The Police in Niger, said on Monday it had taken measures to ensure the arrest of the 200 prisoners that escaped from Minna Medium Security Prison on Sunday. Mr Dibal Yakadi, the Commissioner of Police in Niger said in an interview with the Newsmen in Minna that only 19 out of the 219 prisoners that […]

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs wishes to inform the Nigerian Muslim ummah that the crescent of the month of Shawwal 1440 has been sighted in several places in Nigeria. Therefore, tomorrow Tuesday, June 4, 2019 is the first day of Shawwal. His Eminence, the President-General of NSCIA wishes the Muslim Ummah Eid Mubarak […]

Akwa Ibom State Government has set up a committee to monitor the reopening of churches in the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes as the state government lifted the ban on religious gathering, thus making churches to resume services on June 7. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem made this known […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, said the nation’s anti-corruption agencies have secured more than 1,400 convictions and also recovered funds in excess of N800 billion. In an address to mark this year’s Democracy Day, he assured that these monies are being ploughed into development and infrastructure projects. The president said the government has continued to […]