Members of the House of Representatives have called on the Inspector General of Police to take over the investigation into the death of Dowen College Student, Sylvester Oromoni and place the suspects on the no-fly list. The lawmakers during plenary on Tuesday said the Inspector General of Police needs...
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By MARK JANG, Jos – The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, has said equipping Nigerians with technical skills acquisition is an enduring solution to the spate of unemployment in the country. Sir Ari stated this on Tuesday in Jos at a media forum organised...
A labour leader, Mr Issa Aremu, has described the travel ban by the United Kingdom and other Western countries on Nigeria and some Southern African countries, as Afro-phobia. Aremu, the Director General, Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), made the assertion in an interview with newsmen on...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed March 7, 2022, for trial-within-trial in a money laundering case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, and other. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date, on Tuesday, at...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday sentenced two Internet fraudsters to 14 months imprisonment. In two separate judgments, Justice Uche Agomoh held that she convicted and sentenced Ismail Olugbemiro and Victor Falana based onthe evidence before her as well as the plea bargain agreement they each...
By BARBARA KALU, Akwa – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident involving two vehicles at Ogbunike Hill, Onitsha-Awka Expressway, claimed the lives of two male adults. The Corps Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to newsmen in Awka, said the accident...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – THE Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed that a total of 1147 communities across the country will benefit from special intervention projects under the School Base Management Committee (SBMC). He made this disclosure during the National flag...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday night visited soldiers injured during a fierce battle, on Friday, between troops and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists at Rann, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon, in Kala Balge LGA of the state....
The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has said the commission is collaborating with Innoson Motors to train about 100 persons of concerns to build their capacity in automobile engineering. Hajiya Sulaiman-Ibrahim disclosed this when Humanitarian Journalists visited her in Abuja....
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – American microblogging and social networking service provider, Twitter, has agreed to the majority of the conditions laid out by the Federal Government of Nigeria in order for its (Twitter’s) service to be restored in the country. In a letter it wrote to the Federal...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against granting sick permission to Dr Ngozi Olejeme, aEfcv, fraud,us, Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, Federal High Court Abuja, former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, to travel to South Africa and the United...
Mr Kim Young-Chae, Ambassador of Korea to Nigeria, on Monday said that his country would provide US$12.4 million for the construction of solar mini-grids in Nigeria. Kim said this in his address at the “Stand-alone mini grid project” presentation ceremony, granted by the Korean Government, held in Abuja. The...
An Ado Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced 24-year-old Ebenezer Olorunleke to death by hanging for killing his own brother. Justice Bamidele Omotoso said the prosecution had discharged the burden on Olorunleke Ebenezer and established beyond reasonable doubt the defendant was guilty as charged. “The sentence of the count...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Adama Barrow of The Gambia on his re-election for a second term of five years. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, the President also congratulated The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for dutifully handling...
The family of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), the late 12-year-old Dowen College student, has hired the firm of a foremost human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute its case against the institution over the death of their son. According to the letter, written by Falana to the office...
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has commended Nigeria for its huge investment in health security during the fight against COVID-19. The Emergency Preparedness and Response Cluster Lead of the WHO in Nigeria, Dr Rex Mpazanje, gave the commendation on Monday in Abuja, at a three-day Technical Meeting of the...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Senator Jariigbe Agom, representing Cross River North Senatorial District, has said education, politics and ethnicity can make or Mar a nation. The lawmaker disclosed this during a public lecture which he delivered at the main auditorium of the International Conference Hall at the University of...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Linda Ayade, Wife of Governor Ben Ayade on Monday said the state government is targeting no less than nine hundred children across the 18 local government Area’s for the second phase of vaccination against Poliomyelitis. The First Lady said this in Calabar during the official...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A vote of no confidence has been passed on the Commissioner of Education, Dr. Aliyu Tilde, by the Bauchi State House of Assembly even as they withdrew his confirmation. The lawmakers said their action was because Tilde allegedly disrespected them during the budget defense of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Commissioner of Women Affairs and Child Development, Bauchi State, Hajiya Hajara Gidado has lamented the high level of abuse against women, saying that one in every three of them is abused in their life time. Hagiya Gidado said the number has been on the...