Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday stormed Mereri village in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, and kidnapped a wife of Dr AbdulRazaq, a lecturer with Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau and his two daughters, Maryam AbdulRazaq and Hafsat…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the start of basic training for the candidates recently enlisted. Comptroller Jerry Attah, the Public Relations Officer, issued a statement on Thursday. The six months programme will take place in Customs Training Colleges (CTC)…
The Chairman Board of Trustees of the Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption (CHURAC), Cleric E. Alaowei, Esq, today said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s reply to Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark’s letter is unnecessary. Alaowei made the assertion in a statement…
Despite the pledge by the All Progressives Congress to fight corruption comprehensively, Rights groups and civil society organisations have insisted that Nigeria, under President Buhari have remained a hub for corruption. Recall that the APC, at its inception in 2015,…
The Special Adviser on youths to the Interim Administrator, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Udengs Eradiri, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the NDDC for completing the abandoned 1050-bed hostel project at the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). Eradiri, a former…
The World Health Organization (WHO) is hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus expressed optimism at a press briefing on Wednesday. Coronavirus emerged in December 2019 and has since claimed many lives across the…
The Federal Government has sympathised with the management of the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja, over Sunday’s fire incident. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, who visited the site of the inferno, also…
Bad roads, injustice, corruption by the electricity distribution authorities and insecurity have made the list of top concerns in Osun communities, a report by Urban Alert indicates. Urban Alert, a civic initiative is known to amplify the voices of the…
Fast-rising Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr has replied critics alleging she cannot sing. Some Nigerians took to social media to complain of her singing skills following her recent outings at concerts across Nigeria. But Ayra Starr on Twitter, defended herself explaining…
Popular singer, Wizkid has weighed into the comparison between Nigerian artistes and Ghanaian artistes. Recall that Shatta Wale accused Nigerian artistes of not supporting Ghanaian artistes, adding that without Ghana most of them wouldn’t have the numbers they have. According…
