The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), AVM Edward Gabkwet, has said the NAF will n the next two years, become the third largest air force in Africa. Gabkwet said this on Tuesday in Abuja, at a news conference to commence the NAF’s 60th Anniversary...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Organized private sector, the Africa Plus Partners in partnership with Akwa Ibom State University, are set to launch the construction of a 1,600 capacity student hostel through the support of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The launch, according to the Executive Secretary of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has urged intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to pray for peace, unity and the success of the present administration in the state and the country at large. Governor Sule, made the call on Tuesday, in his farewell message...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Chairman in Ekiti, Mr Ade Ayeni, has said the state would soon become the gateway for the party in the Southwest. Ayeni said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti. He said...
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, remanded a 58-year old man, Joseph Gamor in Awarjigoh Correctional centre for allegedly defiling his 13-year old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya refused to take his plea. Adekomaiya ordered the defendant to be remanded until July 29, pending legal...
Popular Nollywood actress, Evanny Patrick, has made the list of Africa’s 2024 under 40 award recipients. The Executive Chairman of Amity Global Network, Alex Nwankwo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the event is organised...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – There is serious controversy and tension between the people of Egba and Ologba communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State which in the recent time bothered majorly on the murder of a youth from Egba community. The two communities have...
Security operatives have arrested an unidentified man with explosives inside the premises of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) bank located in Dadin Kowa town in Jos South in Plateau State. The man was with belts packed with what appeared to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). In a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign ex-Aviation Minister, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, before Justice Suleman Belgore of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on fresh charge was stalled due to absence of the suspects. Sirika and two others were supposed to be arraigned...
Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and sought for a court injunction to stop the Speaker of the Niger State Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, from marrying off 100 orphaned girls. It will be recalled that the speaker recently announced his...
No fewer than 14 people died, while 75 were injured when a huge advertisement billboard fell on them in India. It fell amid a heavy storm accompanied by rains in the southwestern state of Maharashtra. The incident happened in the Ghatkopar area of the country’s financial capital of...
Award winning Journalist, David Hundeyin, sits with host of the viral show #WithChude, to discuss his style of journalism, the stories he broke, his books, his decision to step away from his brand, and why he left Nigeria. “Those who know me in person are always amused by...
A secondary school teacher, Mrs Sabina Mamah, who gave birth to quadruplets after 14 years of marriage, has called for assistance from well-meaning Nigerians. Mamah, who hails from Obollo Orie in Udenu Council Area of Enugu State, gave birth to three boys and a girl. She told the...
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered the remand of a 46-year-old former Sterling Bank staff, Jacob Bonet, at a correctional facility for allegedly defrauding his 86-year-old uncle of N14m. Bonet was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with theft, cheating, impersonation...
Groups of terrorists in the North West have suffered heavy casualties when the laid ambushes for troops of Operation ”Hadarin Daji” in Zamfara. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Buba said the troops had on...
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, following the start of his fifth term in office would travel to China this week for his first foreign visit. The Kremlin leader is expected to arrive in Beijing on Thursday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and would stay until Friday,...
Chief Temitope Fawehinmi, was on Saturday conferred with chieftaincy title. Fawehinmi, at the ceremony attended by an array of dignitaries from within and outside Nigeria, was bestowed with the first Gbajeniyi of Egbaland She was being conferred by the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo III in Abeokuta,...
The Federal Government is formulating an innovative wage system that would be based on employee’s productivity. The Director-General, National Productivity Centre (NPC), Dr Nasir Raji-Mustapha, stated this on Monday in Abuja during an interactive session with Labour Correspondents Association of Nigeria (LACAN). “We are in the process of...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed that all new vehicles, generators or tricycles procured by government and its agencies must be powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), solar or electric. This is in line with the administration’s commitment to ensure energy security, drive utility and cut high...
Truck caught with passengers on top The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command said on Monday that drivers of articulated vehicles having goods, passengers and animals crammed together would be prosecuted promptly. The Sector Commander of FRSC in Lagos, Mr Patrick Davou, said this during...