By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than one hundred and fifty (150) distressed Nigerians have been repatriated back to Nigeria from the Republic of Chad. A post on Wednesday via NEMA X handle, said the Nigerians were assisted back in a voluntary repatriation exercise programme by the...
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that the Correctional Service Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (COCOS) “hotel and gardens” project was not funded by the Federal Government. The Public Relations Officer( SPRO) Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Umar Abubakar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
The n Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has revealed that the transporting of Christian pilgrims to the Holy land would start in June. Adegbite disclosed this at a ceremony to mark his 100 days in office at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja. “By the...
Kano State Police Command, has confirmed the arrest of the principal suspect behind the early morning mosque explosion in Gadan village in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called upon Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to support in mobilizing prospective registrants for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise scheduled to commence simultaneously in Edo and Ondo States on the 27th May 2024. The Chairman of...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti of Abia has inaugurated the 10.98 km Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo road which is expected to shore up economic activities in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the project was executed at the cost of N6.7 billion. The inauguration is part of activities lined...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has directed the committee for the implementation of the digital economy project in the state to ensure the establishment of Benue State Digital Infrastructural Development Company to serve as a special purpose vehicle for the implementation of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The state Executive Committee (SEC), of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Nasarawa State, has passed a vote of confidence on the state chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Bello. The party’s SEC announced the decision, in a parley with journalists at the APC secretariat in...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has congratulated Governor Hyacinth Alia on his 58th birthday. This is contained in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Terver Akase on Wednesday in Makurdi. Ortom prayed for God’s guidance for Alia as he led the...
Troops of the Sector II Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) based in Bagasola, Chad have neutralises one Boko Haram terrorist in an ambush in Litri Island, situated on the border between Chad and Nigeria. Chief Public Information Officer of the MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, made...
The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has assured of a comprehensive investigation on the activities of Bianace, a crypto currency platform in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Ginger Onwusibe (LP-Abia) said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that it will no longer tolerate the pervasive non-reinstatement or reconstitution of Governing Councils in public universities. The union took the decision at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, between May 11...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 UTME results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the results were in addition...
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Election, Mr Peter Obi, said he was the highest beneficiary of Judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges. Obi stated this during the Justice Anthony Aniagolu’s Memorial Lecture organised by the family and hosted by the...
Multiple explosions were on Tuesday reported at the gas processing plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gas plant feeds the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG)...
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), National Executive Council (NEC) on Tuesday called on the Federal and State Governments to address all outstanding issues with the union. President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the ASUU-NEC meeting held...
The two members of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday formally defected to the Labour Party (LP). The defectors, Mr Iheanacho Nwogu, representing Osisioma North State Constituency, and Mr Fine Ahuama, representing Osisioma South State Constituency, were received by Governor...
UPDATED: Man ‘strapped with fake bomb’ arrested while attempting to rob UBA Bank in Plateau – Police
UPDATED: Man ‘strapped with fake bomb’ arrested while attempting to rob UBA Bank in Plateau – Police
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A young man identified as Benjamin Basil, an ND1 Civil Engineering student of Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi, attempted to rob UBA bank at the Sparkling junction in Dadin Kowa area of Jos South local government area on Monday. it was earlier reported that...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the appointment of Alhaji Abubakar Muhammadu Ibn-Grema as the new Emir of Tikau in Nangere Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Baba Malam Wali, in...