Enugu Government Awards Contract to Revamp Hotel Presidential

NewsNigeriaEnugu Government Awards Contract to Revamp Hotel Presidential

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2024

The Enugu State Government has awarded the contract for the revamping of Hotel Presidential located at Presidential Road in Enugu City. Speaking to newsmen after the Executive Council meeting presided by the State Governor, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dame Ugochi Madueke disclosed that Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah’s administration is serious about zero dormant assets in the state. “It is with great joy that I make this announcement because the hotel has been abandoned...

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Nigeria’s Defence Chief Calls for National Unity Against Terrorism

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria’s Defence Chief Calls for National Unity Against Terrorism

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2024

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has made a powerful plea for national unity in the face of ongoing terrorism threats. Speaking at the Unity Schools Old Students Association, USOSA, sports carnival in Abuja on Saturday, General Musa urged Nigerians to set aside tribal and religious differences to confront a common enemy. “Nigeria is challenged; so we need a united Nigeria to confront all the challenges we are facing,” General Musa declared. He...

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ISWAP’s Explosive Device Kills 8 Civilian JTF Members in Borno

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaISWAP’s Explosive Device Kills 8 Civilian JTF Members in Borno

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 28, 2024

Eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, were killed in Gamboru Ngala, Borno State, after stepping on an improvised explosive device, IED, believed to have been planted by the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists. The incident happened on Saturday as the CJTF members, a group of civilian volunteers who assist the Nigerian military in fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP, travelling to Maiduguri from Gamboru Ngala, a distance of 148 kilometers....

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Illegal Mining: NSCDC Arrest Four Chinese Nationals

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaIllegal Mining: NSCDC Arrest Four Chinese Nationals

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 27, 2024

The Mining Marshals of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Nasarawa State Command has arrested four Chinese nationals at an illegal mining site where lithium is sold at Karu Local Government Area of the State. The Federal Government had vowed to stamp out illegal mining activities across the country and end the menace of mineral theft plaguing the solid minerals sector of the nation’s economy. Babawale Afolabi, Spokesman of the NSCDC, disclosed this...

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EFCC Boss, Olukoyede To Face Criminal Trial Over Contempt Of Court

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEFCC Boss, Olukoyede To Face Criminal Trial Over Contempt Of Court

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 27, 2024

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has ordered the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede, to appear in court on May 13, 2024, to show reason an order of committal shouldn’t be made against him for allegedly disobeying court order. Olukoyede is facing a contempt charge for carrying out “some acts upon which the Commission has been restrained” by the Court on February 9, 2024, pending the determination...

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Netherlands To Activate $250 Million New Investments In Nigeria

EconomyNewsNigeriaNetherlands To Activate $250 Million New Investments In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

The Netherlands will activate $250 million worth of new investments in Nigeria over the next few months, including a $100 million investment in a waste-to-wealth industrial facility in Lagos State. Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte disclosed this when he received President Bola Tinubu in The Hague, also acknowledged President Tinubu’s economic reforms. “You are promoting democratic governance and dealing with problems of development. “I saw you take the courageous decision to deal with fuel subsidies...

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Breaking: Community in Niger Flee When Soldiers Pull Out After Deadly Ambush 

National SecurityNewsNigeriaBreaking: Community in Niger Flee When Soldiers Pull Out After Deadly Ambush 

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 25, 2024

Fear and uncertainty grip a community in Niger State, Nigeria, following the withdrawal of military troops stationed there. This comes two days after a deadly ambush on a military patrol that left several soldiers dead. The deadly ambush on Tuesday evening, targeted a convoy of military vehicles travelling near the town of Allawa. Insurgents, believed to be affiliated with a local militant group, launched a coordinated attack using small arms fire and improvised explosive devices...

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World Immunization Week: Medical Practitioners, Others, Speak on the Benefits of Immunization

HealthNewsNigeriaWorld Immunization Week: Medical Practitioners, Others, Speak on the Benefits of Immunization

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 25, 2024

As the world marks the 2024 immunization week starting from April 24 to April 30, there are reactions from medical doctors and health professionals in Nigeria on the importance of immunization. However, there are also mixed reactions regarding immunization. Many people not minding their level of exposure are often careful with accepting for themselves or approving all immunizations for their kids.  Notwithstanding some reservations by some people as a result of some personal impression, myth, or religious...

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Insecurity in Anambra: “We must focus our gaze within” – Uzu Okagbue

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInsecurity in Anambra: “We must focus our gaze within” – Uzu Okagbue

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 25, 2024

Chief Uzu Okagbue has reacted to a recent story making rounds on social media that herdsmen of Fulani extraction are terrorizing Ukwulu, a community in Dunukofia local government area of Anambra State. Although the story which claimed that Fulani herdsmen are running amok in Ukwulu and environs, trespassing on farmlands, and committing various crimes including rape, has been dismissed as false by the government of Anambra State; yet, it has continued to fester, nonetheless. Reacting to the...

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CP Engages Traditional, Religious Leaders, Critical Stakeholders On Cattle Rustling

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCP Engages Traditional, Religious Leaders, Critical Stakeholders On Cattle Rustling

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2024

Police Officers and other law enforcement agents have been charged to act by the force’s Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) and other extant laws guiding their overall conduct. Adamawa State Commissioner of Police CP Dankombo Morris gave the charge during Police/Community engagement “a Framework to prevent Shilla Gangsterism Kidnapping, Armed robbery, Cattle Rustling and other nefarious activities across the Northern Zone of the state. He warned that any Police Officer found acting contrary to their oaths...

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