Category: News
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NDLEA arrests 8 drug traffickers in Niger
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, says it has arrested eight suspected drug traffickers with 603.24 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in different parts of the state. The Acting Commander of the agency in the state, Mr Isaac Aloye, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Minna on Thursday. Aloye said…
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NASS intends to pass Petroleum Industry Bill in April — Rep. Mongunu
Rep. Mohammed Mongunu, the Chairman of House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Petroleum, has said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), is expected to be passed by end of April to ensure competitiveness in oil and gas industry. Mongunu made the remark while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the visit of the…
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‘Je ka kawe’ will be put to maximum use — LASUBEB
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) says it will put to optimum use, ‘Je ka Kawe’, an Early Grade Reading (EGR) Teaching and Learning Materials (TLM), to boost Yoruba speaking and reading. The Executive Chairman of the board, Mr Wahab Alawiye-King, made the declaration in Lagos at the official handover of the ‘Je…
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Dust haze, cold weather combine to disrupt economic activities in Katsina
Hazy and cold weather have combined to disrupt economic activities in Katsina as many residents have kept indoors for days. Our correspondent reports that the weather condition has made many traders to stay away from their businesses as patrons also kept to their homes. Malam Isma’il Adamu, a trader at the popular Katsina Central Market…
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NAF plane crash, an unfortunate national disaster – Defence Minister
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has described the crash of the Nigerian Air Force King 350 plane as an unfortunate national disaster. Magashi stated this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mohammad Abdulkadri, on Monday in Abuja. Our correspondent reports that that all seven air force personnel…
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Moro people decry continued subjugation to Ilorin Emirate system
By Steve Oni, Ilorin People of Jebba, Shao and other Yoruba in Moro local government area of Kwara state have decried their continued subjugation to the IlorinEmirate system. They particularly lamented that their traditional stools are being relegated and coerced to serve under the Ilorin Fulani feudalist-oligarchy. The people spoke in Shao at the 2nd…
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Number of confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo rises to 6, 2 people dead
The number of confirmed cases of the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has reached six, with two people having died, the health minister of the North Kivu province said. The new outbreak of Ebola started in DR Congo in early February. “Today we have confirmed two new cases…
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COVID-19: NCDC reports 877 new infections, total case count now 150,246
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 877 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 150,246. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle late Thursday. It also registered additional 16 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,803 in the…
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NDLEA arrest 36 suspects in 2 days in Jigawa
The National Drug Law Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Jigawa Command, said it arrested 36 suspects from three Local Government Areas of the state in two days. Hajiya Maryam Gambo, the agency’s Commander, said in a statement in Dutse on Friday that the suspects were arrested between Feb.15 and Feb. 27, in Kirikasamma, Guri and Hadejia LGAs.…
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Panic buying cause of queues at filling stations in Maiduguri – DPR
the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says queues observed in some filing stations in Maiduguri are caused by panic buying by motorists on the assumption that the price of petrol would soon increase. Mr Ibrahim Ciroma, North East Zonal Operations Controller of DPR Maiduguri on Friday said that the assumption was unfounded because Maiduguri received…