Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday paid a condolence visi to family of the late elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dant who died on June 29 in at 94 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Abubakar, accompanied by members of his entourage, visited the Dantata residence in Kano, where he was received by family…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has destroyed 24,175 kilograms of skunk on 9.67 hectares of cannabis farmland at Ikaka, Oke-Ila forest, Osun. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives had raided the area where seven suspects were arrested…
Flood, caused by a heavy midnight rainfall, has sacked many residents of Dankama community, in Kaita Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State from their houses. The incident was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Sunday, by a resident of the area, Alhaji Ishaq Sarkin-Fulani. NAN reports that during the…
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Air Force has pledged to priotise budgetary allocation for personnel welfare and replacement of aging operational platforms to boost morale of Nigerian Air Force in the fight against insecurity. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Kabiru Rurum (NNPP-Kano), made the pledge in a statement issued on Sunday at the conclusion of 2025…
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen. Solomon Adeola, says the National Assembly has the duty to ensure that no part of the country is neglected in terms of development. Adeola, representing Ogun West Senatorial District,saud this while delivering a lecture on “The Role of Legislature in Shaping a Holistic Budget for Nigeria” at…
No fewer than 10 persons have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained injuries in a lone crash involving a Mitsubishi bus on Ijebu-Ode–Ibadan Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. Akinbiyi said the accident occurred at about 8:30…
No fewer than 21 persons lost their lives while three others sustained various degrees of injury in an auto crash at Kasuwar Dogo in Dakatsalle, along the Zaria-Kano Highway. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Muhammed Bature, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran on Sunday in Kano. Bature said…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the UK and Saudi Arabia respectively. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the illicit drug consignments…
Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Africa, Mr Bola Babarinde, has described the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a political home for “power-hungry veterans.” Babarinde made the remark in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that the former Vice-President Atiku…
The newly rehabilitated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, has generated more than N700 million in three weeks. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, disclosed this on Sunday, during a Thanksgiving Service at St. James’ Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja. The thanksgiving was for the successful completion of project inaugurations…
