The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has called on the general public to cooperate with the service to recapture 31 fleeing inmates as they posed danger to public safety and national security.
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The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) fighting insurgency in the Lake Chad region says 263 Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered to troops.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has issued a stern warning to officials in the state against the diversion of fertiliser meant for distribution to farmers.
I have spent the last week reflecting on hilltop palaces and misrule in my dear country Nigeria. I could not help it; my thoughts were imposed by the surroundings. The last week found me on the six-acre Neemrana Fort Palace in Rajasthan, India, about 122 Kilometres from Delhi. This palace of the Maharaja was the site from which the Chauhans dynasty ruled Rajasthan from the 15th century to 1947. The palace of 55 rooms is carved into eleven storeys on the Hilltops. This article was first published in Next newspaper, 12th September, 2010 Located in a site of exquisite beauty,…
UN Development Programme (UNDP) has highlighted climate action opportunities in Africa, in its new report on Africa Investment Climate Opportunities.
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an application filed suspended by DCP Abba Kyari requesting that the unlawful drug deal charge against him be dropped.
One is flabbergasted to read or listen to some occupants pretending to be more Lagos(ians) than the indigenes claiming the protectorship of the former Colony and capital of Nigeria, and doing so with hypocritical motives to profile some fellow Nigerians for stigma. It is unacceptably wrong. By Abanikanda Olumoro (UK) They are using the “ebi npawa” mantra that is now rampant in the land to blackmail the criers, who are truly hungry but will not be expected to complain. They say there is hunger in the land and, truly so, they are attestably hungry, poverty afflicted and, it is said…
ASHENEWS reports that the Jigawa State Government has inaugurated Organising Committee for the National Orphans Qur’anic Recitation Competition.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State governor, Mohammed Bago says that youth in the state will not participate in the proposed August 1-10 nationwide protest against economic hardship.
The National Council on Nutrition (NCN) has approved a series of new measures aimed at tackling malnutrition and food insecurity across Nigeria including the creation of a national nutrition dashboard.