A soldier who was nabbed for collaborating with ISWAP terrorists has killed himself while being escorted to the barrack. PRNigeria gathered that the soldier with one the Battalions of the Nigerian Army in the North-East was discovered by military intelligence operatives for his involvements in recent attacks on brothels...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – No fewer than thirty-eight newly promoted police inspectors were decorated with their new ranks at the Conference hall of the Zone 6 Headquarters, Calabar. The Assistant Commissioners of Police ACP Ngozi Ezeabata (DFA) and ACP Ogunjide Joseph psc (ZDOPS) who decorated the officers on behalf...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has condemned supporters of a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for describing the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, as a traitor and betrayer for declaring to run for...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Management of Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday said the state government has nothing to do with its decision to pull out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Management of the University stated this in a...
The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted contraband which Duty Paid Value was put at N31. 4 from April 1 to date. Alhaji Wada Cedi, Comptroller in charge of Katsina, made this known while displaying the goods before newsmen in Katsina. He said that the goods...
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has called for international partnerships to tackle the rising levels of insecurity in Nigeria, maintaining that the situation is beyond President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor said this on Thursday, explaining that insecurity is not peculiar to the country. “It is because people...
The Federal Government of NIgeria has extradited a wire fraud suspect popularly known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ to the United States over an alleged $148,000 fraud. The suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin is wanted in the US on a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, the spokesman for...
Kperogi’s article on Osinbajo is full of inaccuracies, says Ben Akabueze By ETIM ETIM The Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze has stated that Farooq Kperogi’s recent article in which he alleged that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo favours mostly RCCG members in his...
The Federal Government says the Badagry Seaport is estimated to generate about 2.6 billion dollars and create 5,000 direct and indirect jobs when operational. Mr Micheal Ohiani, the Acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concesion Regulatory Commission (ICRC), said this when he led a team to visit the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi...
Fire has destroyed the tomb shelter of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, in the Agodo area of Ikotun, Lagos State. It was learnt that the fire started around 6.30pm on Wednesday. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity told the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 978 regular, special marshals and road traffic crash respondents are to be deployed before, during and after the 2022 Eid-el Fitr celebration across Bauchi state, the Federal Road Safety Corp has said. In a statement made available to our correspondent on...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi says Nigeria is still worth fighting for, in spite of its current challenges across the country. Fayemi, one of the Presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), made the assertions on Wednesday during his consultation visit to the Olubadan of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to address issues that necessitated the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions. President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, made the call when he addressed newsmen shortly before going into a...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has imposed a curfew on Gudum Hausawa community located in the outskirts of Bauchi metropolis. A statement issued on Wednesday by the governor’s media aide, Mr. Mukhtar Gidado, said the curfew was imposed following a community clash where three...
Zamfara State Government has dethroned the Emir of Zurmi, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of Dansadau, Alhaji Hussaini Umar, on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in banditry. The government also removed Alhaji Suleiman Ibrahim, District Head of Birnin Tsaba, in Zurmi Local Government Area from office, for a similar...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared Mr Farah Dagogo wanted for alleged hiring of cultists to attack the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt. Wike disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to Governor...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Nigeria to develop Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, as part of the quest for food security in the country. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the Bank and a former Minister of Agriculture, disclosed this while briefing President Muhammadu...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has ordered the immediate arrest of the leaders of the illegal group, ‘Hunters and Forests Security Guards for causing a heavy security breaches on the streets of Makurdi and forcefully shaving a young lady’s hair. The Governor who distanced...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has began documentation and training of 46 cooks for the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Sokoto. The participating cooks who were drawn two each from the 23 LGAs of Sokoto State...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into the adoption of children from the Kaduna State Orphanage home. The state Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, who confirmed this to NAN in Kaduna on Wednesday, said the investigation followed a petition to...