By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – In an effort to strengthen the longstanding partnership between the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and its counterpart in the Republic of Benin, a high-powered delegation led by the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, embarked on a crucial mission to meet with...
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The Catholic Bishop of Lafia Diocese, Dr David Ajang, has urged Christians and other Nigerians to return to God by shunning negative tendencies capable of tarnishing their image and the image of the country at large. Ajang, made the call on Sunday during the Golden Jubilee, Pastoral Visit...
Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, has donated the sum of ₦3.5 million to the victims of attacks in Kogi. This is contained in a statement issued by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Lizzy Okoji, on Sunday in Abuja. Okoji said that Audu made the...
The Police Zone 13, comprising Anambra and Enugu States, has announced the venue and time for both General Duty and Specialist Constable recruitment medical screening for the candidates of the two states. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer,...
No fewer than 3 persons have been killed while an unspecified others were injured after a Nigerian Army patrol vehicle hit a Keke Napep rider, causing injuries on the driver and his passengers. An eyewitness, Adamu Hassan, told Channels Television, that the incident happened on Sunday afternoon...
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has signed an agreement with the Student Housing Company Limited for the development of 1600-bed space hostels in the institution under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Director Public Affairs Directorate of the university, Malam Auwalu Umar, disclosed this in a statement...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has given more insight on why it banned the sale of Dex Luxury Bar Soap (No 6 Mystic Flower) in Nigeria. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, in a public alert with No. 012/2024,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has cautioned potential job seekers against falling victims to scammers as the corps is currently not recruiting. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Mr Jonas Agwu, said this in a statement on Sunday in...
Some Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to unify its proposed three new national identity cards, slated to launch in May this year. They gave the advice on Sunday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)...
Oo The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, on Sunday, said that it would soon unveil its plans for the Inland Waterways and Coastal Services in the industry. Its Minister, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, was quoted to have disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos...
He heartily observed the fast from the first to the last day of Ramadan. Throughout the 30 days, from 10 March to 9 April 2024, as was his tradition, Justice Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore provided plenty of food and gift items to the poor and the needy and various...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed pre-emptive security measures around government structures in Osun State to forestall any copycat occurrence of alleged takeover by suspected Yoruba nation activists. As the incident at Government Secretariat was ongoing, Governor Adeleke directed his Special Adviser...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director of Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin has appealed to security, state and non state actors to prioritize the existence of state government policy on the charter of demands of deradicalized women and girls, survivors and victims...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has bombarded several illegal oil refining sites and other bases of economic saboteurs in Rivers on Friday and Saturday. The operation was conducted by the air component of Nigeria’s military’s special taskforce, “Operation Delta Safe’ The NAF spokesman, AVM...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct appropriate ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to provide our organization with copies of the loan agreements obtained by the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan...
Some road users in Ebonyi have decried alleged kidnapping incidents along the Idodo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway. They described the incident as “worrisome” and called on the Federal, Ebonyi and Enugu governments to intervene and make the highway safer. The News Agency of of Nigeria (NAN) recalls...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has demanded the release of the remaining Chibok girls from captivity 10 years after. A statement by the CAN National Director for Education, Youth and Women Development, Rev. Ozumba Nicodemus, said the pain and anguish experienced by the...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has visited the family of late Nollywood make-up artist, Abigail Frederick in Ikot Udoma, Eket Local Government Area, where he consoled the bereaved family. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ekerete Udoh, disclosed this in a statement...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State has called for immediate release of the abducted wife and maid of the former Chief of Staff to the former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom even as the party has condemned the armed attack...
The United States Government has pledged to support Nigeria’s war against terrorism, as the country marks a decade of the mass abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, North-East, by terrorists. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson of the U.S. Embassy, Aishah Gambari,...