Year: 2017
Army offers free medical services to Agege residents in Lagos
No fewer than 500 residents of Agege in Lagos benefited from a free medical service offered by the Nigerian Army…
State Assembly calls for return of counsellors in schools
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday called for the return of counsellors in schools in the state.
Court strikes out terrorism charge against Ndume
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the terrorism charges instituted against a former Leader of the…
Federal Govt to announce policy on community policing soon
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the Federal Government would soon announce new policy on community policing for better…
Minister summoned over alleged projects insertion in 2017 budget
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over his allegation that…
NDLEA nabs 356 suspected drug traffickers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Zonal Command in Enugu State arrested 356 suspected drug traffickers in six months,…
Man jailed for 3 years over N5.8m fraud
An Osun Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Tuesday sentenced one Olayinka Awofisoye, 33, to three years imprisonment over N5.8million…
Erosion threatens Federal Secretariat, High Court in Anambra
The Federal High Court, Awka, and the ongoing multi-million naira Federal Secretariat complex both in Anambra are currently under threat…
Farmers urged to key into yam export initiative
The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) Farmers’ Cooperatives in Lagos State has called on farmers to key…
NIMASA, shipping coys advised to partner on sea time training
A maritime expert, Chief Kunle Folarin, has advised the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to…
State Assembly moves to return history teaching
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to revive teaching and learning of history as a…
Funding and research building block of Agric in Nigeria – Don
Prof. Musibau Bamikole, the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has called for adequate funding and capacity building for effective research coordination…
Gov. advises parents to guard children against drug abuse
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised parents to guard against instances that could lure their children indulging drug abuse.
Fire Guts Zambia Market
Fire gutted part of Zambia’s biggest market in the nation’s capital on Tuesday in what the government suspected was an…
AEDC To Procure Additional 30,000 Prepaid Meters
Fire gutted part of Zambia’s biggest market in the nation’s capital on Tuesday in what the government suspected was an…
Agency To Immunise 3m Children In 6 Days
The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency, says it plans to immunise three million children age 0-5 against poliomyelitis…
3 Docked For Kidnapping 9-Months-Old Baby
Three persons were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnap…
Etisalat Appoints New CEO
Etisalat has appointed Boye Olusanya as its new after the former Chairman Hakeem Belo-Osagie resigned early this week.
Residents must make conscious efforts to avert building collapse – LASG
The Lagos State Government has charged residents of the State to make conscious efforts to avert incessant building collapse in…
3 feared dead as Badoo members attack Church
Members of the deadly ritual cult, Badoo, have struck again, killing three people in a church at Owode-Ajegunle, area along…
Kogi Electorate File Suit To Remove State Gov
Some electorate in Kogi, have approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the return and swearing-in of Alhaji…
450 Illegal Immigrants Repatriated From Edo – NIS
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday, said it arrested and repatriated no fewer than 450 illegal immigrants from Edo…
BBC To Expand Children, Youth-Oriented Programmes
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Tuesday published a plan to expand output of children’s and youth-oriented programmes, online services and…
24-Year-Old Cultist Arrested Over Murder
An Ota Chief Magistrate's’ Court in Ogun, on Tuesday remanded a 24-year-old suspected cultist, Rasheed Adeola, in prison over alleged…
NDLEA Secures Conviction Of 240 Illicit Drug Users
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has secured the conviction of 240 suspected drug users in Kano…
Green Card: American To Remain In Kirikiri Prison
An American national, Marco Ramirez, who allegedly obtained 565,000 dollars under false pretences from three Nigerians in an American Green…
War: Saraki’s senate threatens showdown with Osinbajo
Members of the Senate are currently calling for the suspension of consideration and confirmation of appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari…
Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges
A lawmaker from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority ruling Conservative Party, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of…
Uber Awaits Final EU Court Ruling
Uber on Tuesday played down an EU court opinion that some of its services could be illegal.
Vigilance group nabs 7 robbery suspects in Abakaliki
The Ebonyi Neighborhood Watch Group (ENWG), a vigilance outfit established by the State Government has arrested seven armed robbery suspects…