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Yearly Archives: 2021

Iran applies to Interpol for Trump’s arrest over killing of Soleimani

Tehran has applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump in connection with the murder of the Iranian top...

Day 2 protest: Magistrate collapses in Calabar

Magistrate Richard Bassey on Tuesday collapsed at the gate of the governor’s office in Calabar during a protest over unpaid 24 months  salary. The News...

Benue police parade 83 suspected cultists, armed robbers, others –CP

 No fewer than 83 suspected cultists, armed robbers and others were, on Tuesday, paraded publicly in Makurdi by the Benue Police Command, following a...

SERAP drags FG to UN over arbitrary detention, torture of Sowore, others

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent “an urgent complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the arbitrary detention,...

Man in court for allegedly refusing to pay beer bill

A 20-year-old man, Adeya Sesan, on Tuesday, appeared in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun for allegedly ordering beverage and beer worth N109,950  and...

Police arraign 3 for alleged stealing, breach of peace

 The police on Tuesday arraigned three persons before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged stealing and breach of peace. The defendants: Olayinka Ayomide, 18;...

Osun: PDP raises concern over plans to set up `illegal’ secretariat

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday raised concerns over alleged plans by certain individuals to set up a strange office in Osogbo, Osun...

Zulum orders UBEB to appraise private schools in Borno

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has given the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB)  six months within which to assess private primary and secondary schools...

No political influence on our business decisions – Intels

Intels Nigeria Ltd., an oil and gas logistics company, has said its business has not been hindered by political influences from the present government. The...

Farmer advocates value addition to nation’s agric produce as panacea to profitability

 A notable farmer in Delta and former state Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Mr Raymos Guana has called for value addition to agricultural products...

Don’t relent in praying for Nigeria’s peace, unity, CAN urges

The Christian Association (CAN), Okitipupa Chapter, Ondo State, on Tuesday urged Nigerians not to relent in their prayers for the unity and peace as...

8,000 in Kano to benefit from FG’s Cash Grant for Rural Women Project 

By Chimezie Godfrey The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development,Sadiya Umar farouq,  has revealed that about 8,000 women in Kano state will...

Police decorate 29 promoted officers in Kano

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Kano State,  Mr Habu Ahmad, has tasked the 29 newly promoted officers in the Command to display high...

Lagos NUJ commiserates with family of late sports administrator, Aderinokun

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos State Council on Tuesday, commiserated with the family of Mr Eddie Aderinokun, who died on Sunday. The union, in a...

DPR sensitises filling stations, gas plants on safety measures in Bauchi

The Bauchi office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has embarked on a one-week sensitisation tour of filling stations and existing Liquefied Petroleum...

Ibidapo-Obe left indelible footprints in the annals of Nigerian university education

The Vice Chancellor, Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, Prof. Charles Ayo, said that the late Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe left an indelible footprint in the annals...

Niger Govt committed to actualising Bobi grazing reserve – Bello

The Niger government is committed to actualising Bobi Grazing Reserve located along Mariga and Mashegu local government areas of the state. Gov. Sani Bello made...

Fire destroys N635m property in Kano State in 2020

The Kano State Fire Service says 134 lives and property worth N635million were lost to fire incidents in the state from Jan.1 to Dec.31,...

COVID-19, Fintiri bans social gatherings of more than 50 people

Disturbed by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and violation of protocols, Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has banned all social gatherings in the...

Kwara residents decry slow pace of NIN registration –NAN check

Scores of prospective registrants for the National Identity Number (NIN) in Kwara, on Monday, expressed their frustration over the difficulty in registering at the...

Nigeria records 1,204 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily surge ever

 Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made...

Matawalle is restoring peace, transforming economy of Zamfara — Aide

Dr Rabi Ibrahim, Special Adviser on Investment and Public Private Partnership to Zamfara Gov. Bello Matawalle says the governor has curbed the rates of...

Remaking Nigeria, Sixty Years After, By Chido Onumah 

“…Nation-building is a futuristic venture; it is not something you do looking back. If a nation would be tempted, like Lot’s wife, to keep...

ICC aggravating Nigeria’s security challenges–FG

  The Federal Government says the International Criminal Court (ICC) and some human rights organisations have colluded to aggravate the security challenges facing the country. The...

CNG frowns at Sowore’s New Year Eve detention

By Chimezie Godfrey The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has joined the Nigerian civil rights community in condemning the arrest and detention of Sahara Reporters...
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