Nigerian Air Force says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has destroyed bandits’ camp and neutralised dozens of bandits in air strikes it conducted at Doumbourou Forest in Zamfara State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the operation…
Not fewer than five Nigerian soldiers have been killed while a number are missing after an ambush by Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction, security sources said on Sunday. Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province on Friday opened fire on a column of civilian vehicles under military escort in the northeastern Borno State, according to…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, is seeking an agreement between Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries to end the practice of Nigerian girls being used as sex slaves in Mali. At a presentation to the ECOWAS Parliament during its First Ordinary Session on Saturday, NAPTIP Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli told…
From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti A humanitarian organisation, BrigdeWaters Foundation, has appealed to the newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), and Ekiti State Governor, John Kayode Fayemi to use his position as number one governor in Nigeria to better the lots of Nigerian masses and work towards a proper restructuring of the…
…As IITA presents agricultural policy framework to Oyo state Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today (Saturday) commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The project is an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated to research and delivery of…
…tasks govt on developing indigent kids on sports From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Mercy International Mission, has organised sports competition for over 124 indigent kids from five rural towns in Ekiti to develop their skills in sports and particularly soccer. The NGO also gave free healthcare and several soccer materials…
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps on Saturday said the loss of lives was averted on Saturday after a tanker loaded with petrol collided with a truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to a statement by FRSC from Ota on Saturday, Corps’ Route Commander, Florence Okpe, said the accident which occurred at about…
President Muhammadu Buhari Security has been beefed up in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, as President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to visit the state today. Buhari would be commissioning some of the projects of the outgoing Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, christened “Legacy Projects.” Our correspondent, who went around the state capital this morning, observed that security…
Today, May 24, 2019, His Excellency, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi sworn-in the new Head of Service, Mrs. Amidat Ololade Agboola. She is wife of popular stalwart People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Sen. Hosea Agboola aka Halleluyah.
Social media has been buzzing with reactions following the now viral tweet of a Nigerian lady who revealed she discovered her boyfriend of 5 years is her maternal cousin. While some cultures in Nigeria practice and encourage the marriage of cousins, it isn’t something generally accepted by people. This explains why Twitter user, @fina_fina01 has…
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