Troops of 17 Brigade Nigerian Army, NA, in conjunction with personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have averted a planned attack by armed bandits on Magama Central Mosque in Jibia LGA of Katsina State where several locals had gone to observe the late night Ramadan prayers. According to a statement...
The National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) recently held a simulation exercise to increase public awareness on emergency and disaster response. The event hosted on the Plateau was part of stakeholders capacity engagement and coordination. It was hosted at the instance of the Nigerian Red Cross Society to celebrate the World Red...
The Federal Government today announced its plan to reintroduce COVID-19 restrictions in the country. This was made known by Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, Head of Technical Secretariat of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on Covid-19, while briefing reporters on Monday in Abuja. The new directive is to take effect by midnight...
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Reverend Fr. Ejike Mbaka has apologised to the Catholic Church over the vandalization of Enugu Catholic Bishop's Court and Holy Ghost Cathedral by his Followers in Enugu. Fr. Mbaka made the apology on Sunday  at the Adoration ground while officiating Sunday mass. TheFact Nigeria...
The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said that between Friday May 7th and Sunday May 9th, it learned from multiple channels and sources about the sad and unfortunate deaths of Mrs. Peju Ugboma after a surgical/medical procedure at Premier Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos State; and Ms....
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated an 11-member committee to investigate the financial activities of the Suspended Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) , Hadiza Bala Usman. Amaechi, while inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja said the panel would investigate the procurement of contracts from 2016 to...
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a syndicate of 5 suspected land scammers in different locations of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. According to the Commission's Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the land scamming deals are to the...
Consequent upon the declaration of Thursday, 13th May, 2021 as the day of Eid el Fitr in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has commenced massive mobilisation of its personnel and operational equipments for the Sallah special patrol. According to the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, who disclosed...
Again, the Nigerian Army, NA, has had to clear the air with regads to reports bordering on allegations of bias in the deployment of its personnel. The NA, in a statement signed today by its Public Relations Director, Brig-Gen Mohammed Yerima, reacted to an online publication anchored by Sahara Reporters...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) have resolved to establish joint coordination committee to identify, document and disclose the real owners of Nigeria’s oil, gas and mining assets under the country's implementation of Beneficial Ownership policy of the global extractive industries transparency...