The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has recovered a mini-bus driver lifeless from an accident scene. The accident involved the mini-bus and a truck. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement was signed by Mr...
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Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has said telecom tariffs would soon increase but not by 100 per cent. Rising from a stakeholders meeting with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, Tijani said that consultations and engagements were ongoing on the issue. The...
Israel on Wednesday denied agreeing to a week long ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for a list from Hamas of hostages that the group would release. Media reports claimed the proposed deal would include a six-to-eight-week ceasefire, expanded aid access to the Palestinian enclave, and efforts to rebuild its...
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes near Los Angeles on Wednesday as three out-of-control wildfires fuelled by hurricane-force winds tore through the city’s suburbs, destroying dozens of houses. At least one firefighter was injured battling a blaze near the upmarket Pacific Palisades neighbourhood, US media said, with...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has assured residents of the territory that the authorities are working tirelessly to ensure the safety and security of all residents. The Minister gave this assurance when she visited the scene of Monday bomb explosion that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Commissioner, CP Yususfu Lawan on Wednesday decorated 84 newly promoted police officers at the Police Command Headquarters, Maiduguri. CP Lawan said the promoted officers include ten (10 ) Superintendent of Police (SPs) to Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), eleven (11 )...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed that six soldiers were killed in action during an attack by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base in Sabon Gari village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The DHQ in a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, visited the Nigerian Army’s Joint Task Force Headquarters in Maiduguri to offer condolences to the families of soldiers killed in a recent Boko Haram attack in Sabon Gari village, Damboa Local Government Area, Borno State. NATIONAL ACCORD...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto– PLAN International, Nigeria with funding support from the European Union has began a 5-day training for master trainers on Accelerating Basic Education Programme (ABEP) and Livelihood Opportunities for Children and Youths in Sokoto state. The training objectives according to the Project Coordinator, Joseph Julius are...
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu who is currently being detained has opposed the request by the Federal Government for the resumption of his trial. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, revealed in a post on X on Tuesday. According to him, his client Kanu had rejected...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted Mr Akindele Akintoye, Founder and Chairman of Platform Capital Investment Partners Limited, to a N500 million bail with two sureties in like sum. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that though he was not unmindful of the serious nature...
A former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, has congratulated Malam Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on his 60th birthday. Okupe, in his congratulatory message to Kyari, said that the NNPCL under the leadership of Kyari had shamed critics. “I...
More than 20 people were injured, two of them seriously, early Wednesday when an elephant turned violent during a local religious festival in the southern Indian state of Kerala, police said. The incident took place at Tirur in Malappuram district, about 350 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– The All Progressives Congress (APC) Supporters Network in Anambra State has officially endorsed Hon. Azuka Okwuosa as their preferred candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial elections. This endorsement was made public by the spokesperson of the group, Ozomkpu Obi Nwankwo during a press conference held on...
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), said no fewer than 5,601 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti in 2024, appealing for greater efforts by the authorities and the international community to address the root causes. These deaths represent an increase of over 1,000 in the total killings...
The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the risk of avian flu spreading to a wider population remains “low” a day after the United States reported its first human death from bird flu. WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that the H5N1...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed three of the five Commissioners that were sacked as Special Advisers. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that on Tuesday morning, Governor Mohammed, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, announced in a statement, the sacking...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of N1.4 billion for the immediate dualization of 1.9km road from Ngomari junction to Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Maiduguri. Governor Zulum gave the approval during the maiden state executive council meeting held at the Government...
Ambassador Dr. Timothy Ihemadu is the Head of Mission – Nigeria of the International Organization for Sustainable Development & Member, National Gas Expansion Programme Technical Working Group. On Tuesday, he appeared on DOMINION Television’s live programme, Wake Up Africa, where he discussed the recent presidential elections in Ghana, the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Auwal Muhammad, has disclosed that no fewer than 18 personnel serving under the Command, have been disciplined for various misconducts from January to December, 2024. CP Muhammad said this included the dismissal of one constable, demotion of four...