An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Rijiyar Zaki Kano, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar, in a corrections centre for allegedly setting a mosque on fire, killing 14 people. The defendant, who lives at Gadan Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano,...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday in Bama town flagged off three months training workshop for 781 teachers drawn from 19 LGC Education Authorities across the state. Represented by the Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur , the governor added...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Government has urged all the state governments to ensure judicious and accountable utilization of the matching grant disbursed to them for implementation by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, made the call on Monday in...
The Organised Labour has agreed to attend the ”negotiation” meeting of Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage slated for Tuesday. The Vice President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Etim Okon, gave the confirmation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi; Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials in a helicopter crash. In a statement issued in Abuja on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Russian President, Vladimir Putin has mourned the death of Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi Recalled that President Raisi, aged 63, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and two others died following a helicopter crash in the country’s mountainous province of East Azerbaijan. President Putin in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday dismissed the application filed by ex-terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, seeking a transfer from the Department of the State Service (DSS) custody to Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, dismissed the application on the ground of insecurity of the...
Some financial and economic experts have advised the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to retain the lending rate of 24.75 per cent. The experts, who gave the advice in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja spoke against...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said its operatives have arrested 78 persons over suspected involvement in internet fraud in Imo and Enugu states. The Commission’s spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Oyewale...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspected oil thieves at an illegal refinery in a forest boundary between Rivers and Abia. The NSCDC spokesman, Babawale Afolabi, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Afolabi said that...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Ambassador Mohammed Alkali, has lamented that subregion is backwards in secondary school enrollment, pointing that it is just 15%, the second worst in the country. Ambassador Alkali said that due to the challenges...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade (alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun) and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade (alias Bolarinwa Rashidat Ayinke), who runs a cocaine cartel from India has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This follows the arrest of four...
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has become a force to reckon with among comity of nations in its 60 years of existence. Abubakar communicated this at the Interdenominational Church Service as part of activities lineup...
The Police Command in Imo has confirmed the death of six people in a road accident on Saturday evening in Imo. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday,said the crash occurred in Owerri. Okoye said...
The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) have condemned the alleged murder of a compatriot, Mr Ebuka Nwoko, by South African police officials. The President-General of NICASA, Dr Frank Onyekwelu condemned the alleged murder of the Nigerian in an interview...
The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Annett Gunther, has said there are no less than four thousand Nigerians schooling and working in Germany. Gunther made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to her, the German Academic Exchange...
President Bola Tinubu has established a committee to oversee Green Economic Initiative, being a strategic move to ensure advancement of his administration to tackle challenges of climate change in Nigeria. Director, Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Segun...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) armed forces repelled an attempted coup d’etat involving Congolese and foreign fighters on Sunday morning, a DRC army spokesman said in a televised address. “An attempted coup d’etat has been put down by the defence and security forces. The attempt involved foreigners...
Chairman, Pan African American Chamber of Commerce(PAAC), Prof. Olatokunbo Onabanjo, has said President Bola Tinubu can grow Nigeria’s economy to a trillion-dollar through long-term vision, sustained efforts, and collaboration between the government and private sector. Onabanjo said President Tinubu led government must focus on sustainable and competitive growth,...