Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has said President Bola Tinubu has lifted the ban on mining in Zamfara to boost economic activities and raise the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state. The minister made the disclosure at a dinner session organised to host stakeholders of All...
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The House of Representatives has mourned the tragic loss of lives, including children, in three unfortunate stampedes that occurred in Ibadan, Okija, and Abuja during a funfair and two charity events. Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Rep. Akin Rotimi, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, commiserated with...
The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement on Sunday prayed for Nigeria, declaring 2025 a year of dominion for the country. The church made the intercession and declaration at its 22nd anniversary celebration. The anniversary celebration coincided with its 2024 National Retreat, at its headquarters at Ijesha, Lagos State. The...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division and Commander of Operation Safe Haven, Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has reassured residents of Plateau State of the Nigerian Army’s unwavering commitment to their safety during the festive season. Speaking at the 2024 West African Social Activities...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Taiwo Yemitan, a suspected ritualist found with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in Lafenwa area of Abeokuta. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta...
A former Director-General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation and erswhile Labour Party’s (LP) chieftain, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said the party’s inability to build an enduring structure after the 2023 elections is responsible for the gale of defections from the party. Okupe made the statement in an interview...
Relatives of one Jimoh Abdulquadri of Balogun Fulani community at Erubu/Asunnara in Ilorin, who allegedly died in Kwara police custody, are contending he was killed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased was arrested by police operatives on Thursday for allegedly owing someone, identified as Peter,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Attempt by an import and export businessman, Olisaka Chibuzo Calistus to smuggle 256 wraps of cocaine weighing 6 kilograms into the country through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano, has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said the price of petrol will drop to N935 per litre by Monday in view of Dangote Refinery’s new arrangement. IPMAN said the new price was necessitated by the reduction in Dangote Refinery’s fuel ex-depot price and uniform arrangement, which...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has called for more structured and safer approach to distributing relief materials or palliatives to prevent stampedes and loss of lives. Soludo, in a statement on Sunday by his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, made the call while reacting to the stampede...
The Federal Government will on Monday, arraigned five suspected terrorists linked to the notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The suspects, who were arrested by the Nigerian security agencies, will be arraigned by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) before...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed sorrow over the death of Uthman Argungu, retired Supreme Court Justice, describing his passing as a personal and national loss. Argungu, who died at the age of 90, was a respected jurist and a cherished associate of the President, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser...
A former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, says he has never criticised President Bola Tinubu in his political career. Okupe made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. He was reacting to a recent report which placed him on the...
Retired Maj.-Gen. Godwin Osagie Abbe, a former minister of Defence during the administration of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua is dead. Abbe, was also a military Governor of Akwa Ibom, between July 31, 1988 and Sept. 5, 1990; and Rivers, Aug. 1990 and Jan. 1992 was said to have...
Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has donated 310 bags of 50kg rice, 16 cows and N1m cash to Christian community in Zamfara for Christmas festivities. The Chairman Publicity Committee, Sen. Yari Political Organization, Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji, made this known in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday. The statement said, Yari...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the attack on a Christmas market on Friday Dec. 20 in Magdeburg, Germany. The ministry disclosed this in a statement issued by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Acting Spokesperson of the Ministry on Sunday in Abuja. The statement expressed shock and sadness over the attack,...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– The death toll in Saturday’s stampede at the scene of palliatives distribution in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State has risen to 22, the state police command has confirmed. The palliative distribution was organised by a philanthropist, Obi Jackson in the area. The...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over Tyson Fury in their heavyweight world championship rematch on Saturday, calling it proof that Ukraine “will not give up what’s ours”. “Victory!” Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. “So important and so necessary for all of us now.” Ukraine...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Special Adviser to Governor Bassey Otu on Special Duties, Ekpeyong Akiba has explained why Cross River State Government gave out N1 million to 20 hotels in the state. The beneficiaries include: ten hotels from the southern senatorial district and ten from the northern...
The Chief of Air Staff(CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar on Saturday charged the 1,190 new recruits of Basic Military Training Course 44 to protect and uphold the sovereignty of the country. Abubakar gave the charge at the Passing Out Parade (POP) of basic military training course 44/2023, held at...