THREE inmates and some officials of a correctional service in Aba, Abia State on Sunday hospitalised after an attempted jailbreak. The Nation gathered that it took the combined effort of police and the correctional service official to quell was what described as chaotic situation, with the inmates intent on breaking jail. The three prisoners, who […]
KANO State Government on Sunday said over 2,000 Almajirai quarantined to check mate COVID-19 would be discharged today. The State Commissioner of Education and Chairman Committee on Repatriation of Almajiris Students Muhammadu Sanusi Kiru, confirmed this yesterday, during a visit to the two centres at Kiru and Karaye local government areas where the over 2,000 […]
POLICE in Lagos have arrested two fake soldiers Kehinde Elijah, 45, and Eze Joseph in connection with the killing of a police sergeant, Onalaja Onajide. Onajide, who was attached to Ilemba Hausa Division, Ajamgbadi, was gunned down about 9:30pm on May 10 in front of the division. It was gathered that the suspects were apprehended […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the armed forces an order to rout every trace of banditry and kidnapping from his home state of Katsina. The President gave the order on Sunday during an audience he granted the Chief of General Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, at the State House in Abuja. A statement by the Senior […]
As the seven-man caretaker committee, constituted during the week by the National Working Committee to oversee the affairs of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resumes duty, party members said the committee’s major task would be to help reconcile the two warring PDP factions in the state. The committee, chaired by […]
As fallout to the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari and echoed by the Minister for Finance, Budget and Planning that some ministries, departments and agencies be scrapped or merged, so many news have appeared in the print, electronic and social media. Among the news going round is that the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is […]
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Nigerian Army troops on Sunday killed 20 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) terrorists at the north west of Baga town in Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops of 130 Battalion with […]
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the weekend urged religious leaders to sensitize residents on measures to curb the spread of coronavirus and stay safe. He said their role in the sensitization is very vital because what is happening now is community transmission and many of the residents in the State worship […]
DEPOSIT Money Banks (DMBs) are turning down payment requests from customers seeking to pay business partners abroad with naira debit cards. Banks are asking customers paying clients abroad to do so in the currency of the beneficiary’s country, as against the previous practice where lenders debited the naira accounts of customers at the prevailing exchange […]
THERE is reprieve for state governments following President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the suspension of deductions of loans and bailout funds from their monthly allocation. The Coronavirus pandemic has virtually destroyed the world’s economy – draining Nigeria’s oil revenue to the bottom. The Federation Account projected revenue has dropped by more than half, a situation […]
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has raised concern over the sudden suspension of the Federal Government’s homegrown school feeding programme in Kano State. Ganduje wondered why feeding of millions of pupils in over 4,900 public primary schools in Kano was halted since December 2019 while funding of the same project continued in other states till February 2020. […]