Year: 2017
Lecturer Donates Wheelchairs To Physically Challenged Persons
A lecturer with Babcock University, Ilesha, Ogun State, Ayuba Mavalla, has donated 120 wheelchairs to physically challenged persons in Kaduna…
Rebels Kill Four Govt Soldiers In Sudan
Gov. David Moses of Yei River State on Wednesday confirmed that rebels attacked the South Sudanese town of Yei, killing…
2 Somali Soldiers Die Trying To Defuse Bomb
Police say two soldiers died when a car bomb exploded as they were trying to defuse it in Somalia’s capital…
Kano Govt To Buy Wheat Seed From Sudan
The Kano State Government on Wednesday said it planned to buy wheat seeds from Sudan and Saudi Arabia to boost…
2 Men Sentenced To 85 Lashes Of Cane
An Islamic court in Indonesia on Wednesday, sentenced two men to 85 lashes of the cane for having sex together.
World Hypertension Day: Cardiologist Calls For Healthy Living
A Cardiologist, Dr Akinkunmi Afolabi, on Wednesday in Lagos urged Nigerians to promote healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of…
Boy In Court Over Alleged Burglary
A 17-year-old boy, who allegedly burgled a residence and stole rice and jewellery valued at N275,000 was on Wednesday appeared…
FRSC arrests over 50 motorists in Kwara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara has arrested more than 50 commercial drivers for failure to install the…
‘7 out of 10 Nigerians hypertensive’
Prof. Modupe Onadeko, a retired Reproductive Medicine consultant at the University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan, says 7 out of 10…
Wealth of 5 richest Nigerians can end poverty – Report
The Inequality report released by Oxfam International on Wednesday, revealed that the combined wealth of five richest Nigerians, put at…
Bama reconstruction gulped N368m — Ochoche
Dr Sunday Ochoche, the Executive Director, Victims Support Fund (VSF), said on Tuesday that the reconstruction of damaged infrastructures in…
Police place N30m reward on wanted kidnap gang leader
The Nigeria Police Force has placed a N30 million reward on the head of a wanted kidnap kingpin identified simply…
Niger Delta peace initiative boosts refineries’ production – NNPC
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, says Federal Government’s peace initiative in…
Varsity gets commercial farm, radio broadcast facility
The Akwa Ibom governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, on Tuesday inaugurated a commercial farm, and a television and radio broadcast facility…
Gov Fayose set to dump the PDP
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has hinted that he would be forced to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Acting President calls for more coverage of Social Intervention Programme
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered that the Social Intervention Programmes (SIPs) of the federal government be expanded to enable…
Lanre Gentry: I will open my mouth like basket, talk about Mercy Aigbe soon
Lanre Gentry, estranged husband of Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has promised to tell the world his prison experience and how…
IDPs return to Bama before Ramadan not feasible – Shettima
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has said that returning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to Bama Local Government Area before Ramadan…
1,268 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said 1,268 Nigerians had voluntarily returned from Libya from December 15, 2016 to May…
Gates Foundation funds 3 research projects in Kebbi varsity
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has expended one million dollars on three research projects at the Kebbi State University…
PDP commiserates with Anenih over demise of wife, son
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with former Chairman of the party’s Board of…
Exposed! Politicians recruiting soldiers to cause unrest, Buratai warns
Indications have emerged that some unscrupulous politicians have been recruiting soldiers to cause unrest in the land.
Rivers police warns against blockage of roads, extortion
Rivers Police Command has warned that it would arrest and prosecute anybody caught blocking road and collecting money from motorists.
VIO, LASTMA Impound 78,567 vehicles, generate N11.35 billion
The Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs and the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, have impounded 78,567 vehicles on…
Popular Lagos socialite Fred Ajudua re-arraigned for fraud
Lagos socialite Fred Ajudua was re-arraigned at an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding a former Chief of…
Sad! Hoodlums kill Imam, wife, 4 children in Ijebu-Ode
A Muslim cleric, Sheik Yusuf Amzat-Salam, 35, his wife and four children were killed by hoodlums in the early hours…
3 suicide bombers kill 5 in Borno again
The Police Command in Borno on Tuesday confirmed the killing of five persons in a suicide bomb attack in Konduga…
Lagos’ workforce hits 100,433
The total number of workers under the employ of the Lagos State Government has hit 100,433, State Head of Service,…
Gov Fayose declares Friday work free in Ekiti
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has declared May 19, work free day in the state in honour of the…