Новости за 02.01.2023

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspects for allegedly attempting to kill a policeman and set ablaze a towing vehicle at an accident scene. The incident occurred on Saturday, December 31, when the suspects; Olayiwola Basiru, Bamimore Isiaka and Soliu allegedly attempted to kill the policeman and burn the police towing

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Kola Abiola, has promised to restore the fortune and aspirations of Nigerians if elected president in 2023. He promised to bring difference, sincerity and true governance and make policies that would uplift every Nigerian. Abiola made the promise while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on

The Lagos State Police Command has revealed that all policemen attached to the Ajah police station in Lagos State have been transferred out of the division. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure in a series of tweet on Monday. Hundeyin, who was reacting to a report published by The PUNCH

Nigerian model Fancy Acholonu has made another U-turn days after apologising and seeking reconciliation with ex-fiancé, Alexx Ekubo. While former love birds got engaged in May 2021, Acholonu suddenly called off their already-scheduled wedding in August of the same year. On Friday, the model issued a public apology to Ekubo via Instagram, stating that her

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has again defended his fitness, saying no ailing person can successfully perform seven trips as he did at Umrah. Tinubu made the statement in an interview with Kano premier independent radio station, Freedom Radio, in Saudi Arabia shortly before he returned to the country. Umrah is

Following renewed attacks in Kagoro Chiefdom, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the popular annual festival which normally ushers in the New Year in the area, was replaced with a prayer summit. The prayer summit which was organised by the chiefdom in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation Global Peace Foundation, Nigeria, was aimed at

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has described the endorsement of his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, by former president Olusegun Obasanjo as an “endorsement of failure.” The endorsement of Obi by Obasanjo on Sunday sparked reactions across rival political camps, with the All Progressives Congress describing it as

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Taiwo Balogun, 53, who went missing on Thursday, December 1, 2022, has been found dead in a lake in Kent. Balogun from Crayford was last seen near her home in southeast London four weeks ago. Her body was found in a lake at Bluewater shopping centre in hunt for “vulnerable” missing

The Former Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs and National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Godswill Akpabio, has vowed to deliver Akwa Ibom State to the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu, in the forth coming  general election. Speaking on Monday while hosting the APC party leadership from ward,

Terrorists Monday morning attacked a police “Nipping Point” in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, during which one of the terrorists was killed. Two policemen who sustained injuries in the encounter had been treated and discharged. The spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the development. He said the incident

The leadership of Labour Party has saluted the courage of former President Olusegun Obasanjo for publicly endorsing its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing it as a worthy New Year’s gift. Obasanjo had in the said message personally signed by his spokesperson, Kehinde Akinyemi, stated that the former Anambra State governor had an edge in the

The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye, has urged the Nigerian electorate to shun vote-selling in the forthcoming general election to end the emergence of selfish and incompetent people in government. Ajakaye, who noted that vote-selling and vote-buying were sins and crimes against humanity, said, “As individuals and groups, we must never

A mentally unstable woman who identified herself as Lara has given birth to a baby boy at Ayileka Street, Odo-Ona Apata in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State. The lady, whose age is said to be between 25 and 30 years, delivered the baby in an uncompleted building on Sunday, around 3pm at Ayileka

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo will be unveiled before thousands of fans at Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr club on Tuesday, a spokesman said, after sealing a shock move estimated at more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old great, a five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or, will arrive late on Monday with his family together with media

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has arrived in Nigeria from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Tinubu was in Saudi for Umrah, a religious pilgrimage for Muslims. Tinubu arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, Sunday night, and was received by the Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru. See photos below:

Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos. The oceanside home of the team nicknamed “Peixe” — “fish” in Portuguese — is expecting a huge influx of fans looking to honor the “King” of football, who died

The Nigerian Medical Association has condemned the gruesome murder of one of its members, Dr Uyi Iluobe, who was said to have been killed by the relatives of his patient at a hospital in Oghara, Delta State. The NMA also called on the Delta State government and the Inspector-General of Police to bring the perpetrators

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and staunch supporter of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has always wanted a president from the South-East. Weighing in on the former president’s endorsement of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi as his

The Insurance Consumers Association of Nigeria has called on the National Insurance Commission to reverse its directive on the increase of third Party Motor Insurance Premium in Nigeria. This is contained in a letter signed by its National Coordinator, Chief Yemi Soladoye, and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan. The News Agency of

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday knocked those involved in the buying of the Permanent Voter Cards and harvesting of Voter Identification Numbers. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye, said their actions would only oppress voters and prevent them from exercising their rights on election day. Okoye

The Lagos State Government on Monday warned that human rights abuses will not be tolerated in the state, adding that the present administration will bring the full weight of the law on any perpetrator. According to a statement posted on the government’s Facebook page on Monday morning, the Director, Citizens Rights Directorate, Ministry of Justice,

The Ndigbo Youth Parliament, the umbrella body of all youth associations in Igboland has called on the Federal Government to focus more on dialogue as a way of addressing ethnic agitations in the New Year. The Speaker of the Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rikki Nwajiofor, gave the advice in a message to mark the New Year.

The Kano State governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Abba Yusuf, on Monday categorically declared that he has the capacity to floor his fellow contestants to clinch the governorship seat of the state in the forthcoming polls. In a press statement, signed by the Director of Publicity, NNPP Campaign Council, Hisham Habib, adjudged

Two helicopters collided in mid-air, killing four people Monday at Australia’s Gold Coast tourism hotspot, officials said, with images showing one of the aircraft’s rotors lying on a sandbar. Three other people were in critical condition, police said, describing how bystanders had rushed to haul passengers from an upside-down helicopter. One helicopter had flipped over

A Know Your Customer technology company, VerifyMe Nigeria, has been awarded two ISO certifications by the International Organisation for Standardisation. The certifications are QMS ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) and ISMS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (Information Security Management Systems). ISO 9001: 2015 entails an organisation’s structure together with the planning, processes, resources, and documented information that is