By Mohammed Tijjani Kaduna, Sept. 15, 2021 The Kaduna Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the Emir of Bungudu, Zamfara state,  Alhaji Hassan Atto, and an unspecified number of commuters, along the Kaduna – Abuja highway.  The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident in a …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Sept 14, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said the COVID-19 pandemic had proved to be the most challenging period the world had seen, as the 75th session of the General Assembly closed to usher in the 76th session, the UN correspondent of the …

Barcelona, Sept. 15, 2021 Two goals from Robert Lewandowski and one from Thomas Mueller propelled Bayern Munich to a 3-0 win at Barcelona in their opening Champions League game on Tuesday. It was indeed another brutal demonstration of the gulf in class between the two sides. Mueller gave Bayern the …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Sept. 14, 2021 DLM Capital Group has attributed its award  as  “Best Development Finance Company Nigeria 2021”  by the  Global Banking and Finance Review magazine to dedication and hard work. The Head of Investment Banking, DLM Capital, Mr. Emeka Ngene, made the disclosure in a statement …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Sept. 14, 2021 Alhaji Aminu Achida, the Speaker, Sokoto State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, restated the legislature’s commitment to ensuring effective service delivery, through dedicated oversight functions in the state. Achida spoke at the opening of a 2-day legislative Oversight orientation workshop organised by State …

  By Yahaya Isah Abuja, Sept. 14, 2021 The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged the acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Idris Jere, to effectively secure the nation’s borders and ensure nobody slipped in from outside to cause any harm. The Media Adviser to the Minister, …

The Senate has received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari to consider and approve an external loan to fund projects captured under the 2018-2021 borrowing plan. The letter dated 24th August, 2021 was read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Buhari in the letter explained that the …

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has released the time table for the up coming election into the Boards of Sports Federations. According to the election time table released on Tuesday in Abuja, nomination forms will be released on September 15, with completed ones submitted on September 17th. …

Ex-terrorists’ Commander, Adamu Rugurugu has said that top leaders of the Boko Haram group were always fond of dispatching ‘low-ranking’ Commanders like him and fighters of the sect, to the battlefield to be killed by Nigerian military troops. But they (the overbearing Leaders) themselves hide from troops’ onslaughts in the …

The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom, Mr. Moses Ekpo, has emerged winner of the Sun Lifetime Achievement Award for the year, 2020, and has dedicated the prestigious award to Gov. Udom Emmanuel. Ekpo stated this while receiving the representatives of the management team of The Sun Publications, publishers of the …

By Dennis Udoma, Uyo More groups in Akwa Ibom have continued to throw their weights behind Governor Udom Emmanuel’s “No cultist or ocultic” politicians will succeed him campaigns in 2023. The latest group is “De – Voice Assembly”, led by Pastor James Sunny, a former Chairmanship aspirant on the platform of …

  Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has been hailed by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare as a digital platform with immense capacity to help re-write Nigeria’s unemployment narrative. He made this known during the signing of a landmark partnership between Konga and the Ministry …

By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Sept. 14, 2021 The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa says the use of credible data is essential in the fight against drug abuse. Marwa said this at the inauguration of the “West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) …

By Ibironke Ariyo Abuja, Sept. 14, 2021 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has recaptured 114 escapees of its Kabba custodial centre who were among the 240 inmates set free on Sept. 12. The NCoS spokesperson, Mr Francis Enobore, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The …

By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Sept. 14, 2021 The Governing Council of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos has approved the appointment of Mr. Mayokun Olumeru as its new acting registrar with immediate effect. A statement signed by the university’s spokesman, Dr. Elvis Otobo, and made available in Lagos on Tuesday, said  that …

By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Sept. 14, 2021 Mr. Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said on Tuesday that the measures put in place by the apex bank to prevent economic crisis spilling into a financial crisis in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic had paid-up. …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Sept. 14, 2021 OCP Nigeria Fertilisers, says it has partnered with Lake Chad Research Institute, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training and Bayero University Kano, on production of a special wheat fertiliser to increase food production and self-sufficiency. Its Head of Agronomy, Dr. Donald Madueke, made …

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, has approved the composition of a National Reconciliation Committee for the Party. Those appointed, according to a statement by  Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), APC are Sen. …

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 27 individuals in connection with suspicious illegal oil bunkering. They were arrested on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Ahoada Local Government Area, Rivers State. The suspects are: Mohammad Bello;  Abubarkar Umar;  Abdulkarim Ibrahim;  Mohammad Bashimu;   Bello Mohammad, Abdullahi Murtala; …

  Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sunday, September 12, 2021 arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arrested in two separate locations in Benin City sequel to actionable intelligence. Among those arrested are suspected fraudsters who, a few weeks ago, …

Sacramento (California), Sept. 14, 2021  Gazing down from Marine One, President Joe Biden surveyed miles of scorched earth slicing through dense green forests, the scars left by one of the worst wildfires to threaten California. Firefighters were able to protect the area around Lake Tahoe, but not before the Caldor …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Sept. 13, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19  has frowned at alleged  adoption of double standards by  the United Arab Emirates (UAE)  in the enforcement of its COVID-19 protocol for visitors. The PSC said on Monday in Abuja that UAE prevented Nigerians from travelling directly from …

Washington, Sept. 14, 2021 Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week for the first time as U.S president. The White House said on Monday that Biden would travel to New York on Tuesday next week to speak at the assembly’s General Debate. Republican …

By Olanrewaju Akojede Lagos, Sept. 13, 2021 Amaju Pinnick, President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Monday commended Kesington Adebutu, Chairman of Premier Lotto Ltd., over the renovation of the National Stadium, Lagos and contribution to sports development in Nigeria. The commendation came on the heels of a four-year partnership between …