The Lagos State Police Police Public Relations Officer DSP Bala Elkana In a press release said On 6th of September, 2019 at about 9:000, Imota Police Station received a piece of information from a reliable source that some cultists on ...
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Don’t engage in reprisals against South Africans, PFN tells Nigerians
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigerian (PFN) has called on Nigerians not to engage in reprisals against South Africans in respect of the xenophobic attack on Nigerians in South Africa. It advised that Nigerians in and outside the country should rather exercise ...
Read More »FG, USAID move against tropical diseases in Cross River State, others
The Federal Government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have stepped up efforts to eradicate tropical diseases in 10 local councils of Cross River and over 490 other areas across the federation. Speaking during a meeting at ...
Read More »African commission mulls appropriate action against South Africa over xenophobia, cleric condemns attacks on Nigerians, others
Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Soyata Maiga has agreed to ‘take appropriate actions’ on request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to sue South Africa over xenophobic attacks on other Africans. The development, analysts ...
Read More »Bauchi auto crash kills driver, injures seven others
A driver has been confirmed dead and six students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) injured in a head-on-collision involving a Vectra car and a Sharon bus along the Bauchi-Jos highway in Miri village, few kilometers away from the Bauchi State capital. Public ...
Read More »Defence denies detention of kids as terrorists in North East
The Defence Headquarters has denied the claim by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the Nigerian armed forces were arbitrarily detaining children in detention facilities across the North East. In a statement, yesterday by Acting Director, Defence Information, Colonel Onyema ...
Read More »Army recovers, hands over stolen animals to Kaduna State government
The 1 Division of the Nigerian Army has recovered and handed over 14 sheep and 120 cows believed to have been rustled along Kaduna-Abuja highway to the Kaduna State Government. The division’s Garrison Commander of the Division, Brigadier General Jimmy ...
Read More »WANEP bemoans rising conflicts in Nigeria, unveils peace projects in six states
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria has lamented the increasingly violent conflicts in the country, which has resulted in wanton destruction of lives and property. This follows its establishment of a weekly live radio programme in seven states ...
Read More »Taxes generated 60% of govt’s revenue in three months, says FIRS
Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, has disclosed that taxes contributed 60 per cent of revenues distributed at the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the last three months. Fowler gave the hint when Chairman ...
Read More »Email users worried as Yahoo site partially crashes
Yahoo Mail users across the world were unable to access their emails for several hours yesterday following the temporary crash of the site. The incident drew the ire of thousands of users, who had no clue of how long the ...
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