The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Sector Command has confirmed the death of 11 persons in a road accident at Aiyere Community, along Bode Saadu-Ilorin Route, Moro Local Government. The Sector Commander, Stephen Dawulung, told newsmen that the accident involved 18 people and occurred at 4:50 a.m. on Tuesday. Dawulung said that of the 18 people, 11 persons died on the spot while seven others suffered varying degrees of injury. “Preliminary investigations revealed that on Tuesday, Jan. 2, a crash occurred around 4:50 a.m. due to wrongful overtaking and speed violation. “A Toyota Hiace Bus coming from Gombe enroute…
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NDLEA), Oyo State Command, has said it arrested 417 suspects for various drug related offences and also secured 54 convictions between January and December
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has justified why Nigerians can not be allowed to carry arms openly in the guise of the attacks in Plateau State. Lagbaja spoke in interview on Channels Television on Sunday. Recall that over 195 persons died in the most recent attacks in the North-Central state with scores wounded. According to the Army Chief, self-defence amounts to “anarchy”. “I do not support that. I think that is a call for anarchy.” According to him, the Nigerian Army can defend the country and as such, there is no need for self-defence.…
In the North West and recently, North Central, residents have not known peace ever since bandits turned their heat on them; maiming lives, sacking communities, rustling livestock, and abducting people.
Concentrate on security, road construction, Ngige urges Solud The former Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has advised the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to concentrate more on tackling insecurity and massive road construction and rehabilitation in the state. Ngige said as a former governor of the state, he embarked on massive road infrastructure targeted to last for 25 years. He added that 20 years after he left office as governor of the state in 2003, the roads he constructed are still intact while the ones his predecessors constructed have washed away. The former minister stated…
A former Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (North-West), Salihu Lukman, on Monday, said the party needs an annual budget of N100bn to function as required. The PUNCH reports that Lukman, recently declared that Abdullahi Ganduje-led leadership of the party is having a financial challenge. He said, “Beyond these issues, there are also the problems of funding facing the leadership of Ganduje. At a personal level, I have tried to present recommendations to Ganduje, including a funding proposal for the party. Painfully, I am not able to convince him and the leadership of the party to consider some of…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday afternoon signed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill at the State House, Abuja. Tinubu signed the N28.7tn budget document earlier approved by the National Assembly hours after he arrived in Abuja from Lagos where he spent the past week holidaying. The Budget is N1.2tn higher than the what he proposed to a joint session of the National Assembly on November 29, 2023. Then, the President had pegged the budget deficit for the 2024 fiscal year at N9.18tn. He stated: “The N9.18tn deficit is lower than the N13.78tn deficit recorded in 2023 which represents 6.11 per…
Banks are set to charge customers stamp duty on old foreign transactions between January 2021 to December 2023 by January 31, 2024.
We must lift up our hands to Almighty God, in gratitude, for His grace and benevolence to our country and our lives in the year 2023 that has just gone by.
the gracious people of this blessed nation, entrusted your faith in me with a clear mandate to make our country better
Ministry of Defence has received the highest allocation from the 28.7 trillion naira 2024 Appropriation Bill passed by the Senate on Saturday.
Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on the citizens of Israel to insist on a ceasefire in Gaza amid the onslaught of Israeli military forces against innocent Palestinians.