By SAM ADZEGEH- As expected, thousands of mourners and sympathizers stormed the Mbaade, Mbagen countryside to pay last respects to late Chief Denen Tofi Anyia on Saturday, December 4. Popularly known as ‘Do well God will help you Tofi’, the late business mogul, educationist, philanthropist and community leader, died...
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The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is here to stay as its contributions to national development are indisputable. Dare spoke in Abuja on Saturday night at the premiere of an advocacy movie produced by the NYSC entitled “A...
At least 13 people died and 98 others were injured after Mount Semeru in Indonesia’s East Java erupted, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday. “Two bodies have been identified, while others are still in the process,” according to the BNPB’s spokesman Abdul Muhari. All those injured,...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Conservator-General, National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim Goni, has said that 60 per cent of the country’s valuable forest estate has been lost to degradation and most of those left, are currently under threat. Goni disclosed this in a statement by Emmanuel Ntuyang, the...
An unspecified number of armed bandits on Saturday blocked the Kontagora-Minna Road in Niger State, causing gridlock in the area. This left many vehicles and travellers stranded around the Yakila and Garun Gabas areas near Kundu in Rafi Local Government Area of the state. Sources told Channels TV that...
A Director at the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Dr. Yusuf Lawal; the spokesperson of the Department of State Services, DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya; and the Honourable Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim have been conferred with Fellowship...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has visited the 1,000 Units Housing Estate in Maiduguri which was hit on Saturday morning by a rocket launcher believed to have been fired by Boko Haram/ISWAP terror groups. Governor Zulum said he has set up “a small committee”...
Semeru volcano in Indonesia’s East Java province erupted on Saturday, leaving one killed, two missing and 40 others injured, a local official told a joint virtual press conference. The disaster also damaged scores of houses in the district and hot lava hampered rescuers from evacuating eight trapped miners who...
No fewer than 65 members of the Baptist church and others who were kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna state have been released by their abductors. The victims were kidnapped by bandits on October 31 when they invaded the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji in the Chikun Local Government Area...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government looks forward to working with the newly-elected leadership of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). The president made the pledge while congratulating Dr Michael Olawale-Cole on his installation as the 36th President and Chairman...
Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, on Saturday said he has sufficient proof to clear himself of any shady deal on the alleged N2.4 million seminar fraud being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Speaker, who spoke with newsmen in Akure, linked...
Bolarinwa Oyegoke Babalakin, an influential judge, who retired as a Supreme Court justice, has died. He was aged 94. Mr Babalakin, the father of billionaire businessman and lawyer, Wale Babalakin, who was called to the London Bar in the late 1950s, died on Saturday morning. Prayers will be held...
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday urged countries not to panic but to prepare for the likely spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant as scientists continue to study it. Speaking in Geneva, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier stressed that data suggesting that Omicron was highly transmissible was only preliminary. The UN...
About 82 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of “Civil Society Coalition for Economic Development (CED) have hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over plans to end subsidy regime in Nigeria. The coalition gave the commendation in a seven-point communique issued at the end of a conference of the Coalition...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria remains the most viable and attractive investment destination in Africa. He says also that the country is on the path of becoming the continent’s leading industrial and trading nation. The president made the declarations when he addressed a trade and investments forum at the...
The death of a student of Dowen College in Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni, has sparked agitations from Nigerian celebrities. Oromoni, who was supposed to clock 12 today (Saturday), died under controversial circumstances surrounding bullying and battery. Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has called for the commemoration of Sylvester Oromoni’s 12th birthday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Residents of 1000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, woke up to an explosion on Saturday morning. According to locals in the area, the explosion was believed to have been triggered by Boko Haram terrorists. They said the explosions have sparked tension in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine cards out of the country. The EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement issued to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has commissioned the 5 storey office complex of the Abuja Property Development Company (APDC) located at Plot 1329, Peace Drive, Central Business District, Abuja. The Minister in his address commended the pioneer as well as the current management...
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has authorised vaccine booster against the pandemic for eligible Nigerians. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, that the decision was reached, in collaboration with the...