Mr. Hakeem Gbabi, a bulldozer driver with Alhaji Agboola & Company, hired by Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, Nigeria, has escaped being electrocuted by PHCN’s cable while working on the road under the Opebi-Oregun link bridge. Hakeem, a staff of the council said, was grading the bad road yesterday when the bulldozer ran [...]
The harmonious relationship between students of Government College and Command Secondary School both in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, was shattered recently, following a violent clash between students of the two post-primary schools. At least 15 students were reportedly injured during the clash which lasted for more than four hours before it was brought under control [...]
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed the Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Muktar Yero as the new Deputy Governor. Yero’s endorsement followed his nomination by Gov. Patrick Yakowa following a letter dated May 21 which was addressed to the Speaker of the House, Ahmed Jumare. The letter was read on the floor of [...]
A Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday ordered the arrest of a former ANPP governorship candidate in Katsina in 2003, Alhaji Muhammad Kahlil, for alleged cheating and breach of trust. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Joyce Kaka, had summoned the accused three times but he failed to appear before the court. She said the court found [...]
A university don, Dr. Mahmoud Lawan, on Thursday in Abuja urged Nigerians to work together to deepen the country’s democracy in spite of challenges. Lawan gave the advice while delivering a lecture at a one-day meeting of zonal and state coordinators of Bridge Builder Frontiers (BBF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). The lecture is entitled: “Institutionalising [...]
The PDP will not give the lawmaker representing Azara, Ribi, Wuse and Akiri in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly an opportunity for a third term, a party leader said. The PDP Chairman in Azara, Alhaji Jibrin Aruwa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that the party would not field Alhaji Hashimu [...]
The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Shomolu Unit, Palmgrove, Lagos, Nigeria, Muyiwa Ayodele, has appealed to the police to come to his aid following an attack on him by some members of his union. Ayodele was recently battered by members and left bleeding while attempting to rescue a soldier. The [...]
