By Olaide Oyelude The Katsina State Police Command foiled an attempt by kidnappers to terrorise commuters along the Sabuwa-Mararabar Yakawada road in the state’s Sabuwa Local Government Area. According to sources, 30 terrorists stormed the road around 2.45 p.m. that day and were about to launch an attack when a council police team intervened. According to the sources, the encounter …
South-west leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented a “corporate demand” to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday in Ibadan, insisting that the PDP national chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, resign in the party’s collective interest. The leaders made their demand at the South-west PDP Stakeholders’ Interactive Session with Atiku and his running mate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, held at …
The reopening of secondary and primary schools has been approved by the Nasarawa State Government. This comes 49 days after the schools were closed due to security concerns. This is stated in a statement signed for the Commissioner of Education, Mrs. Fati Jimeta, by the Permanent Secretary, PS, Ministry of Education, Mohammed Sani-Bala. According to the statement, “the school resumption …
It’s unusual to see Sheriff Tiraspol leading a group that includes Manchester United and Real Sociedad. However, after a resounding away win over Omonia Nicosia, Moldovia now leads Europa League Group E. They will need to be focused on Thursday (today) as the Red Devils of Manchester travel to their homeland in search of their first away win in Europe …
Survivors of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have buried 26 members in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, after sustained aerial bombardment and terrorist elimination. The terrorists were killed on September 9 in a coordinated air strike by the Nigerian military on two ISWAP camps in Sigir and Yarwa Kuwa on the outskirts of …
Nasir El-rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, has praised security agencies for their ongoing offensive against terrorists, kidnappers, and other criminals in the state. The governor made the remarks on Wednesday in Kaduna, while launching the fourth edition of the Kaduna Book and Art Festival. “In the last six weeks, there has been an improved offensive operation against criminals, and …
The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). This comes as the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) revealed yesterday that over 47 million eligible Nigerians have already received the COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director of the NPHCDA, made …
Nigeria and the French Development Agency, AFD, signed a 25 million Euro grant for the Northern Corridor Project to increase power supply in the country on Wednesday. According to the Nigerian News Agency, the Northern Corridor Project is co-funded by the European Union and AFD, and is being implemented by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. Read Also: President Buhari presides …
Nigeria and the French Development Agency, AFD, signed a 25 million Euro grant for the Northern Corridor Project to increase power supply in the country on Wednesday. According to the Nigerian News Agency, the Northern Corridor Project is co-funded by the European Union and AFD, and is being implemented by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. The project aims to …
