The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported one death and confirmed 15 new cases of lassa fever within one week across the country. The NCDC said this in a situation report for week 13 published on its website on Friday. The News...
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says Ukrainians remain under “constant attack” and 3.3 million people living on the frontline need emergency assistance urgently. IOM’s Director General, Ms Amy Pope, in a statement, warned that the situation had worsened in Ukraine after rocket fire killed dozens in the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to rehabilitate and widen the Ibodi-Ilesa road in Ilesa area of the state to forestall incessant accidents that have claimed lives in recent times. A statement by his Spokesman, Malam Olawale...
The Police Command in Kano State says it arrested additional 61 suspects with dangerous weapons during the Hauwan Daushe celebration in different locations across the five emirates of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through telephone that the...
A Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) employee, Mr Monday Osazuwa, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how the former apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, on different occasions, directed him to collect three million dollars cash in tranches. Osasuwa, while being led in evidence by the Economic...
A falling 40-feet container killed a woman inside her car at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. Her driver, however, survived the accident unhurt, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has stated. Its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr Taofiq Adebayo, stated that...
The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has called for drafting of a new Constitution for the country and the implementation of other recommendations in the 2014 National Conference report. The NCEF Chairman, Dr Samuel Gani, at a news conference on the state of the nation in Abuja, said...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has recovered three more bodies from the boat mishap that occurred on Wednesday, in Anam community, Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said this in a statement in Awka on...
Gunmen have kidnapped a reporter with Channels Television, Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers State. . The Police spokeswoman, Rivers State Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the reporter was abducted in the late...
The Olubadan-in-Council has certified the Olubadan designate, High Chief Owolabi Olakulehin to ascend the throne as Olubadan of Ibadanland. The Olubadan-in-Council made the declaration at the end of a special meeting with the Olubadan-designate at Oja-Oba palace of Olubadan on Friday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has said on Friday the two commissions of inquiry set up by his administration were not meant to witch-hunt opposition in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Yusuf spoke while receiving the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado...
Justice Maruf Adegbola of an Oyo High Court on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Director of National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Mr Ademola Idowu, of bribe charge. Also discharged and acquitted are NIHORT Accountant, Mr Isaiah Ajisafe, David Ikyobo Consultant, and his Company, Messrs Sterling Design and...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), has condoled with the Commissioner for Insurance (CFI), Mr Sunday Thomas over the demised of his wife, Mrs Oyinade Thomas. NAICOM in a condolence message on Friday in Abuja, described the deceased as a pillar to the insurance industry,...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday admitted the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to bail in the sum of N50 million. Emefirle is charged with abuse of office and fraud to the tune of 4.5 billion dollars and N2.8 billion. Justice Rahman Oshodi,...
The Police Command in Kano State has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged beheading of a minor, Mohammed Saidu, by an Almajiri at Kanwa village, Madobi Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police in the state Mr Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the late former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu’s impact on Nigeria’s political landscape is immeasurable. Shettima in a statement on Friday in Abuja, described Onu as a true statesman and accomplished Nigerian leader. ” It is with profound sadness...
A Nigerian Scholar, Prof. Wale Adebanwi, has bagged the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship which is awarded on the basis of prior career achievement and exceptional promise. Prof. Adebanwi, who is the Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies and Director of Center for Africana Studies at the University of...
The United States expects an attack by Iran against Israel but one that would not be big enough to draw Washington into war, a U.S. fofficial said late on Thursday. The White House said earlier that Washington did not want conflict to spread in the Middle East and...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has projected a Return on Investment (ROI) of around N1.67 trillion in 15 years on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project is designed to connect Lagos to...
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Mr Ali Nuhu , has said that recent deaths in the movie industry has robbed the nation of legendary filmmakers. This is contained in a statement signed by Brian Etuk, Director of Public Affairs of the NFC in Abuja....