President Buhari has announced that Nigeria will be committing $80 million in the fight against terrorism and banditry in the northern part of the country this year. The President whose speech was read by Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyema during the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government…
Fifteen people have died along the Kaduna-Abuja in accident caused by driving against traffic. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, January 24, said the information was presented in a research feedback to the Kaduna State Government by the military and security agencies conducting…
A man who was declared missing after going hiking with a group in Nasarawa has been found dead. Friends and family members took to Twitter early on Sunday, Jan 24, asking for help in finding a man named Stephen Tikya. They explained that he went on a hiking trip with a group to…
Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service stationed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja have apprehended two girls identified as Adebayo Kazeem and Babalola Kehinde, with tampered passports. According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the Immigraion Service, DCI Sunday James, the ladies were about to board a Cairo-bound Egypt Airline flight on Thursday,…
Gambo Jimeta, a former inspector-general of police (IGP) is dead. Jimeta who served as IGP between 1986 and 1990, also served as national security adviser (NSA) to former head of state Ibrahim Babangida and was also the representative of Adamawa state to the national conference held in 2014. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu who confirmed the death of…
President Buhari has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide to help in the treatment of COVID19 patients who need oxygen. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at a national executive council meeting in Abuja on Thursday, January 21. She said the president approved the…
Governor David Umahi has placed a ban on drinking joints and night clubs among others to forestall the spread of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Ebonyi state. Special Assistant to the governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Francis Nweze said the Governor issued the ban at the flag-off of the second wave…
127 soldiers have reportedly resigned from the Nigerian army amid the worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in some parts of the country. In a memo obtained by Premium Times, it was gathered that the soldiers who are drawn from various formations of the army across the country are all of the junior cadres. The…
The Imo State Government says it has recovered missing Nsu ceramic and tiles industry equipment in a warehouse that allegedly belongs to a former Governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha. The Nsu Ceramic and Tiles Industry in Ehime Mbano was established by the administration of the late Sam Mbakwe, the first civilian governor of…
Hadiza Bala Usman has been reappointed as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) by President Buhari. Hadiza’s reappointment for a second tenure of 5 years was confirmed in a statement released by presidential aide, Femi Adesina. President Buhari also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive Board of the NPA, with…
