A Shari’a Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna State, on Tuesday ordered a man, Ibrahim Aliyu, to get a job by April 18 in order to sustain his family. Earlier, in a petition, a 45-year-old businesswoman, Fatima Lawal, approached the court, seeking an order compelling Aliyu to get a job. Delivering judgment, Justice Salisu Abubakar-Tureta, said: […]

US President-elect Joe Biden should immediately revoke deals the Trump administration struck with Central American countries on the handling of asylum seekers, a report published Monday by Democratic senators said. In 2019, the US signed Asylum Cooperation Agreements (ACAs) with the members of the so-called  Northern Triangle of Central America — El Salvador, Honduras and […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Three persons have been confirmed dead, while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a tanker explosion that occurred along the Presidential Boulevard, Kuto axis of Abeokuta metropolis, the Ogun state capital. The incident, which occurred around 8.15 am when the 33,000-litre tanker had brake failure while descending the Kuto […]

Ankara has imposed advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest after they failed to appoint local representatives in Turkey under a new social media law, according to decisions published on Tuesday. Under the law, which critics say stifles dissent, social media companies that do not appoint such representatives are liable for a series of penalties, […]

Four soldiers were killed and eight others seriously injured by a roadside bomb in southeastern Niger, a region hit by jihadist attacks, the government said. The troops were pursuing “terrorists” on Monday following an attack the previous day on a military position in Chetima Wangou in the Diffa region, the defence ministry said in a […]

An estimated 12 per cent of people in England had been infected with coronavirus by December last year, up from nine per cent in November, according to official antibody data released Tuesday. One in 10 people in Wales, one in 13 in Northern Ireland and one in 11 in Scotland were also estimated to have […]

The war against insurgency in the north eastern part of the country has been, incontrovertibly, fought with doggedness and determination by the armed forces since the insurgency started in 2010. Orchestrated by the Boko Haram insurgency group, the war has caused devastating and wonton destructions of lives and property across the country, especially in Borno, […]

FG moves to establish fire stations in 109 Senatorial Districts, audit oil tank farms To deploy Police, NSCDC around fire scenes By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Fire Service FFS has disclosed how it saved 1,453 lives in 2020, and property worth N1.35 trillion, adding that it responded to 3, 555 fire calls while […]

…urge Muslims to boycott his events By Luminous Jannamike The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called for the sacking of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, as the Secretary of National Peace Committee chaired by former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar. The organisation made the call in a statement signed by […]

Says Itsekiri oil producing coastal communities will take drastic action immediately An Itsekiri Community leader in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Prince David Odeli has  called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack Godswill Obot Akpabio as the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,accusing the ex – Akwa – Ibom State Governor of […]

By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Kukah Centre, on Tuesday, faulted the call for the sacking of Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto Catholic diocese as the Secretary of the National Peace Committee. They said MURIC’s call came from a position of ignorance as the NPC is a non-governmental […]

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…Meets 98% 2020 target   Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief   The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) collected the sum of N4. 952 trillion in total tax revenue in the year 2020. Director Communications and Liaison, Mr. Abdullahi Ahmad, said in a statement today, that the figure represented approximately 98 per cent of the national […]

By Chidi Nkwopara, OWERRI Three out of the 27 local government areas in Imo State, have been identified as the epicentres of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic in the state. The Chairman, Imo State Task Force on Covid-19 Pandemic, Professor Maurice Iwu, who disclosed this yesterday, while speaking during a public enlightenment programme in Owerri, however […]

It was a gory moment for some residents of Abeokuta as they woke up to an early morning tanker explosion that sends grimace faces around the area of the incident, in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.