LEBANON BLAST UPDATE : NO NIGERIAN KILLED IN BEIRUT EXPLOSION -FG CLARIFIES

THE Federal Government has clarified that there was no Nigerian among the casualties of the August 4 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, which claimed over 150 lives and injured hundreds of…

ZAMFARA STATE : BANDITS KIDNAP EX-CONCILLOR ,FIVE OTHERS DEMAND N60M

Six persons, including a former councillor have been kidnapped by bandits in Jangeme village of Wanke district of the Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State. Those kidnapped arethe former councillor…

RESETTLING DISPLACED RESIDENTS WILL STOP BOKO HARAM’S RECRUITMENTS NORTH-EAST GOVS

NORTH-East governors on Monday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the deteriorating security situation in the zone and appealed to him to address the causes without…

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WHO FAILED TO RECEIVE FAYEMI DURING VISIT SUSPENDED, IN Ekiti

Students in Senior Secondary Schools Three in Ekiti State resumed on Monday in preparation for the commencement of West African Senior School Certificate Examinations. This was as the state government…

THE FAMILY OF ANYONE WHO STEALS COVID-19 FUNDS WILL BE CURSED PROPHET ABIARA WARNS POLITICIANS

A former General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Samuel Abiara, has said politicians and government workers who steal from COVID-19 funds are cursed. Abiara, in a statement on…

EFCC PROBE: SAGAY ATTACKS SALAMI PANEL , FAULTS SUSPECTS TESTIMONIES AGAINST MAGU

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itsay Sagay (SAN), on Monday, criticised the Justice Ayo Salami panel probing the allegations of corruption leveled against the Economic…

EX-BANKER,CIVIL SERVANTS ARRAIGNED FOR IPPIS ,GHOST WORKER FRAUD

The Federal Government on Monday arraigned four civil servants and a former banker on charges of perpetrating a fraud involving over N140m through the manipulation of the Integrated Payroll and…

UNGA PRESIDENT MUHAMMAD-BANDE, URGES SUPPORT FOR LEBANON

President of the United Nations General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has urged the international community to stand by the people of Lebanon following the August 4 deadly explosions in Beirut.…

PAY OUR 4 YEARS PENSION ARREARS , GRATUITIES , PENSIONERS BEG WIKE

Pensioners in Rivers State have appealed to Governor Nyesom Wike to pay their four years pension arrears and gratuities owed them to “help change our pitiable living conditions”. The pensioners,…

JOBS IN JULY : UK SHEDS FURTHER 114,000

The number of workers on UK company payrolls slumped by a further 114,000 in July from June on the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday. A total…