By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Warri-Itakpe train service remains on hold. NRC Managing Director, Dr Kayode Opeifa, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Opeifa reminded the public that the NRC temporarily suspended full services on the...
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Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have detained six suspected kidnappers and recovered four fabricated AK-47 rifles in Kaduna. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna. Hassan said on Thursday, at about 3:20 pm , credible intelligence...
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to ensure stability in the power sector. Adelabu gave the assurance in his Easter message, signed by his Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations, Mr Bolaji Tunji in Abuja on Saturday. He said that the...
Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has expressed his support for President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term, asserting that his endorsement is a considered decision and does not constitute a betrayal of his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). During a rally held in Ikot Ekpene Local...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja– Special Adviser on Media to Kogi State Governor, Ismaila Isah, has assured that local communities in the state will soon experience major economic transformation with the commencement of mining operations and new infrastructure development projects in the state. Isah gave the assurance while featuring on...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said its 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will begin on April 24 and not April 25 as earlier announced. JAMB spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Benjamin said that adjustment had been made...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigeria Police Force has successfully completed the extradition of Benjamin Best Nnayereugo, male, widely known as “Killaboi,” from Doha, Qatar to Nigeria. The Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. ACP Adejobi said the fugitive, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Vice President Kashim Shettima has dismissed allegations that he was barred from accessing the Presidential Villa by armed security men. VP Shettima in statement by his Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, attributed the...
The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State has denied the rumour that Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was planning to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, said this while briefing newsmen on Friday in Kano. Dungurawa said that...
Prominent gospel artistes – Timi Dakolo and Victor Thompson – and others are set to perform at the maiden edition of Jesus + Nothing Worship, in celebration of Easter. The Love of God in Christ (LOGIC) Church, organisers of the worship, said that the event was aimed to put...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Christians and other Nigerians, to leverage the lessons of Christ’s resurrection and imbibe the message of hope and victory over the nation’s current challenges. Jonathan stated this in his Easter message, by his Special Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, on Friday in Abuja. Jonathan encouraged...
Police Command in Benue has said suspected armed herders attacked and killed 17 persons and injured many in Logo and Ukum Local Government Areas of the state. This was contained in press statement on Friday signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene and made available to...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has reaffirmed the FCT Administration’s commitment to the continued development of infrastructure across the territory. In his Easter message to FCT residents on Friday in Abuja, Wike also pledged the sustained provision of quality education, healthcare, agriculture, transportation,...
Borno State Government has received 230 repentant Boko Haram terrorists from the Operation Safe Corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the repentant insurgents graduated from the Federal Government’s Operation Safe Corridor Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) Camp in Malam Sidi, Gombe State. The insurgents who are...
The Forum of State Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the North-East, has expressed concern over the exclusion of the region in the implementation of the Federal Government’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative. This is contained in a communiqué at the end of the North-East Zonal...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has backed President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers, saying he wanted the removal of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the oil-rich state. In a move that has continued to divide opinions, Tinubu suspended Fubara, his...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday felicitated Christians in Nigeria and worldwide as they observe Easter, the celebration of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection – the cornerstone of the Christian faith. In a message signed by the President, he said he remained steadfast in his commitment to delivering the promise...
I heartily felicitate Christians in Nigeria and worldwide as they commemorate Easter, the celebration of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection—the cornerstone of the Christian faith. The Holy Week, which spans Palm Sunday through Holy Thursday and Good Friday and culminates in Easter Sunday, calls us to reflect deeply on...