National
15 Jan
Fire on Sunday gutted a mechanic workshop situated along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, opposite the Building Materials International Market in Ogidi, Anambra.
15 Jan
Troops of 192 Battalion, 81 Division, Nigerian Army on Sunday, intercepted a suspected transnational drug syndicate with illicit substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa.
15 Jan
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it secured the conviction of 67 drug traffickers in the state in 2023.
15 Jan
Daniel Bwala, erstwhile spokesman for Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 presidential poll, has said he informed his principal of his last week’s meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
15 Jan
Chief of Doctrine and Combat Development, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Nigerian Army (NA), Maj-Gen. Jamiu Jimoh, has said the military is celebrating and remembering fallen heroes, who paid the supreme price for the corporate existence of the country.
15 Jan
Pipeline security firm, Tantita Security Services Limited, yesterday disclosed how a vessel, MT Kali, arrested in Bayelsa State with 119,000 tonnes of stolen crude oil, tried to deceive the surveillance team that it was on test run.
15 Jan
Coalition of Niger North Youth Forum, Zone ‘C’ has been terrified by activities of terrorists that destroyed lives and property in the state.
15 Jan
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused military and police chiefs of subterranean plots to sweep the deadliest terror attacks in Nigeria for 2023 under the carpet.
15 Jan
Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Youth Wing has commended President Bola Tinubu for his proactiveness and adherence to rule of law regarding the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu.
15 Jan
Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has charged President Bola Tinubu to investigate Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as their finances.
15 Jan
President Bola Tinubu is focused on ensuring that Nigeria remains an inseparable and indivisible entity, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has assured.
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Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River says his administration has provided a matching fund of N100 million to scale up food and nutrition interventions in the state.
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Officers from the Ikotun Police Division, Lagos State have rescued three children who had been locked in a room for days by their grandmother. Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Friday, stated that an investigation is ongoing on the matter. Hundeyin disclosed that the children have been kept safe while the grandmother…
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A Volvo truck (unregistered) carrying loads of food items overturned in the Ojota area of Lagos on Friday, leaving its occupants with serious injuries.
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by seven senior advocates of Nigeria against the National Judicial Council (NJC) and others over the alleged unlawful appointment of judges in Kogi.
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At least 23 people have been killed in an attack by bandits on the Anguwar Danko community in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, according to a community leader. The attack, which occurred Wednesday night, has yet to be confirmed by Kaduna State Police authorities. A leader in the community, Zubairu Abdulrahuf, told…
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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has placed former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on a watchlist. Immigration took this step after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declared Bello wanted. NIS placed Bello on the watchlist in a circular dated April 18 and signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, DS Umar, for…
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The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) says it is targeting over 2.8 million children for the second round of polio outbreak response immunisation in the state.
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The Federal Government has charged stakeholders in the automotive sector on the realisation of made-in-Nigeria vehicles for economic growth and development. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Anite, said this on Thursday in Abuja, during a Dialogue on Automotive Component Manufacturing in Nigeria. According to Anite, the country has the consumer base…
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Police in Lagos State have intercepted some bags of substances, suspected to be Indian Hemp, at a Jetty in Ojo area of Lagos and arrested a suspect.
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Nigerian Army troops have successfully repelled an attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra.