Fighter Jet Targeting Terrorist Group Bombed Two Communities

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFighter Jet Targeting Terrorist Group Bombed Two Communities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 26, 2024

…Nigerian Military Denies Reports Many villagers in two communities of Silame Local Government Area in Sokoto State have been mistakenly killed by a fighter jet targeting the Lakurawa terrorist group and injuring several others. A source said 10 villagers were killed and several others injured. According to locals, the affected communities, Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa, were bombed by the airstrike around 7 am. A resident of Silame, Malam Yahya, revealed that the two villages are...

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Paul Chukwuma Marks Christmas with SGF Senator George Akume

LifestyleNewsNigeriaPaul Chukwuma Marks Christmas with SGF Senator George Akume

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)December 25, 2024

… Governor Alia, Prays for Anambra The leading aspirant for the governorship ticket of the APC in Anambra state for the 2025 gubernatorial election, Sir Paul Chukwuma, has marked the 2024 Christmas celebration with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation – SGF, Senator George Akume, who was also a former governor of Benue State and also with the governor of Benue State, Governor Hyacinth Alia, in the spirit of the Christmas season. The...

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Gov Alia Declares Two-Week Public Holidays For Benue Workers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGov Alia Declares Two-Week Public Holidays For Benue Workers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 25, 2024

Civil servants in Benue state are to enjoy two-week public holidays to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. Governor Hyacinth Alia who made the declaration in Makurdi as part of his Christmas message to the people of Benue stated that the holiday would commence on December 24 and end on January 6, 2025. Alia, while encouraging them to use the period to engage in farming activities to boost food production and alleviate poverty, explained that...

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Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority Sanctions Five Airlines

Aviation-AirportsNewsNigeriaNigeria Civil Aviation Authority Sanctions Five Airlines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 25, 2024

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has sanctioned two international and three domestic airlines operators for various violations of Part 19 of the NCAA regulations. Michael Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA made this known while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. “The violations include nonpayment of refunds within the stipulated time frame, non-responsiveness to the NCAA’s directives, missing luggage, manhandled luggage, short-landed baggage, delays and canceled flights. “Although airlines are not...

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Five inmates graduate from National Open University with Second Class

EducationNewsNigeriaFive inmates graduate from National Open University with Second Class

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 25, 2024

Six inmates serving various jail terms at Umuahia Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, have graduated from the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN. Five of them earned Second Class Upper Division honours. Sarafina Nwokonnta, the Chief Operations Officer of Vision Africa Radio Umuahia disclosed this when the President of Vision Africa, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, hosted members of the Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). She emphasized that providing...

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Nigeria Police Records Over 30K Arrests, Rescue 1,581 Kidnapped Victims in 2024

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Police Records Over 30K Arrests, Rescue 1,581 Kidnapped Victims in 2024

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 25, 2024

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has disclosed its 2024 achievements, with over 30,000 arrests and 1,581 rescued kidnapping victims among its highlights. This was announced by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday during the Force’s end-of-year conference at the Goodluck Ebele Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. “In the year under review, the Nigeria Police Force achieved major successes in tackling crime, leading to the arrest of 30,313 suspects for a range of...

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Enugu State Governor Signs 2025 Budget of N971.84bn Into Law

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu State Governor Signs 2025 Budget of N971.84bn Into Law

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 25, 2024

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has signed a bill for a law to make provision for the sum of nine hundred and seventy-one billion, eighty-four million naira only (N971,084,000,000.00) to the services of the Government of Enugu State of Nigeria for the year ending 31st of December, 2025 and for other related purposes (HB.20), 2024 into law. Assenting to the bill recently passed by the Enugu State House of Assembly, the State...

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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu and Wife, Marks 30th Marriage Anniversary

NewsNigeriaPoliticsProf. Kingsley Moghalu and Wife, Marks 30th Marriage Anniversary

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)December 25, 2024

The President of the African School of Governance in Kigali, Rwanda, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, and his wife, Barr Mrs. Onyinye Moghalu, have celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. This celebration of the landmark 30th wedding anniversary was held in Enugu, and attended by close friends and family of the Moghalus. Married 30 years ago as young professionals, Prof. Kingsley was working at the United Nations as a diplomat, while Barr Onyinye was working in a bank....

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Dele Farotimi Released After Meeting Bail Conditions

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDele Farotimi Released After Meeting Bail Conditions

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 24, 2024

Human rights advocate Dele Farotimi has been released from the correctional centre in Ekiti State after meeting his bail conditions. Farotimi was freed on Tuesday morning following a magistrate court ruling in Ado-Ekiti last Friday, which granted him bail of ₦30 million with two sureties. Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun had stipulated that the sureties must be “responsible citizens in the society,” with one owning property within the court’s jurisdiction. The court also directed Farotimi to surrender...

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403 Stranded Nigerians From Niger Republic Repatriated 

NewsNigeriaPolitics403 Stranded Nigerians From Niger Republic Repatriated 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 24, 2024

No fewer than 403 Nigerian migrants who were stranded in Niger Republic have been repatriated by the Federal Government. The returnees comprised 165 males, 56 females, and 182 children and infants. The repatriation is the second batch of voluntary returns from the Niger Republic within the week as 310 returnees arrive in the country. So far, 713 Nigerians have been brought back from Niger Republic in the last week. The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and...

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