The Police in Kaduna State, said it had returned N3,991,650 to the family of one, Mustapha Sanusi, who died in a road accident at Unguwan Danisa, Soba Local Government Area of the state. The Soba Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Pam Mosses, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Soba, Kaduna. Moses disclosed that one, …

By Josephine Agbonkhese No fewer than 283 women and youth groups have appealed to the Senate to extend deadline for the call for memoranda ahead of the proposed constitution review to between 30 and 60 days from date of publication of the memo. The groups, in a letter addressed to the Deputy Senate President/Chairman, Committee on the Review …

By Vincent Ujumadu A native doctor and a philanthropist in Okija, Ihiala local government area of Anambra State, Mr. Henry Okam, popularly known as Chinyereze was allegedly killed by a member of his family, with the connivance of some people and buried in a shallow grave. The police have already recovered the decomposed body in the shallow grave at …

…1,500 schools shut, 4.2m children affected …57 children used for carrying explosives …Covid-19 impacting negatively on 46 million children A school classroom By Omeiza Ajayi : The United Nations has warned against further attacks on educational institutions and students, lamenting that between 2009 and December 2018, about 611 teachers were killed in the Northeast due to the wave of …

By Festus Ahon, Asaba Retired Local Government workers and primary school teachers, stormed the streets of Asaba, Delta State in protest against the non-payment of their retirement benefits. Clad in black attires, the retirees numbering over 1000, marched through the streets of the State capital to the State House of Assembly complex and Government House, chanting songs of disenchantment. …

Abdulazizi Yari By Omeiza Ajayi Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has expressed his readiness to reconcile with aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress APC in the state led by Sen. Kabir Marafa but conceded that such efforts could be problematic as many of those against him are currently serving in the Peoples Democratic Party PDP-led administration …

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenegoa The senatorial ambition of former Deputy Governor, Chief Peremobowei Ebebi, has triggered a fresh crisis within the All Progressives Congress, APC In Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Over 900 protesting members of the APC stormed the Toru Orua country home of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senatorial Candidate for Bayelsa West, Hon Seriake …

The Philippines National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested 4 Nigerian nationals in Muntinlupa City of the country for alleged involvement in an international syndicate that hacks and siphons funds from banks. According to the NBI, the fraudsters’ transactions were traced when they hacked a system of one Philippine bank, where at least P100 million were transferred and …

By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said there is no way Nigerians can cope with the hike in the cost of fuel and electricity, as recently announced by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan on Tuesday, the party described the attempt by the Minister of Information and Culture, …

The shut office in Port Harcourt By Davies Iheamnachor Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Electricity Employees arm, have shut down the office of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, in Rivers State over alleged insensitive to workers plights. The union explained that the essence of the shut down was following poor welfare of electricity workers in …

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna state has urged traditional rulers from the North to continue sensitizing their people on the dangers of COVID-19, saying the treatment was expensive and costs about N400,000 to treat a COVID-19 patient in the state. “The amount is as a result of the increasing …

By Onozure Dania The Expression Now Human Rights Initiative has filed a suit against the Nigerian Government before the ECOWAS Court over the provisions and enforcement of hate speech in the Nigerian Broadcasting Code 6th Edition and its amendments. The suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/, was filed through the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)s’ counsel, Solomon Okedara. Okedarain the suit, argued that …

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has described the recent increase in the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and electricity tariffs as an attempt to push Nigerians to the wall, saying the Federal Government is sitting on a time bomb. Kicking against the move, the OPC in a statement by the Publicity Secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin, said the Federal …

A school classroom By Omeiza Ajayi The United Nations has condemned the repurposing of schools for use as markets, military bases, isolation centres and camps for internally displaced persons, IDPs, saying schools must remain safe places free of conflict and violence. It also warned against further attacks on educational institutions and students, lamenting that between 2009 and December 2018, …

Dayo Johnson Akure CANDIDATE of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede has assured residents of the border communities in Akokoland of adequate protection against kidnappers, if elected governor. Jegede gave the assurance while on a campaign visit to Ikakumo, in Akoko North-East local council area of the state. …

By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka Anambra State recorded 433166 individuals and 99463 households in the state’s poverty data in the 21 local government areas as at August 31st, 2020, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development Partners, Mr Mark Okoye has said. The data was generated through community – based targeting process whereby members of the communities identified the …

By Michael Eboh The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, blamed foreign exchange challenges and prevailing uncertainty for the inability of oil marketers to resume fuel import. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Executive Secretary of the PPPRA, Mr. Saidu Abdulkadir, explained that the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC, had been the one announcing the price of petrol over the last few …

By Mathew Dadiya Humans use of oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) dated as far back as 5,000 years. In the late 1800s, archaeologists discovered a substance that they concluded was originally palm oil in a tomb at Abydos dating back to 3,000 BCE. It is believed that traders brought oil palm to Egypt. Palm oil has long been recognized in …

By Victoria Ojeme The United Nations has commended Africa for its exceptional management of the COVID-19 pandemic with record low incidences and deaths. The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said this yesterday while addressing a virtual press conference, adding that the developing countries have done better than developed countries as regards the management …

Police parading 5 gang leaders of Offa Bank Robbers with other members of the gang including Jeep with plate number Saraki and other arms used by the gang during offa Bank robbery at Police HQ in 2018 By Demola Akinyemi The trial of the Offa robbery continued in an Ilorin High Court on Tuesday, as the Police officer who …