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Eight Persons Dead, Six Injured In Bus-Tanker Collision In Anambra

Eight Persons Confirmed Dead, Six Injured In Tanker-Bus Collision In Anambra
Eight people have been killed and six injured in a sad road accident at Ukpo Junction along the Nteje-Awka Road in Anambra State, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command. On Monday in Awka, the Sector Commander, Mrs. Joyce Alexander, gave reporters confirmation of the occurrence. According to Alexander, a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number EKP375XM and a Mack tanker without a registration number were involved in the Sunday night collision. According to Alexander, initial inquiries and eyewitness reports suggested that the bus was traveling from Abakaliki to Onitsha at the time of the collision.Read More

Qatar Supports Nigerian Armed Forces, Police With $1bn

Dr. Bala Majidadi Kontagora
The Republic of Qatar has released $1billion to provide scientific equipment and build an ultra-mordern hospital for officers and men of the Armed Forces, including the transformation of Nigerian PoliceRead More

FCT Spent N28.5bn On COVID-19 – FCT Minister

FCT Minister, Mohammed Musa-Bello
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Musa Bello, told the Senate Tuesday that the FCT Administration spent N28.5bn to tackle the coronavirus pandemic within Abuja, especially during the lockdown. BelloRead More

Mahdi Shehu’s Life In Danger, Family Cries Out

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu
The family of the Katsina State-born business mogul, Mahdi Shehu on Tuesday expressed fear for his life because they had not heard from him since his detention by the policeRead More

Alleged CBN Looting: Adebanjo, Clark, Nwodo Back Gowon

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has risen in strong defence of the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), who was accused by a British parliamentarianRead More

Shobanjo Tasks Nigerian Youth On Entrepreneurship

Chairman of Troyka Holdings, Dr. Biodun Shobanjo
Africa’s advertising czar and chairman of Troyka Holdings, Dr. Biodun Shobanjo, has charged Nigerian youth to embrace a culture of diligence and hard work in order to excel in theirRead More

FG Vows To Treat Fresh #EndSARS Protest As Attempt At Regime Change

#EndSARS protesters
Sees proposed demonstration as decoy for political action to force ‘Mali situation’ on Nigeria Security agencies placed on red alert The Federal Government would treat any fresh demonstration against perceivedRead More

FCT Environmental Agency Demands N81m To Cut MKO Abiola Stadium Grass – Sports Minister

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has revealed that the Federal Capital Territory agency in charge of the environment, the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), has tabled aRead More

Lai Mohammed Mocks CNN Over Clarification Of Its EndSARS Massacre Tweet

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Says news network exhibiting panic by seeking to clarify its tweet 35 days after Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has excoriated Cable News Network (CNN) for exhibitingRead More

N17bn Oil Spill Compensation: Supreme Court Dismisses Shell’s Application

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited to review and set aside a N17 billion judgment entered against it in favour ofRead More

3 Years After: Benue Gov’t, MACBAN Yet To Agree On Grazing Law

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom mulls a review of the law
Over 400 violators arrested, prosecuted – Ortom Review law to accommodate our interest – herders Three years after it came into effect, there are still disagreements over the Benue StateRead More