In a shooting tussle between Taraba State Police and suspected bandits on Tuesday, the Assistant Superintendent of Police Aminu Nuhu lost his life alongside three bandits on the hills of Yorro and Mararaba Kunini in Yorro and Lau Local Government Areas. The clash occurred during an Anti-Kidnap operation led by the State Command’s team to…
The House of Representatives has tasked the National Security Adviser, NSA, and other security agencies to take urgent/maximum steps to stop continuous killing of individuals, destruction of property and kidnapping in Enugu State. The call followed the adoption of a motion moved by Paul Nmamchi, on the “urgent need to intervene in the incessant killing…
Britain’s ruling Conservative government issued guidance Tuesday for schools dealing with children considering changing their gender identity, in a key “culture war” issue likely to feature in the next election. The education department said it had published the long-awaited guidelines for schools in England “in response to the complex phenomenon of the increasing number of…
A source who presented as an anonymous in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the detention of a former Minister of State for Power, Olu Agunloye. Recall that about a week ago, the anti-graft agency had declared Agulonye wanted over an alleged $6 billion fraud related to the controversial Mambilla hydropower project….
Abayomi Nurain Mumuni of All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned politicians against distracting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with their 2027 presidential ambition. Mumuni stated this while reacting to the inauguration of a group christened ‘Forum of 2023 APC Presidential Candidates’, led by a former governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima. Yerima who is the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Uyo Branch, has given out over N1.7 million to 15 indigent students of the university who excelled in their academics pursuits. It also conferred heroes’ award on past leaders who led the union through turbulent periods in the history of the branch. The awardees were honoured during…
Electricity blackouts have been reported in some parts of Nigeria following the shutdown of Egbin Power Station by the Transmission Company of Nigeria for maintenance. Egbin Power Plant is Nigeria’s largest thermal generating station in Lagos, with an installed capacity of 1,320 MW to the country’s National grid. The TCN in a statement on its…
The police command in Kaduna state has rescued a kidnapped man, after six months in being held captive. The state Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kaduna. ‘’On Monday at about 1600hours, our anticrime patrol mission in Madachi-Galadimawa area in…
Dr Bawa Ahmed Abimiku, the former Commissioner of Health in Nasarawa State, is dead. A family source, who confirmed the news, revealed that Abimiku, who also held the traditional title of Durbin Eggon, succumbed to a prolonged illness in the early hours of Tuesday, December 19, at the Federal Medical Centre in Keffi. He played…
A rendering of Beyfortus, an immunization against respiratory syncytial virus for infants. More hard-to-find doses of Beyfortus, the new immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for infants, will be available in January, the White House says. The announcement comes as RSV season is in full swing in the United States. On Thursday, as part of…
