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Gunmen kill Police officer, steal AK-47 in Delta

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

BARELY two months after gunmen slained two police officers, a police officer with Dragon 19, attached to Ughelli Area Command, simply identified as Jude Ukpaka was shot dead and his Ak-47 stolen by suspected gunmen in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Vanguard gathered that the officer and...

Jihadists from Niger, Mali, Libya taxing Nigerian farmers — Rep

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

A member of the House of Representatives representing Tangaza/Gudu Federal Constituency of Sokoto State, Sani Yakubu, has raised alarm, saying jihadists from Niger, Mali and Libya and the local bandits operating in Tangaza Local Government of the state have imposed a tax on farmers in the area. Yakubu, who disclosed...

‘Enough with record-a-thons’, — Guinness World Records warns

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

Guinness World Records has advised Nigerians and indeed everyone attempting to break any record or ‘record-a-thon’ enthusiasts to first get the record title approval from its team before embarking on it. GWR is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of...

Domestic Operations Of Max Air Suspended Indefinitely

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

Max Air, one of the leading airlines in Nigeria, has been put on hold as a result of a suspension by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). In a letter NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/363, NCAA directed the suspension of Parts A3 and D43 with regards to the operation of Max Air’s Boeing 737...

Doctors Walk Out In UK Health Service’s Biggest Strike

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

Hospital doctors in England on Thursday staged the biggest walkout in the history of the UK’s state-funded National Health Service, prompting fears for patient safety. The unprecedented five-day stoppage over pay and staff retention is the latest in eight months of industrial action across the NHS, which is already reeling...

Sit-at-home: Army chief orders raid on IPOB hideouts

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered troops to seize control of areas where the Indigenous People of Biafra enforce their sit-at-home order throughout the South-East states. The order came after a Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, announced that there would be a two-week sit-at-home in...

FG urges processed wood exporters to establish forest plantations

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Environment has called on the Processed Wood Exporters to establish forestplantations of their own and show proof of commitment to continue to plant trees. The Permanent Secretary of the Environment Ministry, Ibrahim Yusufu, said the Ministry will not consider applications of Exporter...

DSS gets one week ultimatum to charge Emefiele to court or release him

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

By Augustine Aminu Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT has issued a one week ultimatum to the Department of the State Security Service DSS to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Godwin Emefiele to Court or...

Engineer Sule performs groundbreaking for 2m USD LNG facility

NewsDeskNgJul 13, 2023July 13, 20230

In what is seen as a bold move towards replacing petrol with gas, Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has performed the groundbreaking for a two million dollars LNG and L-CNG facility in Shabu area of Lafia, the state capital. Engineer Sule performed the groundbreaking breaking ceremony for Greenville LNG...

PHOTO NEWS

NewsDeskNgJul 12, 2023July 13, 20230

NPA bags Most Outstanding Agency of Government in Africa. Dr. Ken Giami, chairman of African Leadership Organization, and Mr. Abdulkadir Gusua, NPA’s Assistant GM, Oversea’s Liaison Office during the awards presentation at the Dorchester hotels, Mayfair, London, recently.