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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has lamented that inmates in the facilities of the Nigerian Correctional Service feed better than corps members, this was coming even as the Ministry of Interior revealed that prisoners would be fed with ₦1,000 naira each daily in 2022.

The Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, who stated this when he appeared before the House Committee on Youth Development for budget defence on Wednesday, said corps members were served a meal worth ₦217,

He, therefore, urged the House of Representatives to raise the allocation for feeding in the scheme’s budget for 2022.…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday revealed that it has frustrated drug traffickers’ desperate attempts to export large kilogrammes of cocaine, methamphetamine and cannabis in three different states of the country over the last week.

NDLEA’s spokesperson Femi Babafemi made this disclosure in a statement which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday.

Bababfemi said that operatives of the agency seized the consignments which were en route London, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirate, and New Zealand, through two major courier firms in Lagos.

He stated that some of the consignments were concealed in containers …

There was palpable fear in the Ebekpi community of Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Saturday morning as a gas wellhead operated by Savannah Energy Limited erupted.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the gas leakage ran for over five hours, making residents of the community and adjoining communities scamper for safety while workers of the company, including some white expatriates, were seen hanging around the site looking confused.

A fire service vehicle was seen parked around the company in case of any eventuality.

The Village Head of Ebekpi, Chief Ama Bassey Joseph, who spoke …

Thousands of people flooded the hometown of late Brazilian country music star Marilia Mendonca Saturday, paying an emotional tribute to the beloved songstress of sorrow and strong women after she was killed in a plane crash at age 26.

Mendonca, a Latin Grammy-winning superstar of Brazilian “sertanejo” music, died with four other people Friday when a small plane carrying her to a concert crashed in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.

Her body was flown Saturday to the central city of Goiania, her home, where huge crowds of distraught fans lined up to file past her white-lined casket before she …

The Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) has abducted a prince, Mohammed Askira in Borno.

He was taken alongside two brothers; all belong to the royal family of Askira/Uba Emirate.

The trio was kidnapped on Saturday while travelling to Maiduguri, the state capital, after attending a function in the town.

Askira/Uba, a Local Government Area in Borno, has Askira as the main community.

A source told PRNigeria that 50-year-old Mohammed and his siblings are brothers to the Emir of Askira, Abdullahi Mohammed Askirama II.

Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations …

A massive fireball ignited by a fuel tanker explosion killed 98 people in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, the West African country’s disaster management agency disclosed on Saturday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the blast took place when a fuel tanker collided with another truck at a petrol station on Friday night, according to witnesses.

The flames then spread, burning people in cars and on roads nearby.

The majority of the victims were street vendors and motorcyclists, many of whom were caught in the blaze while trying to retrieve fuel leaking from the tanker before it ignited, according to …

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has declared that, for the sake of fairness, justice and equity, whoever should emerge as President of Nigeria in 2023 should be a Christian.

Speaking at the end of the quarterly meeting of the National Executive Council of the Fellowship in Lagos, the National President of the PFN, Bishop (Dr) Francis Wale Oke, presented the case of the body.

‘We do not think it is right to have another Muslim president, come 2023. A Muslim President would have governed for 8 years, by 2023. The Church has been fully supportive of him. We prayed

There was a large turnout of voters at the Amaesi Ward of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra at the Saturday Governorship election in the state.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that voters came out as early as 7.30 am until the arrival of electoral officers by 8.35 a.m at the ward.

The ward is the ancestral home of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo.

Voting, however, began at about 9:40 a.m at Polling Units 5, 11, 12, 13, 15 located at the Social Centre in Amaesi ward, Aguata LGA.

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Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock and grief over the killing of 69 people in Niger Republic by insurgents on the Nigeria’s common border with Mali and Burkina Fasso.

According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant, Garba Shehu, Buhari, while reacting to the incident on Friday said: ‘This dastardly and callous attack on innocent people, including a mayor in Niger Republic, is a disturbing setback to the regional efforts to stem terrorist activities that have caused massive destructions in our countries.’

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According to the President, …

A yet to ascertained number of people were feared killed on Friday night after a kerosene tanker exploded at the popular Kubwa Market in the nation’s capital.

According to eyewitnesses, at least five persons were burnt beyond recognition, while many were injured.

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The eyewitnesses explained that the tanker explosion resulted in a fire that affected a shop near the main market.

Operatives from the Nigerians Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp as well as the FCT Fire Service successfully brought the fire under control.

As of 8:45pm, fire fighters …

A Russian diplomat was found dead in October outside the country’s embassy in Berlin, it emerged Friday.

The man, whose lifeless body was recovered on October 19 on the pavement by police, had apparently fallen to his death from the embassy complex, according to the Spiegel weekly which first reported the case.

A German foreign ministry spokesman said the case was “known to the ministry” but would not provide further details.

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Confirming the death, the Russian embassy called it a “tragic accident”.

‘All the procedures related to repatriating the diplomat’s body