The Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Wednesday, May 29, as ‘work-free day‘ to mark the 2019 presidential inauguration. The Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) made the declaration on behalf of the federal government in…
A 33-year-old Kenyan woman, Angela Warimu has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. Warimu was apprehended while trying to smuggle 6.5 kilograms of Cocaine into Nigeria. The agency’s…
A 100-year-old woman and three other family members are confirmed dead by Police in Ebonyi state on Monday. According to Loveth Odah, the Spokesperson of the Police, who confirmed the incident in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state, the corpses of…
One Rifkatu Anthony has been arrested by the Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) attached to the Kano Central Prison, for attempting to smuggle in 39 wraps of Indian Hemp into the prison. The suspect concealed the hard…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday night appear on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in a special interview at 10 pm. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Monday, announced the details of the broadcast on Monday. He said:…
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has forwarded the names of the 36 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries to NDLEA to undergo drug test to establish their mental state of health, before assuming duties. The governor warned that any of the…
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has said Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has repositioned and regained the lost glory of education in Nigeria. Igwe Achebe described the legal icon as one of the leading apostles of functional and quality…
Preparations are in top gear for the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term in office. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has renovated the Eagle Square, venue of the swearing-in ceremony, to international standard, considering the calibre of foreign…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) posted $490.03 million as proceeds from export sale of crude oil and gas in February, it was learnt yesterday. The figure was 32.45 per cent higher than the previous month’s sale, according to a…
ACADEMIC City College, a private university in Accra, Ghana, has offered scholarship worth $40,000 to Ekene Franklin Ezeunala, the candidate who scored 347 – the highest score – in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The College Senior Admissions…