By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt — The Nigerian Army has arrested 35 suspected oil thieves accused of operating illegal refineries and breaking into pipelines to siphon crude oil across four Niger Delta states. The spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, who disclosed this in...
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The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has said the fourth body of the Port Harcourt crash victim has been recovered. NSIB spokesperson Bimbo Oladeji, in a statement on Sunday, said, “A floating body was retrieved from the water and was escorted by the Cameroonian Navy to NUIMS Antan, for...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Gaza strip’s devastating situation has left its one million children in a dire state, according to Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, who described the area as “the real-world embodiment of hell on earth” for these young victims. This is contained in a statement issued...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has extended warm birthday greetings to his colleague, the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, as he celebrates his 57th birthday. Zulum’s statement was released on Thursday by his spokesperson, Dauda Iliya, on Monday, 28 October 2024. Governor Zulum...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Comma has begun orderly room trial of Inspector, Joseph Ozonwanji, allegedly involved in the murder of Enugu-based musician, Chikezie Nwamba, popularly known as “Igbo-Jah”. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Sunday that the orderly...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, urged South-East residents to upgrade their pre-paid meters before Nov. 24. The EEDC Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, told newsmen in Enugu. “This is due to the Token Identifier (TID) rollover, an exercise that affects all Standard Transfer Specification...
Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to honour former Chairman of defunct National Electoral Commission Prof. Humphrey Nwosu’s legacy in electoral reform and management. Nwosu oversaw the historic June 12, 1993 election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, which was later annulled by the military...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abdulazeez Adams, has said that from October 28 to November 3, 2024, the State will host the much-anticipated “Save a Life” initiative, spearheaded by the State’s Commissioner for Health in collaboration with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). This...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Dr. Hassan Saliu of the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin has stressed that Nigerians need to get value for their investments in democracy for them to bond with their governments. The university don stated this Sunday while presenting a paper titled: “Towards...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) in collaboration with the Borno State Flood Disaster Food Relief Material Committee have donated relief materials worth N10.2 million to 500 pregnant and nursing women, who are victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan has called on the Federal Government to buy a new aircraft for Vice President, Kashim Shettima. Lawan in a statement on Sunday lamented that the precious life of the Vice President who...
Many pensioners have urged the Federal Government and their Pension Fund Administration (PFA) to pay them their annuity and pension entitlements while they are still alive. The pensioners in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said they need their money to take...
Six persons sustained varying degrees of injury on Sunday when a Volkswagen commercial bus collided with a Toyota Camry car on the Lagos-Badagry expressway. Mr William Manga, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Badagry Command, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has recovered seven dead bodies of iron scavengers who invaded the site of a demolished building in Sabon Lugbe, a suburb of Abuja. Director of the department, Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the site on...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has sworn in the 44 newly elected local government Chairmen, urging them to manage their resources prudently and fast-track grassroots development. The chairmen, all from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), won seats in Saturday’s election conducted by the State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC)....
A Cemetery worker and two other accomplices have been apprehended with five human skulls in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State. The suspects were apprehended on Sunday by the local security operatives at Murikaz area of the cemetery, near Murikaz area. When the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that elections will not be conducted in the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state in 2025. The Chairman, House Committee on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Mr Okanlawon Sanni,said this in an interview with the News...
Business owners in Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa states have said that regular collapse of national grid amid high electricity tariff posed a threat their businesses. Some of the traders expressed their frustration separately in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Alhaji Ibrahim Salihu, a bakery...
Delta Police Command says it has arrested a former legislative member of Ndokwa West Local Government of Delta for an alleged attempted kidnap of a prominent woman in Abbi community The command Spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe said, in a statement on Sunday in Asaba, that the former councillor was...