Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris will on Tuesday meet to debate, a phenomenon that could prove pivotal in their pitched battle for the White House. The ABC News-hosted debate at 9 p.m. ET (0100 GMT on Wednesday) takes place just eight weeks...
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The Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Barkindo Mohammed, has described the situation in flooded Maiduguri town as “terrible.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, has continued to submerge various wards in the town...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said it would soon commence the prosecution of banks and their top officials for financial frauds. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, said this at the 17th Annual Banking and Finance Conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria...
Dickson Mengich, the man accused of setting Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei on fire, leading to her death, has also died from his injury in a Kenyan hospital. An official at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, western Kenya, confirmed that Ndiema, who had been admitted to the ICU...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said there are 55 confirmed cases of Monkey-pox (Mpox) in Nigeria. The centre made this known via its official website, noting that the 55 cases were confirmed from the 935 suspected cases across 39 local government areas in 21...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kebbi, has called for a thorough investigation into the alleged fraudulent activities in the disbursement of NG-Cares, also known as ‘Kaura Cares’ in the state. The Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Bawa-Kalgo, made the call in a statement issued to newsmen in...
The people of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers, have expressed joy following the provision of electricity to nine Ogoni communities for the first time in eight years. The communities of Gbam Bonue, Kereken Boue, and Nyorkwiri Boue, among others, had been in total blackout since 2016, with this...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released labour leader Joe Ajaero, Channels Television has learnt. Ajaero, who confirmed his release to our correspondent, said the secret police allowed him to go home around 11 pm on Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress president said he was grilled for about...
The House of Representatives has ordered the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to remit N3.602 billion to the Federal Government Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Rep. Bamidele Salam, the Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, who gave the order during an investigative hearing in Abuja, said that the remittance demanded by...
Many residents of Maiduguri in Borno have been displaced by flood following the collapse of water channels at the Alau Dam, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The flood submerged residential quarters, roads and bridges, making many areas in the metropolis inaccessible. A NAN correspondent, who went round...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has described allegations by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) that its officers had taken control of its Abuja and Lagos offices, as “inaccurate and misleading” The DSS, in a publication on its website on Tuesday in Abuja said a team of...
A pregnant woman has been trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, police said on Tuesday. The woman, identified as Karsini, was trying to protect her family’s rubber plantation from the elephants in Muara Lakitan district in South Sumatra when they charged at...
The Borno government says there is no presence of elephants in the Sambisa forest. Mr Ayuba Peter, Director, Forestry and Wildlife in the Ministry of Environment, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), that the last survey made by government regarding the presence of elephants in the forest, showed that...
The House of Representatives has urged the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) to account for about N10 billion alleged used to register two companies for the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST). Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Rep. Bamidele Salam, made the call in Abuja at the resumed investigative hearing...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In anticipation of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) delegates’ conference set for September 17, 2024, in Plateau State, a pro-Arandong faction has issued a warning to individuals attempting to undermine the re-election campaign of Comrade Makwin Yohanna Arandong, the current state...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has criticised Dr Rabi’u Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), for condemning the Federal Government’s method of distributing palliatives to the needy. In a statement, APC Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, said the Federal Government was committed to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vehemently condemned the detention of its leader, Joe Ajaero, describing it as illegal and an affront to workers’ rights and democratic principles. Deputy President of NLC, Mr Adeyanju Adewale, said this in a communique at the end of...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) says those found guilty of corruption should not get State pardon. Fagbemi said this at a roundtable meeting organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for state Attorneys General (AGs) on...
The Forestry and Wild Life in Borno Ministry of Environment says a herd of elephants that allegedly strayed from the neighbouring Cameroon has invaded and destroyed some community farmlands in the state. A Director in the ministry, Mr Ayuba Peter, confirmed the ugly incident in an interview with the...
Residents of Maiduguri in Borno are on high alert as flood has submerged many homes following the alleged breakdown of Alau Dam that has been filled to capacity for the past one week. A statement in the early hours of Tuesday by Prof. Usman Tar, the Commissioner for Information...