By Habibu Harisu The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to thoroughly and effectively investigate activities of alleged essential commodities hoarders. Abubakar made the call when he received the ICPC Commissioner in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Alhaji Garba Tukur-Idris […]
By Mohammed Tijjani Troops of the I Division Nigerian Army (NA)have neutralised four insurgents while others escaped with gunshot wounds. This is contained in a statement issue by the Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations I Division Nigerian Army, Lt.Gen. Musa Yahaya. Yahaya said:”troops of the on fighting patrol in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area […]
The 27 EU member states have approved plans for a military mission to protect merchant shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks. Called Operation Aspides, the operational headquarters of the mission is in the Greek city of Larissa, multiple diplomats confirmed. The mission involved deploying European warships and airborne early warning systems to protect […]
By Ibironke Ariyo The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa has directed NDLEA commanders nationwide to smoke out drug barons still in hiding in their areas of responsibility. Marwa, who gave the directive at a meeting with NDLEA commanders in charge of Zones, States and Area Commanders, that they […]
After a woman’s violent death in Spain, the 48-year-old’s two underage sons have been taken into police custody. The woman’s body was found lifeless in a boot of a car on Wednesday evening in the northern region of Cantabria, authorities said. The two siblings are 13 and 16 years old, the state television station RTVE […]
One Israeli soldier was severely injured and two others hurt in attacks launched from Lebanon on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. The areas of Kiryat Shmona, Biranit, and Mount Hermon in northern Israel were hit. In response, Israeli combat jets conducted retaliatory strikes on positions held by Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia, including “terror […]
By Ezra Musa/ Bashir Rabe Mani Mr Temitope Fadeshemi, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says 88.4 million people in Nigeria are living in extreme poverty. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fadeshemi spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna during the distribution of farm inputs and empowerment materials to 250 smallholder […]
By Ibironke Ariyo National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says a total of 15 drug kingpins, out of the 3,412 drug offenders successfully prosecuted and convicted in 2023, collectively bagged 168 years imprisonment. NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing commanders and officers of the agency during an […]
By Funmilola Gboteku QNET, an e-commerce company on Wednesday dissociated itself from individuals illegally using the company’s name to defraud people. The Regional General Manager of QNET Sub-Saharan Africa, Mr Biram Fall, said this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the company had recently become aware of certain individuals who claimed to be Independent […]
Harvey Manson Jr., the CEO of the Recording Academy, the organising body for the Grammy Awards, has revealed how winners are selected for the prestigious music award. This comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding the 2024 Grammy Awards, where several Nigerian artists, including Burna Boy, Davido, Asake and Ayra Starr could not secure […]
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