Easter: Let security, unity guide your actions, Buhari tells Christians
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Christian faithful to allow security and unity of the nation guide their actions and utterances as the country prepares for the 2023 general election. This is just as President Buhari felicitated with Christians in the country on the occasion of the Easter celebration. Buhari said the period of the Easter celebration should emboldens Nigerians to believe...
IGP promotes 21,039 Sergeants, Corporals, Constables
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the promotion of 21,039 junior police officers who were last promoted on or before 2017. The promotion comprised the elevation of 20,572 Sergeants to the next rank of Inspector, 324 Corporals to Sergeants, and 143 Constables to the rank of Corporal. The Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said...
Human trafficker bags 28 years imprisonment
Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a man, Muritala Sanni, who specialized in trafficking young ladies to Libya for prostitution, to 28 years imprisonment. Delivering judgement in a 13-count criminal charge slammed on Sanni by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the judge also imposed a fine of...
Lawyer sues FG, others over SIM cards deactivation
A rights activist, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has sued the Federal Government at a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged illegal deactivation of SIM cards of over 72 million Nigerians. MTN Nigeria Communication Limited, Airtel Network Nigeria Limited and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) were joined as co-respondents in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/677/2022. In the suit filed before Justice Tijjani...
Fidelity Bank drives Non-Oil Exports awareness in North-Central
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has stated that the nation stands to gain a lot in terms of expanding its foreign exchange earning capacity through previously underutilised sectors. Lalong lauded the RT200 FX Programme by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN). The governor made this declaration at the recently held CBN RT200FX Policy Sensitization seminar hosted by Fidelity Bank Plc in Jos, Plateau...
PHOTOS: Jonathan, Gowon in attendance as Buhari presides over Council of State meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a meeting of the Council of State at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which commenced at about 10 am, is being attended physically and virtually. The meeting has Former President Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Heads of State, Abdusalami Abubakar, and Yakubu Gowon; physically in attendance. Others in attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to...
How we’re developing sports in Kaduna — El Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, has commended the state athletes for winning laurels in national and international competitions, saying the pursuit of sporting excellence informed his decision to create a dedicated Ministry of Sports Development back in 2019. El Rufai made this known on Wednesday when athletes and sports teams, who won medals for Kaduna State at both local...
NCC, Google collaborate to drive Nigeria’s digital transformation
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have expressed determination to work together toward advancing the actualisation of auspicious national targets for ubiquitous broadband access in furtherance of Nigeria’s digital transformation policy. The two organisations made the commitment when a delegation from Google Global Services Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are some latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – Russian flagship ‘seriously damaged’ – The Russian navy’s Black Sea flagship is “seriously damaged” by an ammunition explosion, state media says. A Ukrainian government official claims the vessel was hit by the country’s missiles. The “Moskva” gained notoriety early in the war when it called on Ukrainian border troops defending the strategic...
Customs intercepts firearms at Lagos airport
The operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) have intercepted a pistol with two magazines containing 26 rounds of ammunition. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSC Victor Ogagbor, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday. According to Ogagbor, the items were intercepted while on routine examination...
