Onyinyechi Mark, on Friday, won the first gold medal for Nigeria in the ongoing 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Mark set a new world record in the Women 61kg para-powerlifting category by lifting 150 kg to win gold for Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mark broke...
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No fewer than 272 persons have benefitted from a skill acquisition programme facilitated by Sen. Adams Oshiomhole in Edo North Senatorial District. The programme is aimed at empowering youths and women in the senatorial district. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was organised by the...
Flood caused by days of rains has displaced no fewer than 49,000 persons in Yobe. Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Mohammed Goje, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Friday. He said that 18,000 households were affected by devastating flood across...
The Kwara Government and the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s suit seeking to stop the Sept. 21 local government elections. The duo, in a separate preliminary objection and counter affidavit, told Justice Peter...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, says it will start arresting drivers and impounding vehicles without speed limit devices in the state. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mrs Joyce Alexander, said this at a news conference on Friday, in Awka. Alexander said that records had shown that...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his commitment to replicate China’s infrastructure in Nigeria, following his visit to China. He made this known during a meeting with the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation in China (NIDO China) and the Nigerian community in Beijing. The President’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said in a...
Chairman, Southwest, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Lanre Popoola, has said the difficult in the operations of manufacturers had been has been worsened by the recent fuel pump price increase. The MAN Southwest chairman said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) to direct their hb grievances regarding the non-mobilisation of some Higher National Diploma (HND) students for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to the appropriate authorities. Given the...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC), has clarified that contrary to earlier reports, the aggregate outstanding debt owed by consumers is N144 billion, out of which, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), including the Military, are owing N42 billion. This is against prior reports that...
A Sokoto Chief Magistrate Court on Friday remanded Shafi’u Umar in a corrections centre for allegedly circulating falsehood against Gov. Ahmad Aliyu and his wife on social media platform. Umar, 37, who was the Special Assistant to former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal is charged with circulating injurious falsehood and engraving...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed an appeal seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo as governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Hamma Barka, dismissed the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/863/2024. The appeal was filed by...
U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, pleaded guilty to all nine counts in his criminal tax case in a Los Angeles federal court. Hunter 54, was indicted in California in December on nine counts related to a Justice Department investigation into his taxes. Federal prosecutors charged him with evading...
A woman who was raped by dozens of men after her husband allegedly drugged her gave evidence in court in the southern French city of Avignon, detailing the “barbaric” acts. “The image is unbearable, I’m lying lifeless in my bed, asleep, and they’re about to rape me,” the 71-year-old...
Zamfara Government has said it remains resolute in the fight against banditry, kidnapping and other criminality in the state. The state government disowned some documents being circulated which insinuated that it had released huge funds to some bandits’ kingpins for dialogue in the state. The Secretary to the State...
Residents along the banks of River Yedzaram in Maiduguri, are apprehensive as the river has overflown its banks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also disturbing to the residents is the report that Alau Dam now filled to capacity will be opened to discharge the excess water...
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has demanded the reversal of fuel to old price, urging the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) to comply. Rep. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, the Chairman of the committee in a statement in Abuja, described the hike in...
The leadership of the Northern Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action to address the current predicament in the nation. Mr Isaac Abrak, Chairman of NCYP, made this known in a press statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Abrak said NCYP was concerned...
The Chairman of TG Marchnata Group of companies, Mr Tolulope Adeusi, has said the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery will present Nigeria as an attractive investment destination for investors. Adeusi, an entrepreneur, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, said that the refinery...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), says 65 per cent of Africa’s arable land is degraded, costing it 68 billion dollars annually in lost productivity. Dr Hanan Morsy, the Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said this in a statement on posted...
Residents of Kano State have expressed dismay over the recent fuel price by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (NNPCL), stating that it would exacerbate poverty among the citizens. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, the residents lamented that the hike had plunged...