The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons said over 2,114 Nigerian returnees from Libya had been brought to the country from January till date. The Head, Press & Public Relations of NAPTIP, Mr Josiah Emerole, disclosed this i…
A foremost playwright and culture activist, Professor Akinwunmi Ishola has died at his Bolajoko Estate home in Ibadan on Saturday at the age of 78 years. While confirming the incident, one of his former students, Mr. Sola Ajayi said: “The news of hi…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 10 people for allegedly setting ablaze the houses deserted by the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nasarawa/Benue border towns. DSP Idirisu Kennedy, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Nasar…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said the claim by Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, that security agencies failed to respond to the alert given them to prevent the massacre of people in Zamfara has vindicated him. Fayose said …
The Nigeria Air Force has said that its operational unmanned aerial vehicle( UAV) “Tsaigumi” is more advanced than its earlier produced Amebo and Gulma UAV prototypes. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya,made th…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the gruesome murder of 41 Nigerians by marauders in Zamfara State. The party in a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan the part’s National Publicity Secretary lamented that the continued failure of t…
Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte says striker, Alvaro Morata will be fully fit for their Champions League clash with Barcelona on Tuesday. Conte said the Spain international has been training regularly to improve his physical condition ahead of Barcel…
Sunday Oliseh has said he would rather lose a job than go to jail for taking part in “illegal activities” as coach of Dutch club Fortuna Sittard. Fortuna Sitard announced Oliseh was suspended allegedly over his poor relationship with both players an…
Roger Federer added yet another record to his vast collection when he guaranteed becoming the oldest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world number one by beating Dutchman Robin Haase 4-6 6-1 6-1 to reach the semi-finals in Rotterdam on Frid…
Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has revealed the players that will be available for their Champions League round of 16 clash against Barcelona on Tuesday. Conte confirmed that Marcos Alonso will be fit, but Tiemoue Bakayoko is out. Alonso has missed…
John Terry is eyeing a return to Chelsea in a coaching role, as he plots a route to the top job at Stamford Bridge. The former Chelsea captain will be out of contract at Championship club Aston Villa in July, after joining on a 12-month deal. Terry …
Nigeria’s representative in the skeleton event at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, Simidele Adeagbo, on Friday finished last in the women’s individual skeleton runs 1 and 2 featuring 20 runners. Simidele ran 54.19secs in ru…
No fewer than 22 persons were killed and 28 others injured in a multiple suicide bomb attack at a market in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. The incident occurred on Friday at about 9:00 PM, when three suicide bombers detonated explosives at …
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Friday paid tributes to late Prof. Dora Akunyili, for her contributions towards the fight against counterfeit drugs in the country. Obas…
Seven months after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the Federal Government to release to Nigerians the list of public officials from whom public funds had been recovered, the list has yet to be released by the authorities. Justice Hadiz…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is currently investigating fresh cases of fraud totalling N83m uncovered in its state offices in Kano, Edo, Kogi, Gombe and Plateau. Our correspondent gathered on Friday that while the board was investiga…
The police are ready for the 2019 elections, Inspector-General of Police (IG) Ibrahim Idris said yesterday. The elections will hold in February and March. He said: “We are prepared for the elections. We have the men and we have the materials (logist…
An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Friday remanded a traditional ruler, Oba Adeoye Adefarakan, 63, and one Abidemi Olukanmi, 18, for allegedly spreading rumour against the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The Prosecutor, Inspector Ch…
An Abuja High Court sitting at Apo, on Friday, admitted series of documents into evidence, in a suit seeking to sack the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, from office over an allegation that the election that…
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has approved the release of N1 billion for the payment of contributory pension to retired civil servants in the state. Dr Festus Oyebade, the state Head of Service, made this known on Friday in Osogbo at a meeting of the…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday dispatched the Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.), to Zamfara State for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of the state where some innoce…
Through the implementation of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme, the Federal Government is targeting to bring a total of four million fresh taxpayers into the tax net. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, gave the figure at th…
The Nigerian Army on Friday said it had drilled a borehole in Sambisa Forest to enhance water supply to troops and communities in the area as part of efforts to make the forest habitable. Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relation…
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said that dialogue remains the only genuine approach to resolve the herdsmen/farmers’ crises across the country. He said there was the need for Nigerians to shun inciting statements and stop playin…
World Bank has approved a 486 million dollars credit facility to Nigeria for electricity grid improvement, the lender said on Friday. “The investments under the Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project will increase the power transfer capacity of th…
Chairman, South-East Senate Caucus, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, PDP, Abia South yesterday took a swipe at Senators who opposed the amendment to the Electoral Act regarding election sequence in the 2019 general elections, saying that they constitute t…
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has vowed to get to the root of underage voting in Kano, says PVC will be ready in March. However, on Wednesday the Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said on the Africa…
Few days after the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo advised President Muhammadu Buhari to resign after the expiration of his tenure, the National Chairman of the National Action Council (NAC), Dr. Olapade Agoro, has called on him to toe the…
The National Economic Council was on Thursday given an interim briefing on the NEC Working Group’s assignment on herdsmen-farmers clashes. The Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, told State House correspondents this at the end of a meeting of …
With12 months to the 2019 general elections, gladiators have electrified the political atmosphere in Rivers State, alerting residents that the polls would not be nothing less than ‘battle royal.’ The deep and unceasing rivalry between the ruling Peo…
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