The Kano State Police Command has arrested 27 suspects for armed robbery and receiving stolen properties The state Police Commissioner, Mohammed Gumel, announced the arrests in Kano on Monday. The suspects were allegedly using dangerous weapons such as knives, cutlasses, and other sharp objects to attack innocent people and rob them of their valuables. During […]
Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to stay away and not disrupt flight operations at airports over their grievances in Owerri. Capt. Hamisu Yadudu, Managing Director, FAAN, said this in Lagos on Sunday while speaking with newsmen. […]
The National Examinations Council on Tuesday announced that it has rescheduled the 2023 entrance examination expected to be conducted for gifted and talented children into Federal Government Academy, Suleja, from Saturday, May 13, 2023, to Saturday, June 10, 2023. “The Examination was rescheduled to enable more candidates to register for the examination following a request […]
Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Osun State. Reports have it that immediate-past governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, who came second in the 16 July 2022 election, had filed a petition challenging Mr Adeleke’s victory. The Osun State Governorship Election Petition […]
House of Representatives has announced the postponement of its plenary expected to resume today, May 9, 2023. The clerk of the House, Dr Yahaya Danzaria in a statement signed on Monday evening and shared on the official Twitter handle of the House (@HouseNGR), said the new date scheduled for the House sitting is May 16. […]
Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) has officially declared his intention to run for the office of the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, ahead of the June 5 inauguration. Betara accused Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of sponsoring an unpopular candidate to succeed him. Betara, the incumbent Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, spoke in Abuja on Monday […]
As the Monday, 29 May, 2023 inauguration date of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu draws closer, Kenyan President, Dr Williams Ruto, has sent a special envoy to discuss areas of mutual interest between Nigeria and Kenya with the president-elect. Ruto, in a letter he personally signed, congratulated Tinubu on his victory at the polls and […]
…Writes APC NWC, 108 Senators-elect of his intention Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has written personal letters to the members of National Working Committee of All Progressives Congress(APC) and 108 Senators-elect of his interest to be the next Senate President. This is even as he […]
Poised to strengthen over 60 years of bilateral relationship with Nigeria, the Canadian Government has indicated interest in investing in the agricultural and technological sectors of the Ogun State economy. The Canadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Jamie Christoff, who stated this at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, when he paid a courtesy call on the […]
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arrested a fake police officer, Tijani Idris Oluwaseun, and forty-two others, for alleged internet fraud activities, otherwise known as ‘yahoo-yahoo’. The cyber criminals were arrested at Ijebu-Ode and Awa-Ijebu towns of Ogun State following actionable intelligence on their alleged […]
