By Our Correspondent The Police Command says it would release two police officers arrested with ASP Dambri Vandi, over the alleged killing of a female lawyer. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday, while giving an update on the killing. According to Hundeyin, the two officers did not take […]
No fewer than 407,165 registered voters are yet to collect their voter’s card in Osun State, Dr Mutiu Agboke, the Resident Electoral Commissioner has said. Agboke announced this while interacting with newsmen after a sensitisation programme held on Saturday in Osogbo. He said that Osun had received 5,306 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines ahead […]
Authorities have destroyed 70 tons of expired medicines and food items in the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Farid Ahmad, the head of the industrialist union in the province, disclosed this on Thursday in Kandahar City. Authorities have collected the destroyed items over the past four months. The items including beverages, medicines, flour and other […]
A senior Somali intelligence officer died in a bomb blast on Friday at Gedo region in the southern part of the country, local officials confirmed. Authorities are investigating the killing of the senior intelligence officer. The officer had been leading operations against terror groups in Jubaland State, Yusuf Hussein Osman, security minister of Jubaland said. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to hand over leadership to an elected president on May 29, 2023. Buhari said that his term in office would end on that day in line with the Constitution. The President made the remarks when he hosted the Special Envoy of King Mohammed the VI of Morocco, Shakib […]
By Our Correspondent The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has congratulated its governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), as he clocks 45 years on Friday. The State PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeem Amode, in a congratulatory statement, praised Adediran’s dexterity, love and passion for the masses. “The Lagos PDP is […]
The Board of directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $5.12 million in financing for Emergency Food Production Programme in Liberia. The bank said in a statement on Thursday that this would pave the way for the Liberian government to support farmers as they increase climate-resilient food production and mitigate the impact of […]