Senate Committee on Customs, Excise & Tariff led by its chairman, Senator Muhammed Aliero visits the multi-billion naira state-of-the-art Kia Motors’ assembly plant to assemble made-in-Nigeria Kia brand of vehicles

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated former president Goodluck Jonathan on his 58th birthday anniversary. This is as former President of the United States, Mr. Jimmy Carter also commended the PDP chieftain, describing him as a symbol of democracy on the African continent. A statement signed by the PDP’s …

ANTHONY OMOH National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized narcotic drugs valued at over one trillion naira. The drugs weighing fifty-five million, eight hundred and thirty thousand, eight hundred and thirty-seven (55,830,837) kilogrammes and arrest of 72,253 suspected drug traffickers were made between 2006 and 2014. In the years …

Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has quelled rumours claiming he was one of the hostages held when Islamists stormed a Bamako hotel, Friday. With the businessman admitting he was in Mali a day earlier, speculations are also rife that he may have been a …

A third body has been recovered from the apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis raided by police after last Friday’s attacks, prosecutors say. They also confirmed that one of the dead was Hasna Aitboulahcen, 26, who reportedly blew herself up in the raid. The alleged ringleader of the attacks, …

BY ABDULLAH ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Borno State Ministry of Health in collaboration with State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) and other Health Development Partners on Friday flagged off the 2015 National Measles Campaign targeted at about one million children. This Borno state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Haruna Mshelia who …

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has tasked owners of heavy duty trucks in the country on the need to strictly adhere to the minimum safety standards in order to ensure safety of haulage operations, saying FRSC will intensify efforts at enforcing the laws. …

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Thursday said the Federal Government did not disobey the order of a Federal High Court, Abuja which granted the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), permission to travel on a medical …

The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency in its effort to enhance the flow of communication between the Agency and the general public, has dedicated two new telephone hotlines for use by the general public. While releasing the hotlines, the Director, Public Affairs MVAA, Mrs. RonkeFamakinwa disclosed that they would …

Lagos State government has taken custody of the two toddlers who were allegedly raped by their father’s friends and co-workers recently, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Lola Akande has said. She said that the children, ages five and three, have been rescued from the abusive environment and taken …

Former Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has for the first time waded into $2.6 arms procurement scandal which has seen the arrest of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki, advising the Federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari to desist from ‘playing politics with serious issues.’ Jonathan who said his …

The Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, has confirmed earlier reports which claimed that Nigerian troops suffered heavy casualties attempting to storm the epicentre of the Sambisa forest in Borno in the push against the Boko Haram insurgents, Thursday. The troops ‘had slight setback within the week. …

Government of the State of Osun has concluded plans to unveil the newly-completed high school in Ejigbo, Ejigbo Local Government Area of the state, Monday November 23. The new school, named after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, is a magnificent three-in-one school, with capacity for 3,000 pupils. The Monday commissioning …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 19 fatalities from  Wednesday’s twin suicide bomb attacks at the Farm Centre, a popular mobile phone market in Kano city, just as it said over 100 people received various degree of injuries in the attack which occurred in the afternoon. Two female …

Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako, Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in the capital of the former French colony, which has been battling rebels allied to al Qaeda for several years. Dozens of people were reported to have escaped or been freed, …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Nigerian Police Force has arrested another Boko Haram terrorist leader, Muhhamed Usman. Usman is one of those recently declared wanted by Nigerian Army. Our correspondent gathered that the arrest of the suspect was as a result of the investigative and surveillance activities of officers and …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar graced the book launch in honour of late HID Awolowo in Ikenne, Wednesday as chief launcher and premiere of Yar’Adua Centre/EU documentary on climate change on Tuesday night as chairman.

Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) football tournament has achieved another record in its history for producing Sunday Alimi, one of the players in the Eaglets squad that won the recently concluded U-17 World Cup in Chile. The 16 year-old forward featured in several matches of the tournament and also played in …

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, retained his spot as the richest African for the fifth year in a row, with a $16.7 billion net worth. However, his net worth was about $5 billion lower than a year ago, a result of a drop in the stock price at …

Anambra State House of Assembly has finally approved the contentious loan of 10 Billion Naira for Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra State, following a motion to that effect moved by Member representing Anambra East, Hon.Victor Jideofor. The loan had been a subject of disagreement between Obiano and Stakeholders in Anambra …

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, on Monday, recorded a major boost to his re-election bid when a former governorship aspirant, Reuben Okoya, and over 10,000 others from various communities in the Bayelsa Central Senatorial District endorsed him for the December 5 election. From one community to the other, the …

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said that failure is not an option for President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, stressing that for the sake of Nigeria, the President and his team must succeed. Professor Soludo, who was speaking at the 3rd anniversary lecture of Realnews …

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI The Nigeria Air Force has said that the air component of Operation Lafiya Dole is intensifying the bombardment of terrorists’ locations in the Sambisa forest and its environs to bring to an end the Boko Haram insurgency that has bedeviled the North-East geo-political zone of the …

The AUN-Adamawa Peace Initiative, a non-governmental organization composed of religious and community leaders, has denounced the suicide bombing on Tuesday night in a local market in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. “This senseless violence can never be condoned and we sympathize with the families of those who lost loved ones …