The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the death of 13 police operatives in Kurar Mota village of Bungudu Local Government Area (LGA), of Zamfara State. The state police command had disclosed this in a statement made available to THE WITNESS on Sunday. The incident reportedly happened on Sunday at …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday denied report another of its Alpha jet crashed in Kaduna. Reports emerged on Sunday evening a jet that left the NAF Base in Yola, the Adamawa State Capital for an anti-banditry operation crashed in a village in Kaduna. It was also reported rescue …

COVID-19 – The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Sunday explained why the agency has not approved any locally produced herbal medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. Prof. Adeyeye said no single drug had been found to cure …

What would have been a tragic air disaster was averted, Sunday, when a Dana aircraft scheduled to fly from Abuja to Lagos by 1:00pm developed technical problems mid-air.   An eyewitness on board told Channel TV that the pilot announced to passengers about an hour into the flight that there was an indicator …

Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has sued the senate and Clement Sargwak, a security guard. In March, Umar was caught on video hitting a security man who had told him his vehicle was parked in the wrong space at a popular plaza in Abuja. In his defence, …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it is yet to renew Airtel ’s Mobile Operating License. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. According to him, the attention of the NCC was drawn to a recent statement on an …

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SCOA Nigeria Plc, Dr. Massad Boulos has commended Unity Bank Plc and other banks for facilitating a credit facility of N15.5 billion for the importation and supply of 33 MAN Platform Trucks and equipment to construction giant, Julius Berger Plc. The equipment is …

The N15 trillion Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (Infraco) Plc will commence full operations by the third quarter of 2021, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed.  This is as the Federal Government has approved the selection of 4 asset managers for the infrastructure …

•Udezue (left) presenting an award to a player at the CBL Retired Nigerian basketball player Ugo Udeze has backed D’Tigers and D’Tigress to win medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, saying anything short “will be a surprise.” Udezue left his lucrative job as an NBA agent to found AFA …

President Muhammadu Buhari; CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele; and Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed Everest Amaefule, Temitayo Jaiyeola, Amarachi Orjiude and Sami Tunji 15 July 2021 • Debt servicing to revenue ratio jumped from 54.66% in 2019 to 72% in 2020 The Federal Government made a total of N3.25tn in 2020, …