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…
The Catholic Bishop of Pankshin in Plateau State, Most Rev. Michael Gokum, has urged the Federal Government to urgently provide support to victims of crisis in the state. Gokum made the appeal on Sunday at the launch of the 2024 Lenten Campaign held at Christ the King Catholic Church, Dyis, in Pankshin Local Government Area…
Former lawmaker and social critic, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to the alleged looting of a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, NEMA, by some residents of the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT. According to Sani, the development is a dangerous symptom of an impending revolution. DAILY POST reported some residents of…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the military forcefully took away some suspects allegedly involved in oil bunkering from police custody. Counsel to the IGP, Idris Mohammed, revealed this to Justice James Omotosho when the matter was called for the alleged oil bunkerers to take their plea…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), under the directive of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has announced a 90-day window for regularizing import duties on specific categories of vehicles. The window is meant to streamline import processes. A statement by the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Chief…
Amid worsening economic hardship and hunger in the country, a social critic and human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says she knew politicians would deploy clerics to confuse Nigerians. Yesufu was reacting to a statement credited to an Abuja cleric and Senior Pastor of the Shepherd House Assembly International, Reverend Joshua Talena, that the current global…