At least 20 people died after Hurricane Helene slammed into the south-eastern United States as a dangerous Category 4 storm, before later weakening to a tropical depression by Friday afternoon. The deaths were reported in US media across the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The...
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The Nigerian Army on Friday won the Nigerian Armed Forces Games 2024, with a total of 264 medals. The Nigerian Army won the games with 172 gold, 60 silver and 32 bronze medals, clinching the first position in the games held in Kaduna. The Nigerian Air Force came second...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, alongside Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, and former President Goodluck Jonathan, among other distinguished Nigerians, were nominated for Nigeria’s Pride Award. Governor Zulum will be honoured as the “Most People-Oriented Governor ” at an event organised by African Leadership...
Police authorities in Lagos have summoned three officers for allegedly extorting N1m from corps members. Footage of the encounter between the corps members and officers had made the rounds on social media late Friday. The incident is said to have happened in the Surulere area of Lagos. A social...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has threatened to kick out non-performing contractors executing projects in the FCT. Wike made the threat in Abuja on Friday, after inspecting the ongoing construction of the 15-kilometre left wing service lane of the Outer Southern Expressway, from...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has cleared over 204,332 backlog of passports in 10 months. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known while reeling out his ministry’s achievements in the last one year, at a media event organised by the ministry on Friday in Abuja. He...
Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has threatened to arrest the state’s Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Francis Ori, over poor performances of contractors handling the Amaeze housing scheme. Nwifuru, represented by his Deputy,, Mrs Patricia Obila, made the threat while inspecting the 70- apartment project in Ishielu...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olarenwaju Ishola, has warned intending protesters against unlawful acts during the planned protest. He gave the warning during a town hall meeting with stakeholders and security agencies organised by the Lagos Police Command on Friday in Ikeja, Lagos. The News Agency of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, admitted Isaac Bristol, popularly known on his X handle as “PIDOM Nigeria,” to a N5 million bail with one surety in the like sum. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on his bail application moved by his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, held...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has pledged the urgent need to restore its Zonal and State Offices to enhance basic education delivery across Nigeria. Speaking at a two-day meeting on Wednesday with UBEC management, zonal directors, and state coordinators, UBEC Executive Secretary Dr....
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has commiserated with the government and people of Akwa Ibom State over the demise of the wife of the Governor, Mrs Patience Umo Eno who died on Thursday. In a condolence message to the government and people of...
The Yobe Government said a total of 132 cases of cholera were recorded in the state as at September 25, out of which nine died. Dr Mohammed Gana, Commissioner for Health and Human Services, stated this in a statement in Damaturu on Friday. He said the cases were reported...
No fewer than 1,331 members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State, on Thursday defected to the ruling New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP). The decampees, who are mainly from 11 wards of the area, vowed to work against the return of APC as...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Elections, has described the Founder of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, as an exceptional servant of God. Obi said this in his congratulatory message to Oyedepo who attained age 70 on Friday. The message...
The telephone number of the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has been hacked and his Whatsapp page being used by unauthorised individuals, an official of the ministry has said. In a statement issued by Folashade Boriowo, the Director Press and Public Relations of the ministry on Friday in...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has congratulated the Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, on his 70th birthday anniversary. The CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, described Oyedepo as a legend of faith and a transformative leader....
The Ondo State PDP Governorship Candidate, Mr Agboola Ajayi, says the state and its people have not fared well under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last eight years. The PDP candidate said this at a media parley on Friday in Lagos. He said that Gov. Lucky...
Mrs Patience Eno, the wife of Akwa Ibom Governor, is dead, the state Information Commissioner, Mr Ini Ememobong, has said. Ememobong said in a statement in Uyo on Friday that the governor’s wife died on Thursday in the presence of family members. He said that further details concerning the...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – As the world celebrated tourism day, the Vice Chancellor of Taraba State University, Jalingo Prof. Sunday Paul Bako, has called on the Taraba State government to redouble their efforts and support the department of Tourism to showcase their potentials. Prof. Bako made the appealed...