By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to immediately and effectively enforce the judgment ordering INEC to pursue cases of bribery against state governors and their deputies, and other electoral offences committed...
Nigerian News
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Operation Hadin Kai, Sector 3, have foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists along Magumeri – Maiduguri axis, in Borno. The troops also recovered catche of ammunitions from the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the targeted killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as a settling of accounts with an “arch-murderer.” “Nasrallah was not just another terrorist, he was the terrorist,” Netanyahu told members of the media in Tel Aviv. It was his first public statement...
Pope Francis is due to conclude his multi-day visit to Belgium on Sunday by celebrating Mass at Brussels’ King Baudouin Stadium, attended by almost 40,000 believers from Belgium, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Around mid-day, the pontiff is set to leave the country and return to the Vatican following...
Rwanda has confirmed six deaths from Marburg virus disease (MVD) amid an outbreak that has affected 26 people nationwide. Speaking Saturday evening during a broadcast on Rwanda Television, Rwanda’s Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers. “Six people have...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministry for Environment and the UK FCCD Lafita Program, organized a one-day sensitization workshop on climate change and its health effects. The workshop aimed to raise awareness among stakeholders, including health workers, specialists, and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Director-General and global liaison for the Nigeria-China strategic partnership reached by the two countries during the President’s visit in early September. Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, who made...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called on federal lawmakers to enact legislation that will boost economic activities and create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Governor Otu represented by his deputy, . Peter Odey made this appeal when he received in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Media Trust Group, owners of Daily Trust, Weekend Trust , Aminiya, Trust TV and Trust Radio, said it has raised over N200 million through fundraising and spent it on humanitarian interventions in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. The Director of Media Trust Group/ Daily...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja ,- Ahead of the October 1st planned nationwide protest, the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Bethrand Onuoha, psc (+), has engaged with the Executive of “TAKE IT BACK MOVEMENT” Kogi State Chapter at the Command Headquarters, Lokoja. A statement issued by the...
Abubakar Umar, the Sixth Prosecution Witness in the trial of former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has narrated before the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, how in 2014, he converted the sum of ₦3.1bn wired to him by Suswam as governor, and...
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has said “nobody has the monopoly of causing violence” in the wake of the political rift between himself and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara. Wike made the statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday at the Rivers State Ijaw Peoples Congress organised in...
Israeli military announced on Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a strike on Beirut. “Hassan Nasrallah is dead,” military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. Military spokesman Captain David Avraham also confirmed to AFP that the Hezbollah chief had been “eliminated” following strikes Friday...
Operatives from the Sokoto Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 13 individuals suspected of internet fraud in Sokoto State. Dele Oyewale, EFCC Spokesperson, in a statement in Abuja, said the arrests were made on Saturday in the Gidan Yaro and Dandima areas of...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said it would address ticket racketeering at the Abuja-Kaduna Train Service (AKTS). Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, Mr Yakub Mahmood, gave the assurance in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. “Information has reached the management of the NRC on difficulties of passengers...
The Yobe State has recorded four new cases of polio in three Local Government Areas (LGAs), three years after the state was declared polio-free. The Executive Secretary of the State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Babagana Kundi-Machina, disclosed this while launching a campaign against the disease in Machina, a border...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is confident that it can increase crude oil production from 1.7 million barrels per day to 3 million, says Chief Corporate Communications Officer Olufemi Soneye. Speaking in Abuja on Saturday, at a Stakeholders Engagement Session with National Assembly journalists, Soneye emphasised that...
Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, says security challenges bedeviling Africa are directly linked to poverty, with over 50 per cent of the population multi-dimensionally poor. The former governor of Anambra was speaking on Saturday in Athens, Greece’s capital, at an international dialogue...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Zamfara Command, has dismissed ASCII Maikano Sarkin-Tasha for alleged collaboration with bandits to supply hard drugs and ammunition. The State Commandant, Sani Mustapha, disclosed this on Saturday during a news briefing in Gusau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In a proactive measure to prevent the transmission of rabies, a lethal infectious disease, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has launched a mass dog vaccination campaign at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Jos, Plateau State. This initiative, part of the...