Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has inaugurated the reconstruction of a 35.6-kilometer road linking 62 communities in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area. The road links Bagoma to Gagumi, passing through Ungwan Fari, Idi Labo, Awaro, Tashan Keji, and Sabon Layi, among others. He made this known at the...
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The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its operatives have detained two cattle rustlers, two notorious gunrunners and three kidnappers suspects. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said the operatives also foiled a kidnapping attempt and recovered...
The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Mary Alile, has announced a scholarship initiative to empower 100 girls from each of the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with opportunities in IT, Project Management, Data Analytics, and other fields. A statement...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed the death of two of its personnel following an attack by members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies’ linked to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance Protest organised across the country pending investigation and prosecution of the case. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the Inspector-General...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319,200 bottles of the opioid worth over N2.2 billion in street value. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who announced the seizure on Sunday in Abuja,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – An Onitsha, Anambra state based-businessman, Ibeanusi Solomon Nosike, has excreted 68 wraps of cocaine after 12 days of excretion observation following his arrest at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a businessman who allegedly excreted 68 wraps of cocaine at the local wings of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the Onitsha, Anambra state...
The Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Sen. Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has urged the Federal Government to investigate the late fertiliser distribution to states by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Nwebonyi (APC—Ebonyi North) made the call on Saturday at his home town, Mbeke, Ishieke, Ebonyi Local Government Area while...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said a two-storey building was gutted by fire at the Ebute-Metta area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu...
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has advocated a break to barriers that discourage Nigeria women participation in politics. Ewuare made the call on Sunday in Benin, when the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) for the Sept. 21 election in Edo, Patience Key, paid a...
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently listen to calls for a new people-oriented constitution and set modalities in place to achieve it. Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of Commonwealth, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday....
The profit declared by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) will spur major investors to take advantage of its Initial Public Offer (IPO) when announced. An economic expert, Dr Sand Mba-Kalu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja....
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has donated 15 trucks of fertilizer to the Zamfara chapter of APC to complement President Bola Tinubu’s agricultural transformation programme. This is contained in a statement signed by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris, issued in Gusau on Sunday....
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Anambra Branch, has called off the indefinite strike it embarked upon to protest the kidnap of Dr Stephen Ezeh, an Ihiala based private practitioner. The NMA, which announced their return to duty posts in a statement on Sunday said the decision followed the release...
By SAIDA ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Media aides to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State have released the “5th Verdict” to showcase his achievements and commemorate his 55th birthday, which is celebrated every August 25th. The Secretary to the Borno State Government, Alhaji Bukar Tijani, who represented Governor Zulum,...
Corporate blackmail is fast becoming the fancy of some netizens, corporate bodies, individuals, especially fly-by-night persons who target the rich and their businesses for diverse reasons. It’s not restricted to Nigeria, though. The likes of Aliko Dangote, Leo Stan Ekeh, Mike Adenuga have at one time or another faced...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development (ALFOPED), a non-governmental organization, has trained and graduated 33 women detainees in cosmetology skills, including liquid soap making, bar soap making, air freshener, mentholated balm, and disinfectants. The three-day training was held at the Joint Investigation Center...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The umbrella organisation of Nigerian non-governmental organizations engaged in advocacy and campaign for children’s rights, anti-human trafficking, human rights abuse and child labour with some 220 member organizations in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria, Network Against Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) has organized stakeholders...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike to “disclose details of any Chinese loans, liabilities, and other external borrowing obtained, and guaranteed by the Federal Government as...