Sadiya Farouq Nigeria’s federal government says it has spent N6.2 billion to train and equip 16,820 Bauchi youths in the art of smartphone repairs to enable them to become financially self-reliant. The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development announced the development on Wednesday. Sadiya Farouq, the minister …
Read More »EFCC nabs Cubana Chief Priest over alleged money laundering, tax fraud
Popular nightclub owner and Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu popularly called ‘Cubana Chief Priest’ has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering and tax fraud. He is said to have been arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday. More to come…
Read More »Akwa-Ibom: Crises rock PDP, APC over alleged imposition plots, zoning
The races towards the 2023 gubernatorial tickets of both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) have already peaked with chieftains of the two political parties now at war over who should fly the parties’ banners at the next governorship election in Akwa Ibom …
Read More »Niger Emir rescues two girls from forced marriage
Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu The Emir of Agaie in Niger state, Alhaji Yusuf Nuhu, has rescued two girls from their parents who wanted to force them into early marriage. Nuhu disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a sensitisation campaign on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) on Saturday in Agaie Local Government Area of …
Read More »Second Niger Bridge: Buhari’s Iconic Gift To South-East Region
When President Muhammadu Buhari on October 8, 2020 made a promise to Nigerians that his administration would complete and commission the Second Niger Bridge before the end of his tenure in 2023, not many people took his promise seriously. And the reason why many people took the promise made by …
Read More »ASUU May Extend Strike By 4 Months, Says FG Has Zero Feelings For Students, Parents
Share The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that its ongoing warning strike may be extended for 16 weeks due to failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, said if at the end of its two months strike the government has …
Read More »2023: God has not told me there will be election – Adeboye
Pastor Adeboye Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says he doesn’t know whether there will be a general election in 2023. The leader of the Pentecostal church said God has not told him whether there would an election next year. He said God …
Read More »We didn’t kill Cyril Obruche in Edo – Army
Brigadier-General-Onyema-Nwachukwu The Nigerian Army is denying the alleged report that its troops killed one Cyril Obruche in Ovre–Eku community, a border town between Edo and Delta states. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, in Abuja, …
Read More »INSECURITY: IGP ADOPTS TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN POLICING APPROACH, ACQUIRES FIVE ADDITIONAL HIGH-POWERED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs)
• As police pilots conclude specialized training on operations, deployment. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc(+), NPM, fdc, has acquired five (5) additional high-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in the country in line with the IGP’s vision and …
Read More »I asked for N3bn to forestall train attacks, but they blocked it – Amaechi fumes
Amaechi Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, on Tuesday noted that he predicted the Monday attack on the Kaduna-bound train coming, lamenting that he had requested digital security apparatus to forestall such incident. The visibly angry Amaechi told reporters that the attack would have been foiled if the procurement of the …
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