Accident Prevention and Rescue Initiative (APRI) has urged Mallam Muhammad Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to assist the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (FCT-DRTS), also known as Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs), in improving road crash prevention in the territory. The group’s executive director, Prince Fidelis Nnadi, made the call in an interview in Abuja yesterday, saying such …
Big Brother Naija season seven housemate Chiamaka Crystal Mbah popularly known on the reality TV show as Amaka, is an ambitious health worker with her sights on the Nigerian entertainment scene. Perhaps one of the most controversial housemates this season as the Level Up house gossip/Al-Jazeera, many remember her for her microwave incident that nearly burnt down Big Brother’s House. …
No fewer than five passengers were killed along the waterways by suspected Sea pirates on Friday morning while traveling from Bille community in Degema local government area of Rivers State, to Port Harcourt, the state capital. An indigene of the community, Bebe Oyibo Jacob, who disclosed this on Friday while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt, said several others passengers …
The Minister of State for Education, Rt Hon Goodluck Nanah Opiah, has restated the reasons behind the position of the Federal Government on no work, no pay policy stance on the resolution of the industrial strike. He disclosed that having done what the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, demanded, the government expected the university teachers to return to school …
Bandits have invaded a low cost project quarters at Dutsen Reme, Bakori LGA of Katsina State and abducted four people. The development, according to the locals, happened at about 10:00 pm on Friday night while it was raining. According one Ahmed Ridwan, a resident of Dutsen Reme low cost housing estate, the assailants took advantage of the rainfall and executed …
At least 33 people were killed following a militia attack on a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a respected monitor said Saturday, raising an earlier reported death toll. Kivu Security Tracker, the monitor, tweeted that at least 33 people — including militia members and civilians — had died following an attack by the notorious CODECO militia on Mongbwalu …
The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police have arrested three of suspected cultists and serial killers who are allegedly members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity and are known for terrorising Ijebu Ode and its environs. It was reported that the suspects, Odukoya Odushina, Subomi Popoola and Itunuoluwa Taiwo, were reportedly responsible for many cult killings in the community. In …
Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, Governor of Gombe State, has stated that his administration will continue to strengthen mutual cooperation and partnership with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) and the World Bank in order to increase water supply to urban and rural communities in the state. Yahaya stated this yesterday when he received a delegation from the World Bank, led …
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC Presidential candidate, has revealed what he admires about his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. Tinubu expressed his excitement about his energy, dynamism, and readiness to serve the country at the centre as Vice President. In a message to Shettima on Friday, the APC presidential candidate said, “I heartily congratulate my brother and worthy partner, Senator …
Stakeholders in Nasarawa State’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises have declared their support for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general election. The National Convener of the Coalition of North and South SME Owners for Obi, Itsabemho Nereus, stated in Lafia on Friday during the inauguration ceremony of the State Executives of the Coalition of North …
Pastor Michael Abiodun, 48, of The Light House Gospel Church, Oluwo, Owode-Egba, in the state’s Obafemi Owode Local Government Area, was arrested by men from the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 12-year-old member of his church (name withheld). SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, announced this in a statement on Friday. Oyeyemi …
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) slammed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration yesterday for failing to include treasury-funded capital projects in the proposed 2023 appropriation. The association expressed regret that, despite the massive debts incurred by the APC-led government to fund expenditure in next year’s budget, no provision was made for capital projects. In criticising the government’s decision, HURIWA’s …
Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo in Osun State, has warned against retaining power in the North beyond 2023, saying that doing so would fuel Yoruba Nation agitation. Oba Akanbi said in a statement signed by his press secretary, Alli Ibraheem, and obtained in Osogbo on Friday that Yoruba Nation agitators would be vindicated if power remained in the …
By Seriki Adinoyi Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Governor of the state, Jonah Jang, over the N6.3 billion corruption charges against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Presided over by Justice Christy Dabup, the court also discharged and acquitted a former cashier in the office of the Secretary …
In an effort to give Abuja residents and tourist from abroad a premium experience of entertainment and Night Life experience, a leading and unique Lifestyle and entertainment brand in Africa and Nigeria Is set to unveil it’s club to add to the social lifestyle of the City with the name CLUB MERCY. According to the Founder and CEO, CLUB MERCY,Julius …
By Thompson Yamput Presidential candidates are to pay N10 million to erect billboards and posters in Kogi. This follows the passage of the State’s Signage Agency Establishment Law by House of Assembly on Thursday in Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the legislators, who considered the bill clause by clause at plenary, said the law would regulate …
Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, was Thursday, arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and flown to Abuja to face interrogation over allegations of financial impropriety. The anti-graft agency arrested Mr Oluomo around 9:00 a.m. on Thursday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. A source at the commission confirmed the arrest …
The managing director of Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Abubakar Yilwa, Thursday admonished youth in Plateau state to make good use of its youth transformation programme commission, geared at poverty eradication. He said at the opening of HYPPADEC, 3-day skills training in Jos, under its Directorate of Community and Rural Development, deemed it wise to embark on Youth …
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has identified gaps in Nigeria’s security architecture and urged citizens to begin actively demanding accountability from those in charge of security. The organisation, which stated at a media workshop in Adamawa State’s capital on Thursday that previously unimaginable crimes and anti-social acts have become the norm, blamed it on flaws in the country’s …
Former Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna state, Sani Mohammed Sha’aban, has said members of the National Assembly cannot impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, as they are partly responsible for Nigeria’s security and economic woes. Sha’aban, who represented Zaria Federal Constituency in the National Assembly between 2003 and 2007, told journalists in Kaduna that the lawmakers have failed …
