By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has said that 35000 police personnel to be complemented by another 8000 personnel from other security agencies would be deployed in the Edo state governorship election. Disclosing this on Wednesday at the stakeholders meeting in Benin...
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A Shari’a Court in Kaduna on Wednesday ordered the remand of Musa Hussaini for some hours for him to think about how he will provide for money for the upkeep of his four children. Earlier, the petitioner, a mother of four, Hajara Sani had earlier prayed the court to...
Nigerian youths are politically marginalised and their potential have remained untapped, the Coordinator of the Rule of Law Development Foundation (ROLDF), Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN has said. Daudu, who is a former president of the the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), made this point during a Webinar Series, organised by...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that terrorism provided cover for other crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent acts to thrive. Lagbaja said this at the 3RD Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency Seminar organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC), in Collaborations...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify Olumide Akpata as the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Sept. 21 election in Edo. The appellate court held that the suit instituted by an aggrieved governorship aspirant, Kenneth Imasuangbon lacked cogent and verifiable...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The chairman of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Committee on Ministry of Solid minerals and Natural Resources, Hon. Omotayo Ishaya Adeleye, has stressed the need for the ministry to harness the abundant natural resources of the state for the development and growth of...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested of a 19-year-old woman, Fatimo Agboke, for allegedly stabbing a 20-year-old man to death. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. He said that the incident happened on...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted N10 million bail on each to the ten members of the #EndBadGovernance protesters who were charged with attempt to overthrow President Bola Tinubu between August 1 and 4th this year. While delivering ruling in their bail applications, Justice Emeka Nwite...
The Yobe Government has issued a fresh flood alert to nine Local Government Areas of the state due to impending release of water from Dadinkowa and Lagdo dams. The LGAs are Nguru, Bade, Karasuwa, Jakusko, Yusufari, Geidam, Tarmuwa, Bursari, Machina, Gujba and Fune. Dr Mohammed Goje, Executive Secretary, State...
The 79th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday in New York, with incoming President Philemon Yang outlining a vision of unity in diversity. Yang also called for deeper international cooperation to tackle global challenges, including climate change, escalating conflict, and a slowdown in sustainable development. Yang...
Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen has dismissed rumours making the rounds that he has quit his role, following Tuesday’s barren draw against the Amavubi of Rwanda in Kigali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rumours of Eguavoen’s resignation started making the rounds, following his post-match...
Democratic candidate Kamala Harris put her Republican rival Donald Trump on the defensive in a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on his fitness for office, his support of abortion restrictions, and his myriad legal woes. A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, controlled the debate from...
Residents of Maiduguri town displaced by water from the Alau Dam are beginning to return to their homes as flood water recedes gradually. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many of the flood victims who slept outside said though the water had subsided, they want to assess...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The North-East Development Commission (NEDC)has begun an on the spot assessment of the level of destruction caused by flood that ravaged parts of Borno. The Managing Director of the commission, Mr Mohammed Alkali, this known on Wednesday in a statement signed by his Media...
Since the news broke that a Chinese firm, Zhongfu Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, tried, though unsuccessfully, to take over offshore assets of the Federal Government of Nigeria through subterfuge because of an unfinished business deal between the company and Ogun State Government, there have been consistent debates over...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajara Wanka, has disclosed that 24 people have lost their lives while 163 others severely injured in flooding that affected 16 Local Government Areas of the State in 2024. She revealed this while briefing journalists...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In his continued determination to support government effort in bolstering youth empowerment and fast-tracking economic development in Nigeria, the Dangote Cement Plc is set to deliver a multi-million naira Skills Development Centre in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The skill centre was conceived by...
Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Maiduguri on Tuesday to sympathise with the people of Borno over the Alau Dam flood disaster that displaced thousands of people. Kashim, who led a Federal Government delegation to the beleaguered city, was received on arrival by Gov. Babagana Zulum, who took him to...
Vice President Kashim Shettima says, despite preparations, the severity of the floods in Maiduguri is most catastrophic in over three decades in the state capital Shettima stated this on Tuesday during an on-the-spot assessment of the ravaging floods, in Maiduguri, Borno State. He said the impacts of the floods...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is restoring confidence in Nigeria economy through measures aimed at reducing inflation, stabilising the foreign exchange market, and improving fiscal management. Tinubu, represented by his Vice, Kashim Shettima, gave the assurance on Tuesday at the 17th Annual Chartered Institute of Bankers of...