Year: 2016
Kogi SUBEB warns Teachers against selling of Books
The Chair of the Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has warned public school Head Teachers against selling books…
Ondo Poll: Abraham’s failure to serve Akeredolu stalls proceedings
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, adjourned till Nov. 10 hearing in the case filed by Olusegun Abraham, one…
Car dealer bags N500,000 bail over N2.5m fraud
A Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday in Abuja, slammed a N500,000 bail on a car dealer, Jafaru…
Man gets 7 strokes, cleaning toilets for theft
A Gudu Upper Area Court in the FCT on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man,Obioma Ozokwe, to seven strokes of cane…
Ambode flags off vector control programme in Lagos markets
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday flagged off the vector control programme at Obalende Market with the aim of eradicating disease-carrying…
Ex-Unilag VC urges FG to upgrade Polytechnics
A don, Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, on Friday urged the Federal Government to upgrade the nation’s polytechnics and Colleges of Education,…
Taraba SIEC lifts ban on campaigns for LG election
Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission [TSIEC], on Friday, said it had lifted the ban on campaigns and other political activities…
Man jailed 6 weeks for car theft
A Gudu Upper Area Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man, Stephen Yainfo, to six weeks imprisonment for stealing a…
Kaffy replies dancer
Dance queen Kaffy has a message for Michael Omani, the dancer who threw tantrums at her yesterday for defending dancers…
2 men docked for defiling 10-year-old boy
Two suspects, Labaran Abdullahi, 25, and Sani Umar, 35, were on Friday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Kano for…
Buhari felicitates with Afe Babalola at 85
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated legal luminary, educationist and philanthropist, Chief Afe Babalola, as he turns 85 on Oct. 30.…
Army inaugurates internet phones for troops in Borno
The Nigerian Army has inaugurated internet protocol desktop telephones at the 8 Task Force Division in Northern Borno to enable…
President Buhari’s daughter ties knot
The ancient city of Daura in Katsina state, witnessed tight security on Friday as President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Fatima, weds.…
FG to organise Nigeria International Shopping Festival
The World Economic Power Chamber of Commerce (WEPCCOM) on Friday advised the Federal Government to host a duty-free Nigeria International…
ICRC, FG organises surgical seminar in conflict zones
No fewer than 80 medical personnel’s attended a three-day surgical seminar organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross…
Stop selling drugs without prescriptions- Niger govt
The Niger government has called on owners of pharmacy shops (Non-Pharmacy Directors) and patent medicine dealers to stop dispensing drugs…
Breaking: Mimiko visits Buhari over Ondo violence
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State is presently holding a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential…
Man detains girl for sexual purpose
The police on Friday arraigned a middle-aged man, Dominic Abutu, in a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja…
Entertainment industry advantageous to youths- gospel artiste
Miss Jedidiah Oketola, an upcoming gospel musician, on Friday advised the youths to take advantage of the opportunities in the…
My wife is first-class prostitute- husband
An electrician, Ibrahim Ekeolu, has said that his wife, Taiwo, is a first class prostitute. Ekeolu of Iyemetu-Igosun Areas of…
Applicant jailed 2 months for stealing street lamp
A Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old applicant, Salisu Ali, to two months imprisonment…
Farmer bags 10 years for raping teenage hawker
A Katsina State High Court in Malumfashi on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old farmer, Yusuf Umar, to 10 years imprisonment for…
Herdsmen, farmers pledge peaceful co-existence in Kaduna
Farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Afana District of Bajju Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State have…
Man beats wife to stupor over snoring accusation
A 30-year- old, commercial motorcyclist, Tukur Paul on Friday beat his wife, Mrs Jennifer Paul to stupor over her accusation…
LASG to redesign markets to curb street trading
The Commissioner for The Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, made the assertion on the sidelines of the flag off of the…
Jigawa govt. sacks Director, School of Health Technology
The Jigawa Government on Friday relieved Dr Mahmud Gambo of his position as Director, School of Health Technology, Jahun. This…
22 years marriage dissolved over threat to life
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday dissolved a 22-year-old marriage between Idayat and her husband, Wasiu Adekunbi, for…
Okada rider docked over drug deal
A 35-years-old man, Kingsley Oluwanishola, on Friday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos over charges of illicit drug…
Medical consultants urge FG to restore peace
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, on Friday urged the Federal Government to take measures to restore peace…
$2.6bn Badagry Deep Seaport will boost economic growth
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday expressed optimism that the $2.6bn Badagry Deep Sea Port Project would be…