Export By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, March 16, 2023 (NAN) The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) on Wednesday announced the resumption of oil exports from the Bonny Crude Oil Export Terminal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the resumption from the facility follows the lifting of ‘Force Majeure’ on oil […]
By Angela Atabo Labour Party Youth Wing on Thursday, vowed to take over Lagos, Rivers and Edo states, among other South-South and South-East states in the March 18 governorship and house of assembly elections. Mr Kennedy Ahanotu, Acting National Youth Leader of Labour Party, said this at a news conference on the March 18 elections. […]
Ehigimetor Igbaugba The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River, Prof. Gabriel Yomere, says he has personally signed all 3,281 result sheets meant for Saturday’s Governorship election in the state. Yomere disclosed this in Calabar on Wednesday during the inspection of the electoral materials for the polls, before their onward distribution to the various […]
By Usman Aliyu The management of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma has dismissed the claim of mass sacking of members of staff being made by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Lawrence Isiraojie, told newsmen that there was no truth in the claim. The News […]
Police in Berlin and the State of Saxony-Anhalt to the west of the capital have launched a major raid targeting a gang of suspected smugglers. More than 20 flats and offices, mainly in Berlin, were searched on Wednesday morning, according to a spokesman for the Federal Police. Five men were arrested, four of them in […]
By Mujidat Oyewole The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has pledged to be more vigilant during the upcoming governorship and states assembly elections. Mr Aminu Shamsuddin, the NIS Comptroller in Kwara, made the pledge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Wednesday. Shamsuddin said the command would deploy more than […]
By Mohammed Tijjani Kaduna, March 14, 2023 (NAN)The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have neutralised a bandit and recoverd one AK-47 rifle with two rounds of live 7.62x39mm ammunition. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said on March 13, […]
By Aisha Cole The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it has begun construction of underground pass and overhead bridges at the 11 level crossings across Lagos State to avoid accident. The Managing Director of the corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos […]
Pakistani authorities have busted a gang involved in the illegal transplant of kidneys to wealthy foreigners, a practice flourishing in the impoverished nation amid an economic crisis. Police and health department rangers raided a hidden clinic in the city of Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad on Monday night arresting 10 people including doctors and nurses. […]
Myanmar authorities have seized 1.1 million stimulant tablets in Mandalay Region and Shan State, according to a statement from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched two vehicles near a toll gate on Mandalay-Lashio road at around 3:45 p.m. local time on March 8 and confiscated […]