Police in Mozambique have warned bald men that they could be at risk of attack after a spate of killings thought to be motivated by a local belief that their hairless heads contain gold. It was gathered two people have been arrested in the central province of Zambezia over...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says votes will count in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun, billed for June 18 and July 16 respectively. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information, Voter Education and Publicity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN in Lagos...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday said it had arrested a 27-year-old man, Ibrahim Sikiru, for allegedly killing his father with a machete at Onipanu area of the state. The Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The Federal Government’s revised COVID-19 travel protocol for travellers arriving in Nigeria is scheduled to take effect from Monday. This is according to the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha. The new protocol stipulates that in-bound passengers to Nigeria who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19...
The Federal Government has disbursed N1.3 billion to 100,043 less privileged and poor households under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in Katsina State. CCT is a critical component of the FG’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) designed to support the poor and vulnerable families, eradicate poverty and enhance...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar at the weekend, led a team of the management staff for an on the spot assessment of the current state of facilities in State House, Dodan Barracks, the former seat of government, in Ikoyi, Lagos. The facility...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “enforce the judgment by the ECOWAS Court of Justice compelling your government to delete the offence of ‘insulting or stalking public officials online’ from the Cybercrime Act.” In an open letter dated...
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike’s presidential ambition has received crucial support in Sokoto state following the endorsement of influential market leaders and a support group over his contributions to the development of the state, including a generous donation for the reconstruction of a market last year.The state branch of the...
Seven months after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) asked the Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi to go back and do his homework properly and represent the memo proposing that an unknown company be approved to implement a multi-billion Naira Railway security contract, the Minister is yet to do so. Facts...
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra, has given the assurance that he will lead his brother governors in the Southeast to engage the Federal Government on dialogue to handle insecurity situation in the zone. Soludo said that an expeditious release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of proscribed Indigenous...
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State says “since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, the country has never had a better government and President like Muhammad Buhari.” The governor disclosed this on Saturday in Katsina during a rally organised by the beneficiaries of the Federal government’s Social investment Programme...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – A presidential aspirant of the APC, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Muslim faithful and non-Muslims alike to renew and strengthen their faith and trust in God and His great mercy. Tinubu, who is the former Governor of Lagos State, made the call in a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Saturday began the Ramadan fast in his hometown, Mafa, in Borno State, where he spent Friday night and flagged off the spiritual exercise. Mafa is headquarter of Mafa Local Government Area in the central part of the...
According to officials aware with the situation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Nigerian socialite Cubana Chief Priest on charges of money laundering and tax fraud. His real name is Pascal Okechukwu, and he was detained at the Lagos airport on Thursday, but anti-graft officials kept quiet...
In simultaneous airstrikes, fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force have eliminated over a hundred terrorists at Sangeko Forest in Zamfara, New Kusawa in Kaduna and Tumbuns in Borno State. In the Northeast, and after days of intelligence gathering, a ‘spy operative’ of the Nigerian military told PRNigeria that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to back Iyiola Omisore as the new National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wole Soyinka in his argument maintained that Mr Omisore, remains a prime suspect in the unsolved murder case of...
The ongoing renovation work of the National Arts Theatre Complex will be completed and inaugurated in November, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said. Mohammed spoke on Saturday shortly after undertaking an inspection tour of work done so far on the facility. He lauded the Bankers’ Committee for providing...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed to hire foreign mercenaries to fight against terrorists following the Monday night attack on a Kaduna-bound train. He also stated that four others of the seven Northwestern states—Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto—may join him to hire foreign mercenaries if the Federal Government...
Many passengers have been stranded after power outage hit a section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. It was gathered that power challenge at the airport worsened since three days ago. According to Punch report, the departure lounge of the International Airport, Lagos, was the most affected...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed the safety of about 170 passengers that were on board the attacked AK9 Abuja to Kaduna train on March 28. Mr Fidet Okhiria, the NRCs Managing Director, said in a statement on Saturday that the corporation was however collaborating with relevant authorities...