Year: 2017
Gunpoint N1.6m robbery: 3 men remanded in prison
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded three men at Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly robbing a motorist of his…
Businessman charged with N1m fraud suit
A 42-year-old businessman, who allegedly duped one Mr. Christopher Utulu of N1 million by falsely presenting himself as a lawyer,…
Indian paedophile tailor confesses to sexually assaulting girls
A 38-year-old Indian man confessed to assaulting as many as 200 underage girls during the past 12 years, New Delhi…
Kyrgyzstan sees possible pilot error in crash killing 37
Kyrgyzstan’s government said on Monday that pilot error may have been the cause of a Turkish cargo plane crash near…
MFM FC fans want more spectators in stadium
Lagos-based MFM FC fans on Monday urged spectators to turnout en masse for the club’s subsequent matches, saying the team…
Don urges Jammeh’s handover to Barrow
Prof Jonah Onuoha of the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka, has urged President Yaya Jammeh of Gambia…
Maiduguri blast: ASUU suspends planned press conference
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has expressed shock over the early morning bomb blast at the University of…
Crocodile tears tour guide to death in South Africa
A South African tour guide working at a crocodile farm in the Western Cape province near Cape Town has been…
BBOG joins search for missing girls in Sambisa
The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group has sent a delegation to join the Federal Government’s team on a day…
Police nabb armed robbery gang in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command has nabbed a 3-man armed robbery gang terrorizing residents of Enugu metropolis. The command’s spokesman,…
Man who fell from electric pole gets wheelchair, N100,000
The Nigeria Peace Corps (NPC), Nasarawa State Command, has donated a wheelchair to, Mr Peter Abashi, who fell down from…
VVF centre cures 175 patients in Kebbi
The Kebbi Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) center cured 175 patients in 2016, Dr. Abubakar Dakingari, the Medical Director of the…
Nigerian troops find terrorists’ corpses, grenades
Nigerian troops have recovered bodies of terrorists, 36 hand grenades and one 12.7 X 108mm round of ammunition concealed by…
Suicide bomber kills professor, 4 others in UNIMAID
A professor and four other persons were killed today when a male suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the Senior…
Unpaid salaries: Civil servant commits suicide in Ekiti
A senior civil servant with Ekiti State Government, Mr. Tope Afolayan, has committed suicide over alleged unpaid salaries and his…