial in the alleged internet fraud committed by Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, was not done in good faith. Kyari, through his counsel, Nureni Jimoh, SAN, told Justice...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched the regulations and guidelines for the conduct of general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced this on Friday during a meet of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) at the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday filed a two-count of drug trafficking charged against nine Ghanaians in a Federal High Court in Lagos. The charge is against Victor Wuddah, 30; Freeman Gazul, 25; Joseph Adotete, 31; Moses Scottie, 52; Christian Tettie, 27; Stephen Scottie, 26; Kabu...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in the Wuse area of Abuja has remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, in the Kuje Correctional Facility. Mr. Nwachukwu will be in prison pending the hearing and determination of the homicide-related suit instituted against him by the Attorney...
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission, (FRSC), Cross River Command, Elizabeth Akinlade, has said cycling can keep people healthy, thereby keeping them away from the hospital. She disclosed this on Friday in Calabar at the commemoration of the 2022 World Bicycle Day, celebrated annually on June 3, with...
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Madrid on a return journey to Abuja on Friday at the end of a three-day state visit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s aircraft took off from the Torrejon Airbase, Madrid at about 8.20 a.m. local time for Nnamdi Azikiwe...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, will on Aug. 29 delivered judgment in the extradition suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, over his alleged link with Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, an alleged internet fraudster held United States. Justice Inyang Ekwo...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Residents of Sarkin Kudu area of Bogoro LGA of Bauchi State are still in shock following the discovery, on Thursday, of a newborn baby abandoned by his mother in the area. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the yet to be identified mother left her baby boy...
Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC Ltd., has reiterated the commitment to sustain the strategic energy partnership between Nigeria and Spain. Kyari made this known while addressing Nigerian and Spanish business leaders on investment opportunities in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry in Madrid, Spain. A statement by...
Gas explosion at a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) refiling shop has burnt down shops and injured 20 people in Kano. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the scene of the incident reports that it occurred at a busy area of Sheka quarters, Karshen-Kwalta in...