BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended bandits have attacked over 5 villages in the Gidan Karma district of Kware local government, Sokoto state and carted away over 300 cows, 50 camels and hundreds of sheep and goats. The bandits, who started the attacks in Baringo Jimowa,...
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At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), said on Monday. Three states in the northeast, Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba, have been hit hard by floods, with 41,344...
The Police in Jigawa have detained a tea vendor for allegedly beating a a 20-year-old man to death for stealing bread, milk and noodles in Dutse. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the detention of the suspect in a statement in Dutse,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police detectives in Bauchi State have arrested a 37-year old man for allegedly abducting two almajiri boys and for severally raping one of them. The suspect, an indigene of Hausari Dandal, Borno State, was said to have lured and abducted one of the victims,...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, quoted NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, as saying in the early hours of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Appeal Court judgment which on Monday, re-affirmed the nomination of Dr Asue Ighodalo as its candidate for the Sept. 21, Edo Governorship election. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja, described the judgment...
The Katsina State Government has generated over N1.85 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in July. The Executive Chairman of the state’s Internal Revenue Service, Alhaji Isyaku Mohammed, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina. According to him, the success was...
Russia has attacked Ukraine for the second consecutive night with heavy airstrikes involving various weapon types, initial reports from Ukrainian authorities said on Monday morning. At least five people were killed, two due to a rocket strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih and three others due to drone...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration (FCTA) is constructing three world-class bus and taxi terminals to improve transportation system in the territory. Wike stated this while inaugurating the construction of a bus and taxi terminal for the Central Business...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Wing Mobilisation Vanguard has urged the People Democratic Party (PDP) elders in the North West to rather focus on solving their internal political crisis rather than the futile attempt to drag the...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, says he will make independent and informed decisions if elected governor of the state. Ighodalo, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, said...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has detained a 37-year old man for alleged abduction and sodomising of two teenage boys. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the detention to newsmen in Bauchi on Monday, said he would be prosecuted upon concluding the investigation. Wakil said the...
Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo has called for the establishment of state police in the country, to address the nation’s worsening security challenges. The governor made the call at the 64th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday in Lagos. The conference has the theme:...
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the latest report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the state of the economy. The report had indicated that the country’s Gross National Product (GDP) posted another growth. According to NBS, the real GDP grew by 3.2 per cent year on year...
The Ministry of Youth Development has said it is working on introducing a training scheme equivalent to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE). The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Olawande Wisdom, said this at the opening of the...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Monday said that a man was found dead on a railway track after being hit by a train. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in a statement in Lagos. He said the agency responded to a distress...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, has tasked the newly appointed pioneer Deputy Clerks/Permanent Secretaries of the assembly to deliver selfless services at all times. The Speaker made the call while playing host to the management of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has conveyed his condolences to the government and people of Borno State over the demise of Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Ahmed Ali Ahmed, who passed away today, Monday in Maiduguri at the age of 42. In his...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a notable decrease in confirmed Mpox cases for the week of Aug. 12 to Aug. 18, 2024. According to the NCDC’s latest update on their official website, the number of confirmed cases has dropped compared to the previous...
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has announced that it spent more than N28.7 billion out of the N31.7 billion allocated to it in the 2023 appropriation on completing electrification projects nationwide. REA’s Managing Director, Mr Abba Aliyu, made this disclosure in Abuja on Monday while presenting the agency’s 2023...