By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has urged editors of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to fact-check news reports before publication. Onanuga, former Managing Director of NAN, made the call at the agency’s 5th Editorial ManagementContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 21, 2024 The Kogi Government on Tuesday distributed 50 truckload bags of rice to indigent citizens as palliative to cushion the present economic hardships in the state. Speaking during the distribution at the Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja, Gov. Ahmed Ododo warned officials against diversion andContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested no fewer than 109 persons for alleged illegal mining in Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of the state. Shehu Nadada, Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, made this known while parading the suspects onContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says Nigerians returning from foreign countries will soon enjoy their arrivals at the nation’s airports with the introduction of e-gate. E-gate is an electronic gate-just like scanner-that has all the modern facilities required to scan passengers whoContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 A Kano State Shari’a Court on Tuesday, ordered that a Kano Tiktoker Murja Kunya, be taken to a Government hospital for a mental evaluation. The defendant, who lives at Tishama Hotoro Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a three-count charge of inciting public disturbance,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 The mother of Alexei Navalny, the leading Russian opposition figure, has sent a video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin pleading for his body to be released. Navalny, died at a remote Arctic penal colony. In the one-minute video, Lyudmila Navalnaya stands outside theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 29,195 with 69,170 others wounded as the Israeli attacks continue, The Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The Israeli army had killed 103 Palestinians and wounded 142 others in the Strip during the pastContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 At the start of his Latin American trip to Cuba, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reaffirmed the intention of closer economic relations with the economically hard-hit island state. New incentives had recently been created for Russian companies to invest in Cuba, Lavrov saidContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed the Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi Village, Abuja, after 23 children between the ages of one and 14 were rescued from the orphanage. The children were believed to have been allegedly trafficked from Plateau. Mrs AdedayoContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2024 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone, has disclosed the death of some of its members due to economic hardship alongside poor remuneration of academics and unfavourable working conditions. The 1st zonal coordinator, ASUU, Abuja zone, Salahu Muhammed made this known whileContinue Reading