President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from the Expo 2020 Dubai, an event aimed at creating an environment for Nigerians to join over 190 countries to forge true and meaningful partnerships. Buhari arrived at the country via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Sunday afternoon after a four-day official...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has cautioned against the building of structures within the FCT, without proper approvals from relevant agencies of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), saying that all buildings must fit into the overall structure of the Abuja master...
stockfish has become an important component/ingredient in Nigerian meals. This seafood has high nutritional benefits in addition to the widely appreciated taste. Intriguingly, stockfish has a history beyond the product itself. Producing the perfect stockfish is an art. It involves first-class craftsmanship and expertise, as well as the very...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 44-year-old father of three, Gabriel Anthony, for ingesting 96 pellets of cocaine, which he excreted while in the custody of the agency. The Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Pro Chancellor and Chairman of University of Abuja Governing Council, Modibbo Mohammed has disclosed that the varsity has mounted 24 hour security patrol not only within the campus but within the parameters of the university to prevent a repeat of the recent kidnapping that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would soon clear the backlog of illegal admissions conducted by tertiary education institutions in the country. Recall that JAMB had recently uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and other related institutions....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has mourned the demise of retired Lt.-Gen. Mohammed Wushishi. Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi served as Chief of Army Staff from October 1981 to October 1983 during the Second Republic. He died on Saturday at a London hospital at the age...
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...
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...