By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- A devastating incident has occurred in Lafia, Nasarawa State, where kidnappers murdered 22-year-old Anas Zubairu, a Nigerian student of a Moroccan university, after collecting ransom from his family. Anas, who was on holiday, was abducted on Friday, August 28, in the Project Quarters area of...
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Team Nigeria has won her first medal at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The medal was won as Mariam Bolaji defeated Kozyna Kozyna Oksana of Ukraine 21-9, 21-9 in the bronze medal match of the Para badminton Women’s singles SL3 event. With this feat, Bolaji became the first...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Saturday Gabriel, a 43-year-old man suspected to be a drug merchant along Nasarawa-Toto road in the staye. He was apprehended around 1:00pm on Friday with 15 bags of dry leaves suspected to be indian hemp which were...
The House of Representatives has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving a 50 per cent electricity subsidy for universities, hospitals, and other tertiary institutions of learning. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the House Committee on University Education, gave the commendation in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) in Ondo State, Mr Babatunde Faro, has said the party will salvage the state from underdevelopment, if won the November governorship election. Faro, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Akure, said that the party...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) absorbed all prospective corps members posted to Lagos State in the 2024 Batch B, Stream 2, including polytechnics and monotechnics graduates. Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
Oba Abdulkabir Obalanlege, Olota of Ota, Ogun, says banning under-18 students from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will limit the potentials of the children. Obalanlege made the observation while delivering a goodwill message at the 15th Anniversary of Adedokun International Schools on Monday at...
By PETER AYATOR – The Ior Gboko Foundation (IGF), a socio-cultural non-governmental organisation, has congratulated the Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Iormem Alia, on his 34th Anniversary of Priestly Ordination into the Catholic priesthood. In a statement issued on Sunday by its President, Dr Jimmy Ajim, the...
Nigerian Para badminton sensation, Eniola Bolaji, on Sunday lost her semi-final match in the Women Singles SL3 category to Xiaoc Zuxian of China,at the ongoing Paralympic Games in France. Zuxian defeated Bolaji with a 2-0 victory (16-21 and 17-21). The match was played at Porte de La Chapelle Arena...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has congratulated Vice President Kashim Shettima on his 58th birthday. In a birthday message, Governor Zulum praised Vice President Shettima as an icon and mentor who has inspired many with his values of integrity, perseverance, and service....
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it plans to procure a spinning reserve to maintain the national grid frequency within specified limits. The Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has denied reports that it refused to register Science and Laboratory Technology (SLT), graduates at its Gombe State Orientation Camp. The reports had alleged that Polytechnic graduates, who studied SLT, were denied access for not having professional certificates of the National Institute for...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Forces have eliminated a known terrorist kingpin, Mustapha Abdullahi, and five members of his group in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Sunday,...
The holder of Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game, Tunde Onakoya, has announced plans to organise a chess tournament for children in displaced persons camps in Maiduguri. Onakoya made this known in Maiduguri while rounding off his three-day visit to Borno during which he promoted the...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has reiterated the call for the immediate payment of the four months withheld salaries of its members. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, National President of SSANU. said this in a communique issued on Sunday in Abuja, at the end of the union’s 49th...
Mr Dayyabu Garga, a Commissioner in the administration of former Plateau governor Simon Lalong, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress(APC). Garga, who was commissioner in two ministries – local government and chieftaincy affairs as well as urban development – and later became Chairman, Kanam Local Government,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is experiencing financial strain, which has put considerable pressure on the company and poses a threat to the sustainability of fuel supply. Mr Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd, made this known in a statement on Sunday, acknowledging...
The ‘Radicals’ pair, housemates on the ongoing Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ season, have been evicted from the reality show. The duo, comprising Fairme David and Michky, were eliminated from the programme after garnering the lowest vote percentage from fans. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the show’s host, announced their eviction...
The Police Command in Rivers has detained a suspect, identified as Honest, for gang-raping a 14-year-old girl in Erima community, Onelga area. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command spokesperson, confirmed to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday that the suspect committed the crime with his brother, Okwukwe, who is currently...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered now fewer than 1,490 pills of tramadol at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the NDLEA arrested a suspect on Tuesday Aug. 27...