President Muhammadu Buhari on behalf of Federal Executive Council (FEC) and his family, has sent warm greetings to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha, on his 66th birthday anniversary, September 4, 2022. The President in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, extolled Mustapha, whom he described as a political leader and diligent …
Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the investigation of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) over alleged sexual assault of a teenager in custody. The ASP is serving at the Awgu Police Division in Enugu State. The order for investigation is contained in a statement issued in Enugu on Saturday by police spokesman in the …
The Lagos State Government has mandated all schools to begin the 2022/2023 academic year on September 5, 2022. This was confirmed in a statement on Saturday issued by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance of the state, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni. According to Seriki-Ayeni, the date was approved by the Commissioner for Education in the state, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo. “All schools …
A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Joy Sunday, arrested by the police for conspiracy over the kidnap of her husband in Akwa Ibom State, said on Friday that she partook in the act because her husband starved her of sex and money for too long. City Round gathered that the kidnappers demanded N10m as ransom and later reduced it to N2m which …
Ten buildings have been consumed by fire after a tanker laden with 45, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit crashed, spilling its content at Ifo in Ogun State. A statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the incident occurred at about 7.00 am on Olambe Matogun Road, …
As NASA on Saturday resumed its second effort to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon, engineers detected a fuel leak that potentially could lead to a new delay. With millions around the globe and hundreds of thousands on nearby beaches waiting for the historic launch of the massive Space …
Ahead of the 2023 election, Dino Melaye, one of the spokespersons of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, has said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It was reported that the crisis involving the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku, and Wike has not been resolved. The camp of the Rivers governor had demanded …
Accord presidential candidate, Professor Christopher Imumolen has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision not to interfere in next year’s general elections. The president while hosting state governors who are members of his political party, APC in Abuja on Tuesday had made it categorically clear that he would respect the will and wish of the Nigerian people by not trying …
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief items to flood victims in 13 local government areas of Katsina State as part of the federal government’s efforts aimed at assuaging the suffering of those affected by the natural disaster in the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, handed over the items …
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 …
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 …
