The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted moderate dust haze on Monday in the northern region with visibility range of 2Km to 5Km. It forecast localised visibility of less than or...
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VP Shettima pays condolence visit to Bishop Kukah in Kaduna... President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a federal university in Southern Kaduna. The information is in a statement issued by Stanley Nkwocha, Spokesperson of Vice-President Kashim Shettima in Abuja on Monday. Nkwocha stated that Shettima made this...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application to freeze 67 banks accounts domiciled in different banks over alleged N52.9 million fraud. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the application after the EFCC’s lawyer, Martha Babatunde, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and people of the United States of America over the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the presidential spokesman,...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – A former Board member of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, (NNPC), Dr. (Mrs.) Lami Onayi Ahmed, has called on Nigerians to keep fate with president Ahmed Bola Tinubu reforms aimed at repositioning the economy of the country, saying that the country and people will...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a significant step towards empowering women and girls, the First Lady of Borno State, Dr. Falmata Zulum has commended the graduation of 162 graduates of Skills Acquisition School Bolori II for their dedication and resilience The event which took place at the skulls...
President Bola Tinubu will announce his ambassadors within the next few weeks, one of his aides, Ademola Oshodi, has said. Oshodi, a Senior Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and Protocol to Tinubu, stated this on Channels Television’s 2024 Year-In-Review programme on Sunday. “I believe in the next few weeks,...
For years, visitors pulled into the parking lot of Maranatha Baptist Church in rural Plains, Georgia in the wee hours to queue in the pitch black for Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school class. Some were Christians, some were not. Many were Americans, while a substantial number came from other countries...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State says council election will hold in all the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in 2025. The APC Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, made this clarification in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, following speculations about...
No fewer than 200 bikers on Sunday thrilled revellers with spectacular and breathtaking stunts during the Bikers’ Parade session of the 2024 Carnival Calabar, held in Calabar, Cross River. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bikers covered the 12km distance of the carnival route, exciting fun...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the seizure of 15,325 litres of petrol to be auctioned off at ₦400 per litre. The National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, ACG Hussein Ejibunu, said the petrol, when auctioned, will ease transportation hardship during the festive season. Ejibunu announced during a press...
The political crisis enveloping Rivers State shows no sign of letting off as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili, of siding with Governor Siminalayi Fubara against him instead of playing a fatherly role in resolving the issues....
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division (3 Div)/ Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH), Major General AE Abubakar on Saturday unveiled the Mariya Abiodun Lagbaja (MAL)Recreational Park at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Jos, Plateau State. The army in a statement posted on its X handle, noted that the park is...
Former Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili, has commended Governor Siminalayi Fubara for navigating through political challenges in the past 12 months and more since the crisis broke out in October 2023. Odili noted that Governor Fubara’s struggles were not driven by personal interest but were aimed at safeguarding...
The Jerusalem court hearing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has postponed hearings set for next week as Netanyahu undergoes a prostate operation on Sunday. The hearings will now be held on January 6 and subsequent days. Netanyahu is charged with fraud, embezzlement and bribery. The accusations against...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja-– Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested a 48-year old businessman, Ifeanyi Orizu for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that Orizu was intercepted...
Syria’s transitional government has vowed to dissolve and restructure all security agencies of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime accused of mass killings and abuses. Al-Assad, who ruled Syria for more than two decades, fled the country earlier this month as Islamist-led rebels advanced on the capital Damascus during...
A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash that flung...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have apprehended a 25-year old suspected female ammunition courier, Shamsiyya Ahadu. The Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre of the operation, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar– The city of Calabar, Cross River State, came alive as dignitaries from across Nigeria and beyond gathered for the 2024 Carnival Calabar. The event, themed “Our Shared Prosperity,” was attended by Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of the immediate past president of Nigeria, and her children,...