Biden agrees with Pentagon recommendation to stick to Aug 31 Afghan pullout deadline – source
Aug. 24, 2021 President Joe Biden has agreed with a Pentagon recommendation to stick with the Aug. 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, an administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. The Pentagon…
COVID-19 THIRD WAVE: LASG TO SANCTION ERRING INBOUND PASSENGERS, WARNS CITIZENS AGAINST ABETTING INT’L TRAVELLERS WHO VIOLATE GUIDELINES
Aug. 24, 2021 The Lagos State Government has warned that erring inbound passengers violating the safety protocols instituted by the Federal and State Governments to curb the COVID-19 third wave…
NAPTIP intercepts, rescues 104 trafficked persons within 2 weeks
Aug. 24, 2021 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it incepted and rescued 104 victims of human trafficking who were on their way to…
Taliban says no evacuation extension as G7 meets on Afghan crisis
Aug. 24, 2021 Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday they wanted all foreign evacuations from the country completed by an Aug. 31 deadline and they would not agree to…
Land-grabbers kill policeman, 2 others in Ikorodu community
Aug. 24, 2021 Residents of Gberigbe in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have been living in fear since Saturday when hoodlums suspected to be land-grabbers invaded the community and killed three persons,…
TCN restores national power grid after partial system disturbance
Aug 24. 2021 The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the national power grid after it experienced partial system disturbance at about 1:06p.m. on Monday. TCN’s General…
96-year-old ex-soldier, trans-border drug traffickers arrested in Niger, Adamawa – NDLEA
Aug. 24, 2021 A 96-year-old retired soldier, Pa Joseph Owherhi has been arrested in Suleja area of Niger state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for…
DSS appeals bail granted to 4 Igboho aides
Aug. 24, 2021 The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja that it has appealed the bail granted four of the 12 detained associates…
Desperate Nigerians sell homes, land to free abducted children
Aug. 24, 2021 After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned out his savings…
Six of 136 abducted Islamic students die of illness as kidnappers demand ransom – Source
Aug. 24, 2021 Six of the 136 students kidnapped from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger have died of illness, the school principal told Reuters on…