By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Police Command has discovered and ransacked a fraud academy as well as the operations of the Internet fraudsters in Makurdi. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Hassan Steve Yabanet, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen at the...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reassured the North East Governors Forum (NEGF), that it is doing everything possible to restore power supply to the region by May 27. TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in...
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, says it has arrested two suspected oil thieves carrying 3,500 litres of petrol in a wooden boat en route Cameroon. The Commanding Officer, Capt. Uche Aneke, disclosed this while handing over the suspects and items to Nigerian Security and Civil...
The Democratic Front once again commend the President and Commander-In- Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for achieving yet another milestone in the efficient use of savings from the petroleum subsidy withdrawal. The payment of the accumulated power...
A businessman, Kabiru Musa, who was dragged to an Upper Shari’a Court, Tudun Wada, Kaduna State by his wife , Murja Abdullahi has denied making three divorce pronouncement on her. Musa denied the divorce, saying he was not in his right mind after two of the couple ‘s...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Gbenga Eleduma , has made a public appeal to Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu in his efforts to revamp the country’s economy. Eleduma, in a statement in Akure on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to bear with...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has congratulated his daughter, Tobi Makinde, on her graduation from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut in the United State. Sharing photos from the graduation on Tuesday, Governor Makinde I’m a tweet said, “Congratulations, my darling Tobi on your graduation...
By MBAFAN ADE- Transcorp Power Plc, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp Group), has announced impressive financial performance at its recently concluded 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the first since the Company went public, via a listing by introduction of its shares, on March 04, 2024. According to...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A tragic attack in Zurak village, Bashar District, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State has left over 40 people dead, with multiple homes set ablaze by suspected bandits. Residents of the community recounted the terrifying incident that took place on Monday evening...
Funeral ceremonies has begun in Iran for president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other victims of Sundays helicopter crash. State media reported that thousands of government supporters flocked to the start of the ceremony in the north-western city of Tabriz on Tuesday to bid farewell. According...
The Department of Security Services, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said the territory has recorded improved security within one year of President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The Director of the department, Adamu Gwary, a Fellow of Defence College, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of...
U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected accusations against the Israeli leadership that it is committing genocide in its fight against Palestinian militant organisation, Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, what’s happening is not genocide. We reject that,”...
The Media and Publicity Sub-Committee of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on President Bola Tinubu’s First Anniversary has released the first phase of the activities lined up to mark the event. Mr Segun Imohiosen, Director, Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A contractor, Olugbenga Obadina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) for receiving payments from the Office of the National Security Adviser, (NSA) on November 28, 2015 without any contractual agreement on Monday, May 20, 2024 before Justice...
The Israeli army said on Tuesday that it killed the commander of the pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah movement’s rocket unit in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon. The army said it “hit and eliminated the terrorist” late Monday near the Lebanese southern port city of Tyre. It said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Command, Operation Hadin Kai JTF North East, has rescued over 350 persons during a 10 day clearance operation in Sambisa Forest. The rescued persons comprised of women , children and men who were handed over to the Borno State Government after...
A lightning strike has injured ten people in the eastern German city of Dresden with four of whom sustained severe injuries. According to a fire service spokesman, two men, aged 27 and 30, were successfully resuscitated after experiencing cardiac arrest. Amid severe weather conditions and a passing thunderstorm...
Adamawa State Government has said it had recorded no fewer than 838 cases of measles outbreak and 49 deaths in the state. Director, Disease Control and Immunisation, Dr James Jacob, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday. He said, so far no...
The Concerned Citizens of Kogi state living in the United Kingdom held a peaceful protest on Monday 20th May,2024 at the Nigerian High Commission,London. According to a statement made available to news men in Abuja by the Convener, Mr. Cyril Akubo and General Secretary, Barr/Solicitor Samuel Promise, the protest...