Four Hawkers Crushed In Anambra Accident
No fewer than four persons said to be hawkers around the Onitsha axis of the Niger bridge were on Friday, killed in an accident. A source said the accident occurred when a truck moving from Onitsha to Asaba suddenly developed brake failure, causing it to run into the traffic, smashing vehicles. Though a number of vehicles were involved in the accident,...
FG Reiterates Commitment To Remove 100 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has said that the Federal Government is set to generate 21 million full time jobs and lift 35 million people out of poverty by 2025. Sambo, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Dr Sam Idiagbonya, disclosed this on Friday at the ongoing 2022 Ministerial Retreat at Uyo, Akwa Ibom. According...
Carnival As Kidnapped Former Enugu SSG, Others Regain Freedom
It was a mini get together and thanksgiving program that quickly turned into a carnival of some sort for the release on Saturday, October 29 of the former Secretary to Enugu State Government and many others who were kidnapped with him on Thursday, October 27, 2022. ABN TV gathered that Dr. Dan Shere and other unspecified number of persons including...
NAFDAC Debunks Claim Of Mercury In Vaccines
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has debunked a report claiming that children in Nigeria were being administered a vaccine that contains 40 percent mercury which was prescribed by foreign organizations. The director-general, of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, in a press statement, made available to our correspondent, said mercury is a metal and as such cannot...
Nigerian Correctional Service Dismisses 9 Officers, Retires 25 Others
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, has dismissed nine officers and forced the retirement of 25 others for various offences. The Service’s spokesman, Mr. Umar Abubakar, said on Sunday in Abuja that four others had received letters of warning. He cited the Controller-General of the Service, Mr. Haliru Nababa, as announcing the decisions following approval by the Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire, and Immigration...
Kogi Govt Calls For Natasha Akpoti’s Arrest Over Alleged Link With Notorious Terrorist
The Kogi State Government has asked security agencies to question Mrs. Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan, a lawyer and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senatorial candidate, over an alleged link with one Safiu, whom it claims was one of the terrorists behind the attack on Owo Catholic Church. The government also claimed that Safiu was involved in the heinous attack on the Kuje...
Jandor Vows To Checkmate Excesses Of Lagos Touts If Elected Governor
The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor, said he would check all excesses of transport unions and motor park touts if elected governor in 2023. Speaking on Sunday evening at the formal presentation of the PDP governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, to indigenes of the state residing in Lagos State, Adediran said...
Nasarawa LP Starts Door-To-Door Campaign For Peter Obi
The Labour Party in Nasarawa State has begun a door-to-door campaign across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. Speaking with newsmen in Lafia on Monday, State Chairman of LP, Alexander Emmanuel, said the party decided to start the campaign because it has a target of getting...
President Buhari Condoles With India President Over Bridge Collapse
The President Buhari, on Monday expressed heartfelt condolences to the government and people of India following reports that at least 141 people have died after a British-era bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed on Sunday evening. Apart from those that died, 177 of the 500 have been saved and teams are searching for several others who are still missing. Buhari’s condolence was...
Lagos Anglican Bishop Olumakaiye Dies At Age 53
The Archbishop of Lagos Province, Anglican Communion and Bishop of Lagos Diocese, Most Reverend Humphrey Olumakaiye is dead. The cleric died at the age of 53. This was announced in a statement co-signed by the Synod Secretary, Ven. ‘Segun Ladeinde; and the Chancellor, Justice Adedayo Oyebanji on Monday. The statement reads, “His Episcopal sojourn in the Diocese of Lagos and subsequently...
