Kwara state government has imposed another lockdown in the state from 12 midnight to 4 am with effect from Thursday, December 24, 2020. The lockdown was contained in the new guidelines on COVID-19 issued on Wednesday by the state Technical Committee on COVID-19. Addressing a press conference in Ilorin, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr….
Joshua Idiong from Akwa Ibom State has emerged the Winner of The Next Titan Nigeria Season 7 ‘The Unstoppable’. Joshua goes away with N10 Million Naira to support his business idea, Palm Oil Processing Company. His business would produce palm oil through a more efficient method, as well as provide job opportunities for graduates and…
The leader of the vigilante group and two others were killed at the weekend in renewed attacks on the Madaka community, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack is coming two weeks after the village head was kidnapped. Sources said the bandits stormed the town on motorcycles, burning houses and shooting sporadically, and…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it arrested five robbery suspects in Abuja last Wednesday. Spokesman Yusuf Mariam on Sunday said they were arrested around Wuse following a distress call that the suspects were about robbing their victims. Mariam said the suspects confessed to being responsible for criminal activities along the Wuse axis….
The Emir of Anka and chairman of Zamfara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Mohammed Ahmad has appealed to the state government to allow people of the state to carry arms and defend themselves against banditry. Attahiru who paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Kaura-Namoda attacked by bandits last week said, “Since the…
*Ondo State Commissioner For Regional Duties Dies At 68* Prof. Bayonile Ademodi, Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, died on Saturday, an official has said. Mr. Donald Ojogo, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Sunday…
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According to The PUNCH, many physically challenged persons have staged a protest in Abuja. The physically challenged persons who are from the Niger Delta region are reportedly on rampage at the National Assembly. The physically challenged persons besieged the National Assembly Complex in Abuja on Thursday morning to protest what they termed neglect by their…
The Nigeria Customs Service on Sunday announced that its Kebbi State Command has intercepted a truck carrying 73 guns and 891 cartridges concealed in bags of rice. A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, on Sunday, December 13, says officers of the Federal operation unit zone B, on information patrol along Yauri,…
Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor is dead. The 85-year-old diplomat passed away on Thursday at a hospital in Maryland in the US. A native of Imo state, Nsofor’s appointment in 2017 sparked off controversy owing to his age. The senate rejected his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari, hinging its decision on the…