Новости за 05.05.2023

The Federal Road Safety Corps says it will continue to apprehend motorists with faded vehicle number plates because they are a security risk to the public. The corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. Kazeem said, “What we are saying is

The military has again warned against plans to sabotage the handover of power to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29. The high command said the armed forces were on standby and would ensure a smooth transition process scheduled to take place in 24 days. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami

Repentant Boko Haram fighters in Borno State may not be reintegrated into their home communities soon. The state government and the United Nations Development Programme, according to the Borno State Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Mustapha Gubio, are still developing the best plan for reintegrating them permanently in their communities. For about two years

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have attacked a police checkpoint along the Umunze-Ihite Road, in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing three policemen on the spot. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the location in large numbers on Thursday and immediately opened fire on the security officers manning the checkpoint, while three

The House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission has threatened to move against the new management of the regional intervention body should it misuse or abuse public resources. The Chairman of the House Committee on NDDC, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, issued the warning in Abuja on Thursday as the management of the commission defended its

The Spiritual Leader and Chairman, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Prophet Samuel Abidoye, has advised the incoming administration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to immediately hit the ground running with programmes that will reduce poverty when he assumes office. Abidoye made the call while addressing the press on the 54th Ascension of Horeb

The two ad hoc committees set up by the House of Representatives since January 2022 to investigate the current state of petroleum refineries and the actual volume of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) being consumed daily in Nigeria have laid their reports at the parliament. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, who ordered the probes, had

A startup-Prestige Consulting -has begun operations in Nigeria to help individuals to optimise the use of business and employment-focused social media platform such as LinkedIn to boost their employment chances. Speaking during the unveiling ceremony which was held in Lagos, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Prestige Consulting, Gert Nzimiro, said the motivation for

Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Wednesday shot dead a youth leader identified as Ebenezer Matthew in Abarikpo community, the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. Mathew was said to be the President of the Abarikpo Community in Akoh kingdom in the local government. His killing came about three months after suspected cultists

Police retirees on Thursday, held a prayer rally in the Enugu State capital to seek God’s intervention over the refusal of the National Assembly to pass the bill seeking to remove them from the Contributory Pension Scheme which they said had impoverished them and subjected many to hardship. They said the bill, which is before

The Police Stakeholders Partnership Forum in Anambra State and the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre have called for a fair trial for Mr Nnamdi Emeh, the whistleblower who made revelations of atrocities of organ harvesting and extra-judicial killings allegedly committed by some top police officers of the Anambra State command. The PSPF and

Victor Osimhen made history on Thursday night becoming the first Nigerian player to win a Serie A title. The Nigerian forward scored the decisive goal in the second half as Napoli came back from trailing to Sandi Lovric’s opener at half-time. Osimhen’s title-deciding strike against Udine was his 22nd goal in 28 league appearances and

Brighton gained sweet revenge for their defeat to Manchester United on penalties in the FA Cup semi-final on Thursday as Alexis Mac Allister scored from the spot in the dying seconds to earn a 1-0 win. Classy Brighton dominated possession but lacked a cutting edge until Luke Shaw’s handball deep into injury time gave them

Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia stand alongside Diego Maradona as Napoli greats after powering southern Italy’s biggest football club to just their third Serie A title. Osimhen and summer signing Kvaratskhelia, 22, have struck up a devastating partnership this season which has been central to Napoli winning their first league crown since 1990 and fulfilling

A 15-year-old student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, Lotanna Azuokeke, scored 99 marks in Mathematics in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Azuokeke, 15, scored a total of 337 marks in the examination, according to a statement by Dr Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop