“It is better for you to cut firewood and sell to earn a living than to beg.” The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Saturday called on people who beg for alms or other forms of assistance from individuals and relatives to instead direct their begging to the government. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sanusi made the call at the National Conference on Alarammomi (Qur’anic Teachers) organised by Centre for Qur’anic...

No fewer than 13 armed bandits have been killed by the military under Operation Hadarin Daji in several villages in the war theatre area covering the three states of Zamfara, Katsina and Kebbi. This is confirmed to newsmen in Gusau by the Acting Force Information Officer of the operation, Capt. Abayomi Orii-Orisan, in a statement on Friday. He said that the operations also resulted in the interception of large cache of ammunitions, 4,630 rounds of...

The U.S. is opposing plans by Nigeria’s government to hand about $100 million the American authorities say was stolen by deceased former dictator Sani Abacha to a top ruling party official. The disagreement may hamper future cooperation between the two nations to recover state money moved offshore by Abacha, who Transparency International estimates may have looted as much as $5 billion during his 1993-98 rule. A commitment by Nigeria to transfer the funds to Kebbi...

The Federal Capital Territory Special Ministerial Task Team on Traffic Control has warned security agencies against violating traffic rules on the ever busy AYA-Nyanya Keffi route. Chairman of the team, Mr Ikharo Attah, gave the warning while addressing newsmen during a meeting of the task team on Wednesday, at the FCT Minister’s conference room in Abuja, Attah assured commuters plying the Nyanya/Keffi road that normalcy had returned after the accident that occurred and resulted to...

The Lagos State Government says it has placed the 63 people who had direct contact with index Lassa fever case under surveillance. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known while giving an update on the Lassa fever case recorded in the state at a media briefing in Lagos on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the state government had early this morning confirmed a case of Lassa fever...