By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than five bandits have been killed by security operatives in Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas(LGAs) of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday,...
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More than 15 hours after fire outbreak at one of the biggest auto spare part warehouses in Ladipo, Mushin, Lagos State, firefighters have continued to struggle to rescue goods worth more than N500 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire spread to the three-storey building...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this in a statement titled: ”Time to Strengthen Democracy in Nigeria” on Monday in Abuja. Wabba recalled that on Nov. 9, the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has hosted another edition of Campus Conversation (CC), at the weekend in Bayero University, Kano (BUK), where officials of the Commission engaged in intensive enlightenment of students of the varsity on their rights and privileges as telecoms consumers. Campus...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said that social media platform, Twitter, has agreed to all the conditions laid out by the Federal Government regarding its operations in Nigeria. Keyamo who is also a member of a committee, set up to review the operations...
A co-defendant with alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, Chiemeka Arinze, has died in prison custody. Evans is standing trial alongside, Joseph Emeka, Chiemeka Arinze and Udeme Upong, over the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors, before...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno have engaged in war of words over on-going resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The IDPs are being resettled from their Maiduguri camps to their respective local government area headquarters. The PDP in a statement by...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Chairman of Plateau chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Rufus Bature on Monday in Jos condemned gunmen’s attack on the Jos Correctional Centre on Sunday evening. In a statement issued by Mr Sylvanus Namang, APC State Publicity Secretary, Bature also commended security agencies...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Police Command on Monday said its operatives have arrested eight of the inmates who had earlier escaped during the attack on the Jos Correctional centre by gunmen. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Ubah Ogaba, disclosed this in a...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed an attack on the Jos Correctional Centre by unknown gunmen on Sunday. The National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NCoS, Mr Francis Enobore, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen in Jos. According to Enobore,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – In a bid to halt the increasing rate of Gender Base Violence (GBV) in the country, the Federal Government has recommended castration as punishment for perpetrators of incest. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, made the recommendation at a news conference in...
Power has changed hands in the media industry and online – rather than print – is now the king. The online media, therefore, deserve to get a greater chunk of the advertising and publicity spend rather than the token presently being budgeted for the sub-sector. News Express Publisher Isaac...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is set to install a new 33KV current transformer in Suleja Transmission Substation, Niger. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said in a statement in Abuja that the installation would also include a Circuit Breaker on...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that two people were killed and six others injured in a lone fatal crash that occurred along Bauchi-Kano road on Sunday. He said the crash occurred at about 9.53am close to Durum...
NDLEA has seized 12,385 kilograms of “Loud’’ Indian hemp smuggled into Lagos from a neighbouring country through the waterways. Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, who said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, described the drug as a strong variant of Indian...
An Ondo State-based cleric, Pastor Adewale Giwa, has urged the Federal Government to pay more attention to fixing problems troubling the country rather than dissipating power on the 2023 general election. Senior Pastor Giwa of the Awaiting the Second Coming of Christ Ministry ( ATSCM), Akure, said this on...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited started its activities for the week at the World Bank Nigeria Development Update in Abuja, with a fresh commitment to the ongoing reform in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. The event which held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja...
BY OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Ondo State Police Command on Sunday said it have commenced investigation into a case suspected to be murder in which three persons were found dead in the toilet of a residential building in Aratusin Quarters in Akure, Ondo State capital. The state’s Police...
Economic and financial experts have warned the Federal Government that Nigeria risks losing key national assets to China in the event that it defaults in paying back loans obtained from China which is currently put at $3.48bn. They spoke against the backdrop of the possible takeover of Uganda’s only...
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has told the Federal Government that removing fuel subsidy will worsen the suffering of the majority of Nigerians who are already impoverished. The President of PFN, Bishop Wale Oke, urged the government to shelve the proposed policy in order not to worsen the hardship...