The corpses of three medical students who went missing when the boat conveying them to a destination crashed in the Calabar area of Cross River State have been recovered. The corpses consist of two male and female students. The state Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, confirmed the development on Monday, adding that “The three corpses…
Nuhu Ribadu takes over from Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd) as National Security AdviserThe newly appointed National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu has officially assumed duties with a pledge to subdue insecurity and stabilise Nigeria A statement by the spokesperson, Usman Zakari Mijinuawa says Ribadu took over from Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), following his appointment by…
Vice President Kashim Shettima says the Bola Tinubu-led federal government would be creating at least one million technology-related for young Nigerians. Shettima disclosed this on Monday when he received a delegation from the Republic of Korea led by the Special Envoy to the President, Jang Sungmin, at the Presidential Villa. The vice president re-emphasised Nigeria’s…
The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Cooperatives and Empowerment, Mrs Kehinde Odediran has made it known that Imole free train service will not be able hold for this year Ileya festival due to a train accident that occurred around Lagos – Abeokuta old guage line. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has decorated the new Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, describing his appointment by President Bola Tinubu as a morale booster for officers in the service. Shettima, in a statement on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, congratulated Adeniyi for “bringing…
Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has decried a report by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime in Nigeria, indicating that 14.4% of citizens aged between 15 and 64 abuse drugs, which he said is significantly higher than the global average of 5.6%. Obi also blamed leadership failure in the country,…
A Magistrate Court situated at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has ordered the remand of skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinityguy, in prison over allegation of s&xualising minor in his viral skit video. It had been reported earlier that the skit maker was on Friday, June 23, quizzed by the skit maker…
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has named his mentor Pep Guardiola as the best manager in the world. Arteta worked as Guardiola’s assistant for three seasons at Manchester City before he took the job with the Gunners. This year, both Spaniards went head-to-head in the Premier League title race. Although Arsenal led the way for over…
Al-Hilal is set to announce the signing of a globally-famous star that “will be the talk of the world” next week according to a popular Saudi Arabian journalist, who added that the identity of the player would become clear by the mere mention of his nationality alone. Khaled Waleed also tweeting that this is the…
Men of the Kaduna State Police Command has on Thursday, June 22, busted a gang of rail line vandals. A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige, says the police received information that an unspecified number of unknown persons came to Sanzwan in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, in an articulated vehicle…
