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18 stories tagged news agency of nigeria.
Dr Mohammad Gishiwa, Provost, Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua, is dead. Gishiwa, 53, died on Sunday while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Kano, following injuries sustained in a car accident on…
A 29-year-old ex-convict, Ayomide Sikiru, was on Thursday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged theft and assault of four policemen. Sikiru, a resident of the Mushin area of the state, is…
Justice Daniel Osaigor of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to pay N200,000 for not making himself available for re-arraignment for alleged money…
The Federal Government as part of its advocacy against fake news, hate speech, and banditry has allocated the sum of N104,532,705 to its cause. This was contained in the 2022 appropriation budget obtained on the website…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Thursday revealed that the Federal Government has succeeded in identifying and detaining the Boko Haram Sponsors in Nigeria.…
Mr Knut Lein, Norway Ambassador to Nigeria on Friday, blamed the rising cost of stockfish in Nigeria on the inclusion of stockfish on forex banned list. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Central Bank of…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed a viral video purporting that a member of the corps confessed to being a bandit. In the viral video, the suspected bandit, Mr Abdullah Saidu, called…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it has commenced the registration of two new forms of business registrations pursuant to CAMA, 2020. Garba Abubakar, CAC’s registrar-general, announced this in a statement…
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister of Information and…
Vicar of Anglican Church of the Epiphany Abuja, Ven. Ifeanyi Akunna has urged the Federal Government to ban the Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality Tv show and any other similar programme in the country. The News…
Some rice farmers in Nigeria have appealed to the Federal Government to help them facilitate rice production by giving them loans. The farmers, who described the current border closure as a welcome development, spoke…
With residents still reeling from the aftermath of the tragic tanker fire incident in Onitsha, the city has been hit with a second. This time, the occurrence happened around Omaba Phase two with the tanker falling in…
The Police and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) have come up with different accounts of the fuel tanker that exploded in Onitsha yesterday. The tragic event had occurred in the evening and the News Agency of…
Ahead of the looming strike from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Plateau State chapter of the Union has stated its readiness to join the planned nationwide action should talks between the Federal Government and…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has responded to the ongoing UNILAG sexual harassment case, calling for proper investigation while stating its stand against sexual harassment and abuse. This was made…
Twelve Africans-Americans adopt Igbo names to celebrate 400 years of transatlantic slavery on Tuesday, October 1. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 12 had traced their ancestry to West Africa and that the…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have reportedly received 161 Nigerian returnees from Libya as the country marks her 59th independence anniversary. The Coordinator, NEMA Lagos Territorial Office, Alhaji…
Not less than five persons were burnt to death and 10 others injured in an accident involving a white Mazda bus at Onigaari, on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. According to Punch.ng.,Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector…
