The United State on Friday donated five mobile detection system vans and other equipment worth $2 million Nigeria Police Force Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the equipment was presented in Lagos byMr Steward Voit, Sustainability Manager, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of...
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ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Hundreds of youths in Yelwa area, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis, took to the street to protest the alleged stabbing of three residents by a police officer, which led to their death. The irate youth, who blocked the Dass Road from Elim Church junction to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Concerned Nigerians advocacy group has issued a 7 day ultimatum to EFCC to probe Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential aspirant over his source of income. The group made the call on Friday in a petition that was addressed to the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Lagos on Friday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the summit would focus on the political situation in Mali...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja admonished the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or to settle personal disputes. The President, who gave the warning at the unveiling of EFCC’s Standard Operating Procedures, Policies and Manuals, at the State House, urged...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday debunked a report that its officers were smuggling Indian hemp and alcohol into its custodial centres. Its Public Relations Officer, DSC Monday Chukwuemeka, stated in Enugu that the false and malicious allegation...
Did you miss FirstBank’s recent webinar on 8 March 2022, to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) – themed Breaking the Bias – and are yet to recover from the grumble of missing the event, following the experiences and excitement shared by participants? Letting the cat out of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Babangida Yaro, a staff of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), Yelwa Office, in Bauchi state, and his wife have been reportedly killed in a ghastly auto crash that happened along Bauchi-Gombe road on Thursday. The vehicle the couple was traveling in was said to...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – Health of Mother Earth Foundation, (HOMEF) has raised concern over another oil spill by Agip PLC at Lasukugbene, a community in Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State following the burst of pipelines. The foundation in a statement signed by the Media/ Communication Lead, Kome...
A team of scientists have developed an oral male contraceptive that will expand birth control options — as well as responsibilities — for men, AFP reports. The birth control pill was found to be 99 per cent effective in mice, without causing side effects, and could enter human trials...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) says there is over 1.6 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) available for nationwide distribution. Malam Mele Kyari, NNPC Group Managing Director, made this known at the official unveiling of the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – The Adamawa State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with 1,000 sachets of Tramadol concealed in a Television and Sound speakers in Yola. The state police spokesman, ASP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday in...
The Chairman, Media and Publicity Sub-Committee for the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2022 National Convention, Governor Abdullahi Sule has released the programme of events for the party’s March 26 National Convention. Below is the programme of events for the convention scheduled to hold at the Eagle Square, Abuja, as...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended action on court orders and motions regarding the defection of Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and his Deputy, Chief Kelechi Igwe. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has hosted the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu, to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the get-together was to show Buhari’s appreciation to the critical...
The Federal Government has disclosed that the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states, scheduled for completion in February 2022, is now 91 per cent completed. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this announcement on Thursday during the Special Weekly ministerial briefing at the State House...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As the coast gradually gets set for the 2023 political race, Sagir Dalhatu Bafarawa, son of former governor of Sokoto State has indicated interested in succeeding Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Bafarawa, who resigned his appointment recently as the Sokoto State Commissioner of Environment, said...
National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has donated a Centre of Leadership Development worth one billion naira to Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. LASU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, announced the donation at the 25th convocation lecture of LASU on Thursday. The theme of the Convocation...
The Debt Management Office (DMO), says borrowings by countries to finance budget deficits and critical infrastructure is not necessarily bad. The Director-General of DMO, Patience Oniha, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. She spoke on the sideline of an...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed readiness to probe allegations of inhumane treatment meted out to Nigerians employed at Chinese-run quarries in the Obafemi-Owode area of Ogun state, as well as other acts of abuse. An undercover investigation published by TheCable Newspaper had...