By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government on Monday declared 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. Aruwan said following advice from...
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated its stand to close its 2022 registration exercise on Saturday, March 26, as earlier scheduled. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB said that the sale of...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, AGF has granted a request by the NDLEA to seize the assets of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Malami approved the request by the NDLEA to confiscate assets belonging to Abba Kyari and his co-accused. According...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Sunday led key stakeholders on humanitarian visit to Gwoza LGA to assess reconstruction works in Kirawa, ahead of the resettlement of IDPs in the border community. Zulum was accompanied by personalities from Gwoza who included Senator Muhammad Ali...
▪︎ Says it has 106m litres in stock By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – An end to the protracted fuel scarcity in Abuja may be in sight as 49 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol will be supplied to the nation’s capital on a daily basis. This...
Fans of Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi on Sunday went on rampage immediately after visiting Enyimba International FC of Aba drew goalless with the hosts. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match day 19 fixture had left the fans...
At least 20 persons have been killed by bandits in Ganar-Kiyawa village of Adabka District, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State The latest attack happened on Sunday morning at about 8:30 am when the gunmen stormed the community and started shooting sporadically, killing 20 persons including the village...
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has promised that his government would ensure speedy dispensation of justice in the state. Governor Soludo made the promise while addressing inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Aguata. He decried the fact that some inmates had spent years in the correctional centre...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “deeply distressing” the destruction in Imo State of the buildings and assets of the Police and the home of President General of the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Prof. George Obiozor. In a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba...
The notorious leader of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, Sani Shuwaram, and other terrorists of the sect might have been killed after an airstrike in the Marte axis. PRNigeria revealed that super Tucano jets and other aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) executed multiple bombardments...
A middle-aged woman, identified as Chinwe Okafor, has been arrested for attempting to kidnap and sell children in Umuchigbo, Iji Nike community in Enugu East LGA of state. She pretended to be insane while perpetrating the act. The woman said she hailed from Iyi-Ozubulu in Nnewi, Anambra State but...
A short video showing the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s detention has surfaced online. In the video which lasted 12 seconds, Obiano was seen sipping water from a bottle. He was also discussing with an unidentified person in the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A civil society group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate how over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply has been allegedly squandered by governments since 1999. SERAP made the request in a letter signed by...
When it was built in 1977, it was among the best in Africa. The purpose was to house participants of the Second World Festival of Black Arts and Culture of 1977 (Festac ‘77). The first festival was held in 1966 at Dakar, Senegal. Consisting of 5,000 contemporary dwelling units...
A security alert has emerged revealing that three serving governors are secretly planning to incite violence in the country, particularly the North. According to reports, the three governors who would be completing their 8 years in office in 2023, are from North Central, North East and South-South geopolitical zones....
Mrs Patience Key, the immediate past Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA), USA, says the Russo-Ukraine conflict will affect Nigeria, being an oil producing country. Key told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Sunday that the crisis would affect Africa’s economy and also...
Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant, under the platform of the African Action Congress, AAC, has berated former Super Eagles players for paying a visit to a former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Sowore, in a post on his...
White Witches Association of Nigeria (WWAN), has come out with a damning prediction on the political future of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo to the effect that he would not win the forthcoming presidential election no matter how hard he tries. The Association said that God brought Osibanjo for a...
Former Super Eagles’ players have paid the 2023 presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a visit in his residence. According to a post made by Tinubu Support Group (TSG) on Facebook, the presidential hopeful was presented an award by a foundation founded by one of the former Super Eagles’...