GOMBE — The bureau chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe State, Hajara Leman, was returned unopposed as Chairman of the Correspondents Chapel of the state’s council of the NUJ on Saturday. She will run the chapel for a second three-year term. She was inaugurated alongside other officials who include Peter Uwumarogie also of NAN as chapel secretary; Abdullahi Idris of Voice of Nigeria (VON) as treasurer and Rabilu Abubakar of Aminiya...
BAUCHI — The Police Command in Bauchi State has screened 4,496 candidates for employment as constables, over nine days. The command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, announced this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, in Bauchi. He said that the exercise was hitch-free and conducted under the supervision of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Federal Character Commission. He said that the exercise started on Feb, 1...
UKWA, (ABIA) — The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abia command, says the illegal modular refineries in the state are owned and operated by a syndicate. The state Commandant, Mr. Ayinla Olowo, said on Friday when he led some journalists to inspect the sites of illegal modular refineries in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state. Olowo also conducted the newsmen round the exhibit yard, where items recovered from the fleeing operators...
JOS — There is a heavy presence of security personnel in Jos North and Bassa local government areas of Plateau for the ongoing by-election for Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency. A reporter for the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some areas reports that a combined team of security personnel were stationed in various polling units and other strategic locations. Commissioner of Police in the state Batholomew Onyeka said he had deployed a good number...
BENIN — The Police Command in Edo on Friday confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on some banks in Uromi, have been recovered. Mr. Phillip Ogbadu, the State Commissioner of Police confirmed this in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ogbadu said that about N37 million and five cars suspected to have been used by the robbers were recovered at a...
NEW YORK — UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday, announced 20 million dollars for humanitarian support in Ukraine, saying protecting civilians must be ‘Priority Number One’ in supporting the people. “Today, I am announcing that we will immediately allocate 20 million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund to meet urgent needs,’’ Guterres told journalists in New York. He reiterated that the UN and its humanitarian partners are “committed to staying and delivering, to support...
LAGOS — Bayelsa and Ekiti states came tops at the first National Open Judo Commonwealth Games Trials which ended on Thursday at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports Hall, Surulere Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that all the 14 overall winners would be invited to camp in preparations for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England holding from July 28 to Aug. 8, 2022. Chinwe Mba from Bayelsa and Blessing Agu from Ekiti came tops...
NEW YORK — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, saying that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “chose this war” and his country would bear the consequences. The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs, and high-tech sectors, Biden said. The United States and its allies will block assets of four large Russian banks, impose export controls, and sanction oligarchs. Biden had on Tuesday announced the first tranche of sanctions...
NEW YORK — Canada is cancelling all export permits to Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, a decision that Canada’s foreign affairs minister says will impact companies in the aerospace, technology, and minerals sectors. The cancellation of existing export permits and additional sanctions were announced at a press conference on Thursday, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Defence Minister Anita Anand. Joly...
NEW YORK — UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is deeply concerned that intensifying hostilities in Ukraine pose an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. UNICEF Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Russell on children in Ukraine, said in a statement on Thursday, that heavy weapons fire along the line of contact had already damaged critical water infrastructure and education facilities in recent days. She said unless the fighting subsides,...
