Year: 2017
Security Guard Arraigned For Raping Half-Sister
A 36-year-old man, Henry Asuquo, alleged to have raped his 15-year-old half-sister, was arraigned at a Tinubu Chief Magistrate's’ Court,…
Returning Nigerian Refugees Could Create New Crisis – UNHCR
Nigerian refugees who fled Islamist militants are returning from Cameroon risk creating a new humanitarian crisis, the head of the…
3 N-power Volunteers Establish Mini-laboratory
Three female volunteers in the N-Health programme have established a mini laboratory at the Primary Health Centre, Otokutu, Ughelli South…
North must produce president again – Northern Youth Leaders insist
The Northern Youth Leaders Forum, NYLF, has said that the ‘north will not and will never allow the Presidency to…
Acting President Osinbajo meets 36 state governors today
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo will today meet with the 36 state governor to conclude his consultative sessions in relation…
NDDC executes 742 Projects in Rivers
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has completed 742 projects spread across the 23 local government areas of Rivers.
JAMB to conduct supplementary UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, July 1 to conduct supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)…
Taraba Speaker cautions against politicizing anti-open grazing bill
Taraba House of Assembly Speaker Abel Diah on Tuesday cautioned members of the public against politicising the anti-open grazing bill…
Safety of lives, properties paramount – Enugu CP
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammad Danmallam, said on Tuesday that the command would continue to give…
Osinbajo to attend 2017 National Insurance Conference
Mr Shola Tinubu, Chairman, Planning Committee, 2017 National Insurance Conference (NIC), said on Tuesday that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo would…
2 killed in Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri-Damboa highway
The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the death of two persons in a suspected Boko Haram attack along the…
Lawmaker regains freedom after producing run-away accused
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday struck out a suit filed against a House of Representatives member, Aliyu…
How OAU student drowned in our hotel – GM
Fresh facts have emerged on the circumstances surrounding the death of the 300-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU) student, Emmanuel…
CRK not removed from schools’ curriculum – Council
The management of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) says that Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) is still being…
Impersonation: Police arrest traditional ruler in Ekiti
The Police in Ekiti on Tuesday arrested and detained the Oba Lawrence Bamidele Idowu, Olu-Ifon, Ifon Ekiti in Oye Local…
175 more Nigerians deported from Libya
Another batch of One Hundred and Seventy-five (175) Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft…
JAMB plans supplementary UTME for 85,000 candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, July 1 to conduct supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)…
Mourinho denies tax evasion
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has released a statement through his agent Jorge Mendes' company Gestifute to stress that he…
Boko Haram terrorists kill two again
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed two people and wounded six others in an ambush on a police convoy in northeast…
Battle for Lagos throne: I’m the rightful king, Akiolu tells court
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu on Tuesday insisted before an Ikeja High Court that he remains the rightfully elected monarch…
Please marry Simi, twitter user begs Falz
Famous multitalented rapper, songwriter and actor, Folarin Falana, better known by his stage name, Falz is seriously searching for true…
836.4kg of psychotropic substances recovered in Edo in one year – NDLEA
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, seized 836.4 kilogrammes of suspected psychotropic substance between June 2016 and June…
NIMR DG: Technology to combat insecticide resistance
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to provide new technologies through…
Court strikes out N650m bail bond case against Pategi.
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday struck out a suit filed against a House of Representatives member, Aliyu…
Police sack two traffic wardens over extortion
The Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, said it had dismissed two traffic wardens attached to the Wuse Police Division from…
Firefighting plane crashes in Portugal
A water-bombing plane fighting huge forest fires in central Portugal has crashed, local officials say.
US ‘downs Iran-made drone’ over Syria
A US jet has shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by forces backing the Syrian government in the south of…
Ambode Preaches Love, Tolerance At Ramadan
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has called for love and peaceful co-existence among the citizenry,…
‘Ikoyi, Banana Island, FESTAC belong to Lagos Government’
The Special Committee on Federal Government Assets in Lagos State says Ikoyi, Banana Island, FESTAC and other federal government assets…
Gov. Ortom defends anti-open grazing law
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, has said that the state followed due process in the passage of the open grazing…