Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the travel ban on Nigeria and other African countries will not work. He spoke at the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa while reacting to what some African leaders said about the recent travel ban on some African countries by the United Kingdom. […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking the consideration and subsequent passage of the 2021 Finance bill that will guide the implementation of the 2022 appropriation. In a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan and read during plenary on Tuesday, President Buhari said that the bill when passed will […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps Anambra state sector command says two persons have been sent to untimely grave following a fatal road traffic crash which occurred on Tuesday at Ogbunike near Onitsha in Anambra state. FRSC boss in the state Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi who commiserated with the families of the dead accident victims, emphasized the […]
… A former governor of Kano State and leader of G-7 faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has revealed what the discussion with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the APC, was about. Daily Trust had reported how Shekarau, the senator representing Kano Central, visited Tinubu at his […]
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Plateau Command, has arrested 21 inmates who escaped from the Jos custodial centre when gunmen attacked the facility. ASC Geofrey Longdiem, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos. NAN reports that gunmen invaded the custodial centre […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over the strike by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) The strike by the NUEE left areas serviced by the AEDC without power for hours on Monday. Some of the areas serviced by the company are the […]
A police officer in Nairobi allegedly killed six people, including his wife, before finally turning the gun on himself early on Tuesday. According to police, security forces became aware something was amiss after a loud noise was heard in the officer’s apartment followed by the sound of gunfire. Armed with an AK-47, the man is […]
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, on Monday in Abuja, unveiled the National Drug Control Master Plan (NDCMP) targeted at tackling drug trafficking and abuse in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the five-year plan which would run from 2021-2025, was produced with the […]
Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, also confirmed that three out of the five students are already in custody. Late Sylvester Oromoni, was allegedly attacked by senior students of Dowen College, where he reportedly sustained internal injuries that resulted in his demise. Recall that over 100,000 signed petitions to prosecute the perpetrators of the sad […]
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has said the report linking him to the starvation of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services was a lie and cheap propaganda. Kalu made this known after reports emerged that Nnamdi Kanu was denied food by the DSS. […]
