FG to pay nine months N-Power arrears from November
The Federal Government has announced its readiness to commence the payment of nine months backlogs to N-Power beneficiaries who are on the programme beginning from November. It announced this on Monday...
View ArticlePolice foil planned robbery operation after shoot-out on Anambra road
The Anambra State Police Command said it foiled a planned robbery operation along the Ebenebe-Achalla Road, Awka North Local Government Area of the state. This was made known in a press statement by...
View ArticleYouths urge opposition candidates to withdraw suits against Ebonyi gov
Ebonyi State youth group, under the auspices of Ezza North Youth General Assembly, has urged the governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the...
View ArticleWhat you never knew about breast cancer
In a global effort to raise awareness on breast cancer, the World Health Organisation in 2015 designated October as Pink Month. Pink Month is a month where efforts to educate those concerned about the...
View ArticleBiden to visit Israel as Gaza ground offensive looms
President Joe Biden will make a landmark trip to Israel Wednesday, a show of “ironclad” support as Washington tries to prevent the escalating war in Gaza from spilling over into regional conflict. The...
View ArticleBREAKING: OPC, Amotekun, others clash with herdsmen in Oyo
There was palpable fear in Iwerele, Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Monday, as many were reportedly feared dead in a clash between Oodua Peoples Congress, Amotekun, Operation Burst,...
View ArticleCertificate saga: Obi didn’t impersonate late brother – Spokesman
The Chief Spokesman for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Yunusa Tanko, has debunked speculation that its flag bearer, Peter Obi, is going about with his brother’s University of Nigeria...
View ArticleGunmen kill nine vigilantes in Bauchi forest
Gunmen have attacked and killed nine members of a local vigilante group popularly known as Yan Ba Beli in Bauchi state. The gunmen whose identity and number are not yet known, killed the vigilantes in...
View ArticleTroops neutralise bandits, rescue kidnapped victims
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN from October 9 to 16, witnessed the neutralisation of bandits and armed robbers, the arrest of numerous suspects, the recovery of arms and ammunition, and the conviction...
View ArticleBenue PDP raises concern over arrest of party secretary by DSS
The Peoples Democratic Party in Benue state has raised concerns about the continuous detention of the party publicity secretary, Bemgba Iortyom by the Department of State Services. He was invited on...
View ArticleFG approves disbursement of N12.9bn health care provision fund
The Federal Government, on Thursday, approved the disbursement of N12,911bn through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund. The amount represents the 2023 fund for one quarter, to be utilised in the...
View ArticleICYMI: Nigerian Army promotes first female officer trained in UK military...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered the promotion of Second Lieutenant Oluchukwu Owowoh to the substantive rank of Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian...
View ArticleEquity market bullish as investors gain N6bn
The equity market sustained its bullish trend as investors gained about N6.29bn on Thursday. The day’s positive trading was geared toward the buying interest in Seplat Energy plc, United Bank for...
View ArticleUK exits recession with stronger-than-expected growth
The UK economy’s recovery from recession was stronger than previously thought in the first quarter, official data showed Friday, partly lifting embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before next week’s...
View Article[ICYMI] Junior officers protest as NCoS makes new uniform mandatory for...
There is currently disquiet among the junior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service over the failure of the authorities to provide them with the service’s new uniform free as they did for their...
View ArticleOgun allocates homes to Kobape Phase 3 subscribers
The Ogun State Commissioner for Housing, Alhaji Jamiu Omoniyi has said that 110 out of the embattled 200 subscribers to the third phase of the Kobape housing units will begin to get their allocations...
View ArticleFG unveils task force to check illegal private charter operations
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja, inaugurated a Ministerial Task Force`on illegal private charter operations and related matters in the aviation industry. The Minister of Aviation and...
View ArticleJAMB releases UTME supplementary results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 21 and 22,...
View ArticleFG rolls out N1tn palliative, massive construction projects
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday gave all the state governors seven days to provide concrete feedback on their plans to rev up food production in their respective states. Tinubu gave the directive at...
View ArticleBiden struggles in fiery debate with Trump
A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults. A bombastic Trump lashed out...
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