Four persons have been reported dead and two others missing when a passenger bus plunged into River Niger in Koton Karfe area of Kogi. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lokoja. It stated that a Toyota Hiace bus with 15 passengers on board plunged into the river late Tuesday night. Mr Solomon Agure, the state Sector Commander of the FRSC, who confirmed this said the bus with registration number Plateau – JJN 73 XA, took off from Ijora Seven Up under bridge in Lagos and was heading to Kano. According to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged Nigeria’s assistance to Burundi as part of deliberate efforts to promote peace and development in the Southern African country. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday, said the president made the pledge when he met with President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Republic of Burundi. The meeting was held on the margins of the 76th United Nations’ General Assembly holding in New York, USA, on Tuesday. “We will be proactive and give support to the best of our abilities,” President Buhari promised. The Burundian President assured that his country was out of…
Ebonyi state governor, David Umahi has expressed the fear that the declaration of the South-East as a red zone due to the spate of insecurity will deprive the area of federal projects. Umahi made the remark on Tuesday in Abakaliki while inaugurating the new leadership of the South-East Traditional Rulers Council, headed by Eze Charles Mkpuma, the Chairman of the council in Ebonyi. He said that Federal Government’s ministries recently declared the southeast as a red zone because of the high wave of insecurity in the area. According to him, the insecurity in the zone, occasioned by agitations for self-determination,…
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and top politicians joined award-winning African performers and others on Tuesday, in New York, to take part in a special event to discuss COVID-19 vaccine equity. The event was organised by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to discuss how COVID-19 vaccines can be fairly distributed worldwide, as a key development priority. Under the banner of ‘A Shot for All’ staged on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, prominent leaders and personalities stressed the importance of vaccine equity and how to achieve universal access, particularly in…
President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived in New York on Sunday, to participate in the ongoing 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, is to present Nigeria’s statement to the General Assembly on Friday, September 24. The Nigerian leader would be the second speaker on the fourth day and would deliver his address around 9a.m. (around 2p.m. Nigerian time) to other world leaders at the morning session. He had earlier attended the opening of the General Debate of the 76th session of the General Assembly. Buhari was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to…
By Bala Ibrahim It is no longer news that chief Femi Fani Kayode, the erstwhile renowned ragtag for rubbishing the APC as a party, and Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President and the leader of the party has joined the party. What would be news is the appalling reactions that would continue filling the airspace, as regards the reasons of the party to accept with applause, the coming of a man that has been extremely hostile to everything the party and the people therein stand for. In breaking the news of his defection, which was blessed by a visit to President…
Archaeologically, Afghanistan is reputed to be the graveyard of some powerful empires for 770 years from 1219 to 1989. Those formidable countries/ empires were Mongolian Empire (1219-1221), Mughal Empire (1383-1385), the British first attempt (1839-1842), British second attempt (1878-1880), British third attempt 1919, and Soviet Union (1979-1989). They all manufactured excuses justifying their invasion of Afghanistan at different times but they were vigorously repelled and forced to retreat with shattering consequences and their tails between their legs. In addition to their obvious regrets and heavy losses, their attempted invasion of Afghanistan initiated the disintegration of their empires and ended in…
Contestants for the stool of Kontagora Emirate council numbering 46 have petitioned Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello against the process followed to select the next Emir. The Emir of Kontagora, Saidu Namaska died on September 9 2021 creating a vacuum to be filled through a selection process where the electoral college composed of Waziri, Galadima, Kofa Magayaki and Madakin Kontagora. However, the 46 contestants represented by their lawyer, Mr Mika Anache wrote a complain titled: “Petition Against the Irregular/Illegal Selection Process of 7th Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora, Leading to a Sham Election Into the Said Revered Stool” to the state…
The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as well as other hideouts. Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the surrender by the repentant terrorists was a welcome development, adding that, the overwhelming fire power of the troops was responsible…
Operatives of Katsina Police Command have arrested a person with disability, who turned kidnapper while trying to pick up ransom dropped for him. The spokesperson, SP Isah Gambo made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen. “The Katsina Police Command have succeeded in arresting a person with a special need who turned himself into a kidnapper and demanded for a ransom of N2 million. “It may interest you to know that this gentleman here, Buhari Haruna is 22 years and from Kankia LGA of Katsina state. “On 20 August, he sent a threat message to one Hamisu Salisu,…