The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has described the death of Nollywood actor, John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu as a big loss. Atiku said Mr Ibu will be sorely missed because he entertained people during his lifetime. Posting on X, the former Vice President wrote: “The reported…
The Police Command in Kaduna State has announced 39 Computer-Based-Test, CBT, centres for the 2022 Nigeria Police Force Recruitment. The recruitment is for Police Constables, scheduled from March 5 to March 6. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan announced the CBT examination centres in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said…
The Bauchi Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, has cautioned food and essential commodities dealers in the state against hoarding and unnecessary price hikes. Chairman of the Agency, DIG Sani Usman Muhammad, rtd, gave the warning during a meeting with officials of major dealers of foodstuff in the state. He said such actions would not be…
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Human Services in Taraba, Zirra Mathias Bubanani has confirmed an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state after an NYSC member from Damare orientation camp tested positive. This followed the release of an investigation on a sample taken from the Corps member by the National Reference Laboratory, NRL,…
The Federal Government, on Friday, said about 92 million Nigerians do not have access to electricity from the national grid. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this at the closing ceremony of the 7th Nigeria International Energy Summit in Abuja. Experts and industry players at the event said it was not acceptable, the generation…
Authorities in the Kano Municipal local government have confirmed the outbreak of measles in some parts of the area. The head of primary health care in the area, Aliyu Jinjiri Kiru, disclosed this during a meeting of the emergency aid committee at the local government secretariat. In a statement signed by the local government information…
President Bola Tinubu said he received with deep sadness the news of the passing of two of Nigeria’s ace comic actors, John Okafor, famously known as Mr Ibu, and Quadri Oyebamiji, popularly known as Sisi Quadri. This was contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,…
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore has called on Civil Society Organizations in the country to stop waiting for the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC before protesting the hardship presently bedevilling the nation. Sowore, who stated this on Sunday when he featured on Arise TV program was reacting…
The Data Collection and Registration Centre, DACORE, set up by the federal government as the epicentre for data collection to consolidate vital information that would empower law enforcement agencies to respond swiftly and effectively to emerging threats, is now fully functional. Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, who dropped the hint during an opening…
Tea makers, popularly known as ‘Mai shayi’, say their business is witnessing low patronage, especially for Indomie noodles as the price of the commodity continues to increase rapidly. They spoke to NAN in Abuja on Sunday while reacting to the incessant increase in the price of Indomie instant noodles. NAN reports that Mai shayi, which…
The Nigerian Army has neutralized a suspected member of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. The suspected ESN member was neutralized after an intense gun battle in the militia’s hideout in the Ihiteukwa area of Orsu on Saturday. Describing the deceased as a “terrorist,” Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director…
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has called on the Nigerian Army to ensure continuous training of its officers and men in order to effectively address security challenges posed by armed bandits, insurgents and other criminal elements in the country. Sarkindaji made the call during the closing ceremony of this…