The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has conducted over 8,665 missions and 9,928 sorties within 15,915 flying hours across all aircraft types between June 2023 and December 2024. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, while playing host to the...
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An elder statesman and legal icon, Chief Afe Babalola, has bagged the 2024 Best Nigerian Patriot Award for his outstanding performance in humanitarian activities, provision of quality education as well as promotion of peace. The award was given at an induction ceremony and technical workshop for the inauguration and...
The police on Thursday arraigned a 42-year old man, Ogundare Anuoluwapo in Ado-Ekiti for sexually harassing his neighbour’s wife. Anuoluwapo, whose address was not provided, was charged with sexual harassment before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the change. The prosecutor, Sgt. Alice Ojo,...
Pope Francis on Thursday expressed concern about “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war at a New Year’s reception for foreign ambassadors to the Holy See. The head of the Catholic Church called on diplomats to engage in dialogue, even with difficult interlocutors. Dialogue he said is the...
The Nigerian Navy, NNS Jubilee, said it has intercepted boat laden with 100,000 litres of crude oil in Akwa-Ibom State. The Commander of NNS Jubilee, Commodore Martins Fakrogha, stated this while interacting with newsmen at Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area on Thursday. He explained that the boat was...
A Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Gerald Edeh, has identified ‘stress’ as a major cause of high blood pressure and sudden death among Nigerian adults. Edeh, who works with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the passing of his Commissioner for Tourism and Culture, Hon. Abubakar Robert Ewa. The Commissioner died in a private medical facility on Wednesday evening after participating in the State Executive Council...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Mammoth crowd besieged the popular Maiduguri Eye Hospital located along Damboa road within the Metropolis jostling to acquire the mega free Eye treatment and surgery cases related to cataract among other related illnesses It will be recalled that Senator Ali Ndume (APC Borno South)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has commended the Executive Secretary, Borno State Geographic Information Service (BOGIS), Engineer Adam Bukar Bababe for his effort in redefining land administration in Borno State. Borno State Geographic Information Service (BOGIS), established in 2019, is responsible for the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has officially commissioned two key projects completed by the Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS) today at their Maiduguri headquarters. The projects include an auditorium with a capacity of 180 seats and a media studio. The Executive Secretary of BOGIS,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has inaugurated three (3) boards in the health sector as he gives directive for a comprehensive overhaul of the state’s health care service delivery. The event was held on Thursday at the Council Chamber of the Government House...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), College of Agriculture, Science, and Technology (COAST Chapter), Lafia, Nasarawa State, has elected new officials to pilot it’s affairs for the next two years. In a keenly contested election for the chairmanship position, Dr. Jero Ose Agbo,...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to appear before it in three days. The order is for the Interior Minister and AGF to show cause why the implementation...
The Federal Government, on Thursday pledged to pay full compensation to communities displaced by the construction of the 700 megawatts, Zungeru Hydro Power Plant in Niger state. This is contained in a statement by Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister of Power,...
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially included 22 Nigerian words and expressions, including “Japa” and “Abero”, in its latest lexicon update. A Nigerian English consultant for the OED, Mr Kingsley Ugwuanyi, shared the exciting news on his LinkedIn, noting that the newly added words reflect the vibrancy of...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Determined to provide sustainable solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and their host communities, the Benue State Government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has initiated a joint empowerment and livelihood programme. Following this initiative, a delegation led by the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has passed a vote of confidence on Governor Hyacinth Alia for his laudable achievements in the state. In a communique at the end of the state congress held at the NUJ House Makurdi,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 45-year old teacher, Stella Nwadigo, who allegedly abused a 3-year old pupil of Christ-Mitots School in Ikorodu area of the state is already in its custody. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a post...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Chima Hyginus Nkwocha, a.k.a “Young Billionaire,” for cheating by impersonation and money laundering. A statement on issued by the anti-graft agency on Thursday, sad the convict was jailed on Tuesday, December...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of six soldiers during a dawn terrorist attack on an army base in Sabon Gida, Damboa, Borno, on Jan. 4. The President extended his condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers, whose sacrifice in defending the nation...