…Says Not all Fulani are criminals The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, said on Friday that it was wrong to label all Fulani criminals because of the misdeeds of some of them. “I am a Fulani and I am not a bad man. I am also not a criminal,” the Sultan said […]
In a move likely to offer phone users in the country a relief from difficulties associated with obtaining the National Identification Number (NIN), a national telecommunications operator, Globacom, has opened its offices for people to walk in and do the registration. The company said in a statement released in Lagos at the weekend that several […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,883 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 130,557. “1,883 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-1040 FCT-298 Anambra-86 Rivers-54 Taraba-45 Ogun-42 Oyo-40 Akwa Ibom-38 Sokoto-30 Ebonyi-30 Imo-28 Kaduna-28 Osun-27 Kano-21 Benue-19 Edo-17 Gombe-15 Ekiti-9 Delta-8 Jigawa-3 Kwara-2 Bayelsa-2 Plateau-1.” The […]
A combined team of soldiers and police has rescued 25 youths who were abducted by kidnappers along Wukari -Takum Road in Taraba State on Wednesday. Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the Taraba State Police Command, ASP. Reform Leha , told The PUNCH that all the abducted youths were rescued unharmed . Leha who said […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has imposed new travel protocols on Nigerian travelers in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19. With the new protocols which are currently unsettling stakeholders especially travel agents, only direct flights originating from Nigeria are now permitted to fly directly into UAE. This means that transit flights with Nigerians […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said his administration will be transparent and open with the implementation of the 2021 budget. Speaking to newsmen in Daura, after the registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress, the President said the budget aptly captured some of the visions of the administration, and all efforts will be […]
SOME Fulani herders have allegedly attacked two persons with machete at Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government area of Oyo State. According to information gathered from Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, a resident, the herders allegedly attacked the two persons in their village around 1am on Saturday. As a result of this, the youths have been on […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it seized a consignment of cocaine and heroin worth N30 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos State. The spokesman of the agency, Mr. Jonah Achema, said on Saturday in Abuja that the drugs were seized from Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer, a 33-year-old lady, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said that rather than be rated and get praises for the work his government is doing, the elite of the country prefer to harass him. He spoke after at a lunch with APC governors after his revalidation of his membership of the party in his constituency in Daura, Katsina State. […]
Doris Okuwobi, chairperson of the Lagos state judicial panel, Saturday said there is nothing the panel can do if the Nigerian army refuses to honour summons. The army is a respondent in several petitions before the panel set up by the Lagos state government to probe police brutality, especially the involvement of the army in […]
