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Barau FC have welcomed six new players to their squad for the second half of the season. The players are Ebuka Nwokorie (Kun Khalifat), Moses Tsehuan – Centre Back (from Nasarawa United) Akpo Godwin ( Attack Energy FC, Afghanistan) Ezeonye Henry, Uche Moses (Kun Khalifat FC) and Nwaodu Chukwudi (Enyimba FC) The players penned a […]
NPFL: Barau unveil six new players for second stanza

Niger Tornadoes technical adviser, Majin Mohammed, has taken in good faith his team’s 2-1 defeat to Barau FC. Uche Moses and Umaru Mohammed were on target for Barau FC while Chinton Japhet scored for Niger Tornadoes. Mohammed assured that he will make corrections on the lapses identified ahead of their next league fixture. “The game […]
NPFL: Mohammed ready to move on from Barau FC defeat

An Area Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Thursday, sentenced a middle-aged man identified as Abdullahi Usman, to 12 months imprisonment after he was found guilty of enticing a married woman and blackmailing her. While narrating the evidence in court, the police prosecutor, Inspector Ibrahim Gokwat, said the case was reported at […]
Plateau court jails man 12 months for enticing, blackmailing married woman

The Commander of the 013 Quick Response Force, Nigerian Air Force, Minna, Niger State, Group Captain KO Akinyosade, has emphasized the need for collaboration between relevant agencies to enhance national security. He said the call is in a bid to strengthen collaboration and partnership to curb the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons. This was […]
Niger gets boost in fight against illicit arms as Air Force, NCCSALW partner

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says 215 deaths were recorded from Lassa fever in 2025, with the case fatality rate, CFR, rising to 18.7 per cent, higher than the 16.3 per cent recorded during the same period in 2024. The NCDC disclosed this via its official website in its Lassa Fever […]
Lassa fever claims 215 Nigerians in 2025 – NCDC

Abia State government has said that the establishment of the Abia Senior Citizens Centre by Governor Alex Otti is to provide social protection and access to healthcare for aged persons in the state and not for money sharing. According to the state government, the senior citizens centre will not serve as a retirement home or […]
Abia Senior Citizens Centre not created to share free money – Govt

The Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, OGIRS, has reiterated that the deduction of stamp duty on bank transactions does not amount to taxation. The Executive Chairman of OGIRS, Mr. Olugbenga Olaleye, made this clarification on Thursday while speaking on a Yoruba programme, titled ‘Ayekooto’. He explained that stamp duty deductions are statutory charges paid into […]
Deduction of stamp duty charges on bank transactions not taxation – OGIRS

Vice President Kashim Shettima and Senate President Minister Godswill Akpabio joined other government officials in a symbolic release of pigeons during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony in Abuja on Thursday. The event, which honors the sacrifices of Nigerian military personnel, featured moments of reflection, tributes, and patriotic displays. The release of the pigeons was […]
Shettima, Akpabio release pigeons at Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony (VIDEO)

Bashir Ahmad, former media aide to late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, says his late principal never missed any Armed Forces Remembrance Day during his time either as military Head of State or President of Nigeria. Ahmad said this in a post on his official X handle on Thursday. He was responding to a statement allegedly attributed […]
Buhari never missed any Armed Forces Remembrance Day – Bashir Ahmad replies Abati