The Nigeria Police has nabbed a notorious vandal caught cutting a rail bridge along the Kaduna/Kafanchan axis. Dr Kayode Opeifa, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. The statement was...
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to show cause why the mandate of the Dan Orbih- led South-South Zonal Executive should not be upheld. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an ex parte motion filed by Orbih and his 22-member zonal...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas have been nominated for the 2025 Continental People’s Choice Awards. In a list released by the Joint Award Screening Committee and the President of the Egyptian Parliament, Mr Hanafy Gebaly, the Speaker of...
The World Happiness Report 2025, released on Thursday, ranks Finland as the happiest country for the eighth consecutive year. Other Nordic countries, including Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden, also remain at the top in the same order. Aino Virolainen, a digital commerce director who has lived abroad, expressed her desire...
The Senate on Thursday ratified the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president had, on Tuesday in a nationwide broadcast, declared a state of emergency in Rivers. NAN also reports that the declaration saw the...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plans to introduce electronic visas (e-Visas) soon, aiming to reduce inefficiency and curb corruption across the country. NIS Comptroller General, Mrs Kemi Nandap, made this statement during the opening of the 3rd nationwide sensitisation campaign on ensuring efficient service delivery and zero...
Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, struck out the charges against former Queen Naomi Ogunwusi, a radio presenter, Oriyomi Hamzat and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan, Abdullahi Fasasi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akintola also ordered the release...
Sudan Army said it is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. State TV reported on Thursday, in a significant milestone in a two-year- old conflict that threatens to fracture the country. The RSF quickly took the palace and most...
A few days ago, the Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Prince Okey Kanu disclosed the intentions of the Dr. Alex Otti-led administration to revamp the tourism sector of the State with a view to showcasing the rich cultural heritage of Abia and her people. Kanu who was addressing...
The Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI), a civic organization promoting public accountability in Nigeria, has once again ranked Yobe State as the best-performing state in its 2024 Subnational Audit Efficacy (SAE) Index. The SAE Index assesses the level of transparency and accountability in the management and utilization of public...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A police officer and 12 suspected bandits were killed during a gun duel when suspected bandits engaged the police at Agwabi, Tombo ward in Buruku Local Government of Benue State. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benue State Command, SP...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have ambushed and killed two soldiers during an attack near Jato-Aka town, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The assailants also killed a police officer and two farmers in the area. An eyewitness, who spoke on the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed six deaths and the burning of 14 vehicles in an accident that occurred in the Nyanya area of Abuja. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Adeh said...
The South-South Governors’ Forum has said that the political situation in Rivers did not deteriorate to require emergency rule in the state, considering the provisions of Section 305(3) of Nigerian Constitution. The Chairman of the Forum, Sen. Douye Diri, who is also the Governor of Bayelsa State, made the...
Ondo Central Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Adefolarin Oria, has said the party is too divided to achieve electoral victory in 2027. Oria made the remark while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Akure, analysing the party’s...
The lawmaker representing AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency, Rep. Chinedu Obika, has urged the federal government to experiment with state police in the FCT. Obika made the call in Abuja on Thursday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the FCT was an ideal place...
The Edo Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said all its 18 democratically elected chairmen are with the PDP contrary to reports that they have defected to the APC. Publicity Secretary of Edo PDP Caretaker Committee, Chris Nehikhare, said on Thursday in Benin City that those claimed...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that six persons died and 25 others were injured following a multiple crash under the Karu Bridge in Abuja on Wednesday. The Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said that the crash involved 18 vehicles, including two articulated vehicles, two buses,...
The FCT Fire Service (FFS) has disclosed that brake failure on the part of a truck conveying Compressed Natural Gas canisters led to Wednesday’s explosions at Karu bridge, Abuja. The FCT FFS Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Mohammad, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Senate will, on Thursday, debate a motion on the proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers, says Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim, Chairman of the Senate Inter-Parliamentary Committee, confirmed this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. A motion titled ‘Proclamation of State of Emergency in Rivers,’ sponsored...