Driver who knocked down police officer in viral video arrested
The Police Command, Lagos State has arrested one Sunday Okodo, 38, of Alose close, Bony crescent, Apapa, who knocked down a police officer from the bridge while resisting arrest. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement signed in Lagos on Thursday. Adejobi said that Okodo knocked down Inspector […]
Norwegian Seafood Council kicks against CBN’s inclusion of stockfish in banned list
The Norwegian Seafood Council has protested the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s inclusion of stockfish in the list of banned goods to be imported into the country.
Restructuring: Nigeria is a failed State – Edwin Clark
…Says 1999 constitution a scam …We want restructuring through federalism By Fortune Eromosele FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has addressed Nigeria as a failed state, stating that the 1999 constitution Nigeria is currently operating is a scam. The erstwhile Commissioner disclosed this during a National Restructure Actualisation Summit, RAS […]
NASS engaging Ghana to amend trade laws, says lawmaker
The National Assembly in engaging the Ghanaian authority to amend its trade laws and make it easy for Nigerians to do business in Ghana. Rep. Yusuf Buba, Chairman House Committee on Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Buba, who represents Hong/Gombi Federal Constituency of Adamawa, […]
JUST IN: Northern Governors, NSA, IGP meet in Kaduna
Governors of the 19 Northern States and traditional rulers of the region are meeting in Kaduna over security challenges bedeviling the region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two-day meeting, which opened on Thursday, is also being attended by Senate President, Ahmad Lawal, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari […]
Bandits kill 18 villagers in Kaduna
Gangs of thieves have killed 18 people in several attacks in Kaduna state, a government official said Thursday. Gunmen on motorcycles stormed into several villages in Igabi and Chikun districts of Kaduna state on Tuesday and Wednesday, shooting residents, burning homes and stealing livestock, Samuel Aruwan, the state internal security commissioner, said. “Security agencies have […]
FG takes over Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport in Kebbi – Commissioner
The Federal Government has taken over the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport in Kebbi, Alhaji Abubakar Ladan, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, has said. Ladan who made the disclosure to newsmen on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi said the airport had not been sold to any private individual, contrary to rumour. “There is no […]
Be bold, incorruptible, dutiful- Lawyers urge new EFCC Chair
Two former Executives of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bayo Akinlade and Douglas Ogbankwa, have urged the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr AbdulRasheed Bawa, to remain incorruptible. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that although the appointment of Bawa was greeted with diverse arguments, it now remains […]
PHOTOS: 7 Air Force officers who died in Abuja air crash buried
The burial of the seven Air Force men that died in last Sunday’s Beechcraft King Air B359i crash is ongoing at the National Cemetery, Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja.
God is angry with FG for proscribing IPOB, negotiating with armed herdsmen – Bishop Udeh
By Nwabueze Okonkwo The General Overseer of Mount Zion Faith Global Liberation Ministries, Inc., a.k.a By Fire By Fire, Nnewi, Anambra State, Bishop Abraham Chris Udeh has revealed that he saw God in a vision looking very angry with the federal government for proscribing a non-violent Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB and at the same […]
EFCC: Bawa’s vast experience’ll give corruption total knock out – Obidike
Mr. Obidike Chukwuebuka, Director General – Conference of APC Support Group have hailed President Buhari on the appointment of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa as the new EFCC Chairman and also thanked the Senate for speedy confirmation. The Director General of APC conference of support group in a statement through his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, […]
