Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Steve Crown has survived a car crash. The music star took to his Instagram post on Monday, May 9 to share clips of the damaged car while singing praises to God. In the video, Crown could be seen lip-syncing to his hit song ‘Your Love’...
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Dr Mufutau Raji, a chartered banker, has identified insecurity and high porous borders as some of the factors responsible for the slow growth of industralisation in Nigeria. Raji said this while delivering a lecture to mark the 76th birthday of Alhaji Khamis Olatunde-Badmus, the Asiwaju Muslim Yorubaland, Edo and...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says some 1,607,975 candidates have been registered for the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, set to begin on May 16. The Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) through its Women Employment Branch (WEB) on Monday flagged off a 5 day training workshop forDirector General of NDE, Malam Nuhu Fipko, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), sokoto State, . 130 women in Sokoto on diverse skills. According...
Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker of the House of Representatives, on Monday, walked out Kingsley Obiora, the representative of Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor in a meeting. Emefiele had shunned the invitation of the leadership of the House over the crisis in the aviation sector. Instead, the CBN governor sent...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Professor Stephen Ochang, a lecturer at Cross River State University of Technology and leader of Peter Obi Candidacy Movement has urged Nigerians and PDP delegates to ensure that he emerge the candidate of the party. Addressing journalists at the Ernest Etime Bassey Press Centre...
A video has surfaced showing how drugs are packed in canned drinks. The revelation was made by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who discovered the drugs conveniently hidden in canned drinks. The agency warned Nigerians to be very careful when collecting such materials...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says sudden appearance of fuel queues in parts of Abuja is due to low load-outs at depots. The NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Department, Mallam Garba Muhammed said in a statement on Monday that...
A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Joseph Akinde, said that some women who are not pregnant or nursing a baby may secrete milk abnormally from their breasts if they have very high prolactin levels in their system. Dr. Akinde stated that it is possible for a woman who is...
The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele’s alleged involvement in politics on Sunday attracted more strong condemnations, with senior lawyers and other eminent Nigerians calling for his immediate resignation. Senior lawyers and top politicians, who spoke separately to The PUNCH, stated that Emefiele’s continuous stay as the...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Arthur Nzeribe, is dead. He was 83 years old at the time of his death. The former lawmaker who represented Imo West district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly died on Sunday, family sources have said According to...
Suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday attacked a trailer carrying cattle. In a viral video on the internet, the trailer bearing the cattle was seen going up in flames, while cattle which alighted from the truck were seen wandering without direction. Sources said...
Most filling stations in Abuja have been shut down following scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the situation has caused long queues of vehicles at various filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A NAN...
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has assured customers of its ability and technical competence to provide safe and stable electricity supply. AEDC’S Chief Marketing Officer, Mr Donald Etim said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the AEDC was...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the 2022 Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS) for 38 participants alongside orientation of loans to be disbursed to the 2021 trainees of the scheme in Sokoto. Speaking at the event, the State Coordinator of NDE,...
Palpable apprehension and concern have heightened in Gombe over attempts by the State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, to stifle the press and free speech. No fewer than three journalists have either been arrested, harassed or intimidated over trumped-up charges of ‘libel’ and ‘defamation’, after publishing factual ‘investigative’ stories. Yahaya,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of psychoactive substances in Kaduna, Yobe and Plateau States. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said a drug dealer, Obinna Anene, a.k.a Young Alhaji, was arrested...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two pregnant women and a barber at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to import and export illicit drugs. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that...
Ideas Nigeria Movement (INM) says calls by various persons and associations for Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to resign his position is baseless. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INM is a group of Nigerians with a focus on national...