The Nigerian Navy has said it has arrested 75 stowaways on Nigeria’s waterways between August 2023 and April 2024. This was as the service expressed concern over the spate of some citizens seeking migration to other places through stowaway means. The Navy, in a statement on Wednesday by its DirectorContinue Reading
The Nigeria Customs Service has announced the death of its officer, Auwal Haruna, a Customs Assistant 11 attached to the Katsina Area Command. Announcing his death in a statement on Wednesday, the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, said the incident occurred at the Gamji Makaho checkpointContinue Reading
A commercial tow truck has crushed a woman to death at the Okpoko Market junction of the Asaba-Onitsha express road. It was gathered that the accident happened at about 12:20 pm on Wednesday. The victim was said to be crossing the road when the vehicle that was being towed gotContinue Reading
The Central Bank governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has said the recent depletion of the nation’s foreign reserves was used to settle debts owed to international creditors and not to defend the naira as widely claimed. The governor disclosed this at the ongoing International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings held in Washington D.CContinue Reading
A 63rd-minute Joshua Kimmich header gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over Arsenal and a place in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday. The 3-2 aggregate quarter-final victory means Bayern return to the last four for the first time since winning the title in 2020. Bayern will face either ManchesterContinue Reading
The former Vice Presidents, Atiku Abubakar and Namadi Sambo, along with the former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and other members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Caucus, are meeting behind closed doors. The PDP National Caucus is a crucial assembly ofContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned Nigerians against obstructing its operatives during the course of their duties. The warning came after security aides attached to embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Wednesday, obstructed operatives from arresting him at his Abuja home. In a Wednesday statementContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday promised harsh consequences for persons who pit themselves against Nigeria’s sovereignty and security. He also said his administration has made considerable gains against banditry and kidnapping through intensified campaigns buoyed by intelligence gathering. “Those who think they can threaten the sovereignty of Nigeria will have themselvesContinue Reading
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said troops of Operation Desert Sanity III have captured a stronghold of the Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province in Borno State. The Army reported that both air and ground units of the operation conducted a clearance mission, targeting the terrorist stronghold situated alongContinue Reading
The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman, on Wednesday, warned Bello El-Rufai, the son of the immediate past governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, against threatening and intimidating the House over the investigation of his father’s tenure. The state House of Assembly had on Tuesday set up a committeeContinue Reading