The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) says it prefers that farm produce goes to waste rather than tolerate “continued attacks” on its members in the South. Awwalu Aliyu, an official of the union, who spoke to TheCable in Kano on Tuesday, March 2, said the decision not to supply food to the south was not […]
A commercial driver, Hassan Saka, has been arrested for being in possession of two human heads in Ondo State. Saka was arrested on Sunday, February 28, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state. According to the state commander of the agency, Haruna Gagara, the suspect was arrested during a routine search along Owo/Akure Road […]
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says Nigerians under the age of 18 years will not receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, made this known in an interview with newsmen. According to him, the Federal Government has plans to give out the vaccine to 70 per cent of Nigerians within […]
The police in Ogun State have arrested one Anthony John, 35, and 21-year-old Jimoh Idowu for allegedly gang raping their neighbor’s 16-year-old daughter. According to command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested following a complaint by the victim, who reported that she was at home with her younger siblings at Efunye village via Owode-Egba, when the two suspects, who […]
279 out of the 317 female students abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara LGA of Zamfara State, have been freed. The schoolgirls were kidnapped on Friday morning, February 26. Yusuf Idris, media aide to Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, confirmed the release of the girls to Premium Times, said they were released around 4:00 a.m. […]
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has earned the 2020 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award for Best Airport by Size and Region (5 to 15 million passengers per year in Africa) by the Airports Council International (ACI) Africa, a non-profit organisation representing the world’s airports. This was disclosed in a press statement released by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria […]
