Nigerian chess player and coach, Tunde Onakoya, who holds Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game has arrived Maiduguri to promote the game among the youths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onakoya, who is the founder and convener of “Chess in Slums in Africa”...
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The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two men for allegedly robbing three commercial sex workers. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the three sex workers reported the case to the police on...
The following is a list of major signings during the 2024/2025 pre-season transfer window, which closed on Aug. 30 (transfer fees reported by club or media include add-ons): ENGLAND Raheem Sterling: From Chelsea to Arsenal (loan) Jadon Sancho: From Manchester United to Chelsea (loan) Dominic Solanke: From Bournemouth to...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army has so far executed over 200 special intervention projects across the country’s six geopolitical zones. Lagbaja said that the projects were being executed under the Chief of Army Staff Special Intervention Civil-Military Co-operation Projects. He said...
The Nigeria Police Force has again invited the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Also invited along with Ajaero is the Secretary General of the union, Emmanuel Ugboaja. The invitation letter is dated August 28, 2024, a day before Ajaero honoured the earlier invitation at the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted eight Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. A statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said the newly promoted AIGs are Benneth Igwe,...
The Nigerian stock market on Friday closed the week on a positive note, with investors adding N99 billion to their portfolios. Notably, the market capitalisation of listed equities increased by N99 billion or 0.18 per cent from an opening of N55.379 trillion to settle at N55.478 trillion. The All-Share...
By MARY RONKE , Minna – No fewer than 7 persons have been declared missing in Magma and Mashegu Local Government Areas (LGAs), following Friday’s heavy flooding. The Director-General, The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna and made...
Legendary music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, has been laid to rest in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onwenu, popularly know as the “Elegant Stallion”, died on July 30, after collapsing at an event. The funeral service held on Friday at the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju,...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, has said that its operatives have detained three suspects involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) swap in Kaduna. The police also recovered 54 ATM cards with a Point of Sale machine (POS). The Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners in tbe state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen at a press briefing on Friday in Katsina. ASP Aliyu said the large caches of ammunition were recovered from...
Managing Director of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Mohammed Alkali, has said climate change is responsible for incessant collapsed of bridges in the region. Alkali stated this on Friday, while on the assessment of the collapse bridge at Namnai, along Jalingo -Wukari road in the Gassol local...
Kano State Fire Service, on Friday, rescued a woman and her two male children trapped in a collapsed building at Makwarari axis of Kano Municipal Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the organisation, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kano...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has said it is seeking to engage reputable and credible Operations and Maintenance companies, to operate and maintain the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday on its official...
Late Nigerian music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, aka Elegant Stallion will be buried today in Lagos. The singer died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring Dr Stella Okoli, the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. According to a burial arrangement issued by the...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has distributed 31 tractors and other farm inputs to farmers in the state. In his remarks at the programme in Aisu town, Ede on Friday, Adeleke said that his administration would continue to provide all necessary infrastructure and resources to enhance agricultural production and...
Six persons have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck and a Toyota Sienna at Verony, Ogere, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday. Okpe said that the...
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has dismissed over 200 military personnel from the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF), including 21 senior and junior officers, the military announced in a statement on Friday. Among those dismissed were Martin Nzaramba and Etienne Uwimana, alongside 19 other senior and junior officers, according to...
Senator Abdulaziz Yar’adua has commended the Federal Government for approving a 50 per cent electricity subsidy for public hospitals in the country. Yar’adua, who made the commendation in a statement on Friday, said the subsidy would further reduce the operational cost incurred by the hospitals. This, he said, would...
The British Government says it has awarded 82 Nigerians the prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships to study a wide range of master’s and PhD degrees in the UK in 2024. The British High Commission in Nigeria made this known in a statement on Friday in Lagos. According to the...