ADA EZEH Gusau—The troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have neutralised 10 terrorists, rescued nine kidnap victims, and recovered arms and ammunition including operational motorcycle and communication gadgets in Katsina and Zamfara states. The Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Ibrahim Yahaya, saidContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, CHIGOZIE EZEH, JAMES AKINOLA, ADOLPHUS DURU/ EFE MODESTUS Anger was the word, yesterday, as the Nigerian Army, NA; Lagos State Government; Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area; former Minister of Communications, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju, retd; and other stakeholders reacted to a viral video of some northerners seeking recruitmentContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA Yetunde Adeniji, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on School feeding has extoll his principal, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the allocation of N100 billion on School Feeding Programme in the 2024 budget. In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Adeniji notedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Suspected Fulani herdsmen have abducted eight persons in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They struck around the Port Harcourt International Airport Roundabout, Omagwa and whisked away their victims. The incident happened on Tuesday evening along the Obiri-Ikwerre-Airport Road. It was gathered that the criminals had blocked the leftContinue Reading
“We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” Education Minister Tahir Mamman said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday. BY ADA EZEH Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said the sanction wouldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, ADA EZEH AND ADOLPHUS DURU Leaders of thought, elder statesmen from four of the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of Southern and Middle Leaders Forum, SMBLF, have written President Bola Tinubu, asking him to nip in the bud the incessant killings and wantonContinue Reading
Screenshot BY GODWIN OBI Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, arrested a soldier and some commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, for driving against traffic, along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in the state. The governor arrested the suspects while returning from Lagos State University, Ojo where he went to commissionContinue Reading
BY ADA EZEH The National Union of Nigerian Students (NANS) has asked the Federal Government to reassess the suspension placed on the accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from neighbouring Benin Republic and Togo. The Federal Government on Tuesday suspended certificates from the two francophone West African countries following aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, AlhajiUsman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ has charged the newly inaugurated officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalist NUJ Katsina State Television KTTV Chapter to initiate project that will serve as a legacy when they leave office. The Kanwan Katsina gave theContinue Reading
… Adeniyi reads riot act to illicit traders: Smuggling will soon be like ‘Camel passing through the needle’s eye’! The Comptroller General of Customs CGC Adewale Adeniyi, on Sunday, sent out warning signals to Illicit traders, stressing that the Service will strengthen its anti-smuggling strategy this year, in a genuine bidContinue Reading