Новости за 11.05.2023

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will, on May 22, review warships, gunboats and helicopters for the Nigerian Navy. The Chief of Policy of Plans, Navy, Rear Admiral Seidu Garba, said this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the preparations for the Presidential Fleet Review 2023. Garba said the fleet review, scheduled

The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Wednesday, said his administration established the Kano Investment Promotion Agency and Diaspora with a view to facilitating investment promotion, as well as provide investor services and fast tracking the ease of doing business for both local and foreign investors. Ganduje, who was represented by his deputy,

A student of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Job Alawari-Kei, has reportedly slumped and died after overdosing on a popular synthetic illicit drug known as Colorado. A student who spoke under anonymity with local media said the deceased young male, a 300-level student in the Department of Gas and Petroleum Engineering, was celebrating a

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that the Bank Verification Number it issues in collaboration with Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System does not have an expiry date. The apex bank revealed this in a document signed by its Acting Director, Corporate Communication, Isa AbdulMumin, Wednesday night. The bank said this while debunking reports (not The

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, in Abuja, approved the sum of N2.4bn for the construction of a new National Sports Medicine and High-Performance Centre at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Lagos to be completed in 2026. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, revealed this to journalists after the Council’s nearly eight-hour meeting

The Anambra State Police Command said it has neutralised five criminal suspects said to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network. The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Echeng Echeng, disclosed this at a press conference on Wednesday night. Echeng restated that the battle against insurgents in Anambra State is

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday, in Abuja, approved various projects worth N326.7bn in the ministries of Environment, Transportation, Water Resources, Youth and Sports, Federal Capital Territory, Finance and Works and Housing. They include the second phase of the Ogoni water project and the central remediation of newly-identified hydrocarbon-impacted sites, the provision of security gadgets

The All Progressives Congress has suspended former Minister of Works, Senator Barnabas Gemade over alleged anti-party activities. The Benue state APC chairman, Austin Agada, disclosed this at a stakeholder meeting in Makurdi on Wednesday. The party also suspended Prof. Terhemba Shija, and some ward officials for anti-party activities. Agada noted that those suspended were alleged

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zonal Commander, have arrested a 26-year-old man, Precious Ojo, who is also known as Obago, for suspected internet fraud in Oghara, Delta State. The commission disclosed that the arrest of the suspect following a petition received from a United States of America citizen, on his fraudulent

A four-man dreaded gang of kidnappers, which specialised in transborder crime, has been shot dead by security operatives in Anambra State. The gang was said to be operating from Imo State into border towns in Anambra, and the leader popularly called  “Odumodu”, was shot dead by a team of security forces. It was gathered that