Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that five persons were killed while 13 others were injured in a truck accident in Tashan Gona, Billiri LGA of Gombe state. The sector FRSC sector commander in the state, Samson Kaura, said the incident occurred at about 7:20 am. on Easter Monday after a truck laden…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo The police in Jalingo, Taraba state have arrested a suspected kidnapper with over N8.5m believed to be his share of kidnapping ransom. Parading the suspect on Wednesday at the state headquarters of the police command in Jalingo, the police commissioner, Joseph Eribo, said the suspect, identified as Aliyu Mohammed, offered the whole…
In a decisive move to end months of leadership controversy and institutional embarrassment, the National Secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has formally disbanded its regional chapters known as Northern CAN and Southern CAN. The decision was conveyed in a public notice signed by the CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, and the General…
The federal government said it will support ginger farmers in three states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with input packages worth N1.6b from the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF). Mohammed Ibrahim,executive secretary of NADF, disclosed this on Wednesday at the launch of “Ginger Blight Epidemic Control Taskforce Support Initiative” in Kaduna. Ibrahim said 15,000…
Thirteen worshippers have been killed by bandits inside a mosque in Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi LGA of Katsina state. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning as worshippers observed Fajr prayer. The Katsina state commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Nasir Mu’azu, confirmed the killings in a statement issued in Katsina on Tuesday. He said…
