Year: 2017
War: Police invade Ishawo Creeks, demolish militants hideouts, arrest 13
Security operatives from the Lagos State Police Command deployed to the riverine area of the Ishawo Community in Ikorodu area…
Committee on meningitis closes isolation camps in state
The Zamfara Committee for the Procurement, Distribution and Monitoring of Meningitis Drugs says it has commenced the closing of isolation…
CSM: State Govt. purchases N4m drug kits
The Gombe State Government, has purchased drug kits worth four million naira for the management and treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis…
DIG calls for greater synergy among security agencies
The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of the South-West geo-political zone, Mr Foluso Adebanjo, has called for greater…
Lawmaker wants special courts for corruption cases
A Lagos State lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade, on Wednesday urged urgent establishment of special courts for speedy trial of corruption…
Father of quintuplet seeks support from Govt, Nigerians
Mr Imudia Uduehi, a father of quintuplet (set of five babies) has appealed to government, well-meaning Nigerians and philanthropists to…
Expert advocates teaching of archeology in secondary schools
Prof. Jonathan Aleru, the Head of Department, Archeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan has stressed the need to encourage teaching…
Abia Council Acquires Football Club
In a bid to empower youths in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia, the council has acquired a Division 2…
Rwanda To Digitise Education System
Musafiri-Papias Malimba, Minister of Education of Rwanda, said on Wednesday that Government planned to digitise education system to further improve…
Police kill 1 Suspected killer Of Military Personnel
The Nigeria Police Force says it has killed Endurance Ominisan, a native of Ondo, one of the suspected killers of…
Fashion Designer In Court For Cheating Corps Member
A 35-year-old fashion designer, Cecelia Agu, is standing trial in a Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly cheating…
Women At Menopause Can Bear Children
Dr Omuku Samuel, a gynaecologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, has said women at menopause can still bear children…
South Sudan Refugees Release UN Congo Mission Staff
The UN says South Sudanese refugees on Wednesday released 13 staff members of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the…
Suspended SGF rushes to Osinbajo for succour
The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal is currently in a closed-door meeting with Vice President…
DIG Warns Criminals To Stay Away From Lagos
Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, in charge of Southwest geo-political zone, Foluso Adebanjo on Wednesday warned criminals to stay…
Buhari goes tough, suspends SGF, NIA Director-General
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr David Babachir Lawal.
UN Discovers 17 New Mass Graves
UN investigators on Wednesday discovered 17 new mass grave sites in central Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total to…
Nasarawa Tertiary Institutions Suspend Strike
The Joint Union of Tertiary Institutions in Nasarawa State has suspended its two weeks indefinite strike.
Lawyers Urge Anti-Graft Agencies To Complete Investigation
Some Abuja-based legal practitioners have appealed to anti-graft agencies in the country to complete investigation and gather all evidences before…
NUJ Shelves Candle-Lit Procession For Murdered Journalist
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa Council, says it has shelved the planned procession in honour of its assassinated…
Australian Scientists Use Blood Bank To Develop Vaccine
Australian scientists are optimistic that a bank of blood donations will help them develop a vaccine for Type I diabetes.
Easter holidays prevented FEC meeting from holding – Presidency
The Presidency has explained that the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council did not hold today because of the…
Man Jailed For Stealing Hen
An Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to one month imprisonment for stealing a…
Applicant Who Raped Neighbour’s Daughter, In Court
A 34-year-old man, Kolawole Haruna, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief…
Katsina Govt Procures 50 Motorcycles
The Katsina State Government has purchased 50 motorcycles worth N15 million for surveillance at Rugu forest in the state.
Google To Train 6,000 Media Professionals
West Africa Google says it plans to equip more than 6, 000 media professionals in the region on the appropriate…
Unilorin Begin Mass Production Of Speed-Limiting Device
The University of Ilorin has said that its two prototype designs of automobile speed limiting device are attracting corporate investors.
Miracle! Aero contractor plane filled with smoke mid-air but didn’t crash
An Aero Contactor plane passenger has narrated how God saved her and other passengers from instant death when their flight…
Chanchangi airlines chairman is dead
Taraba-born billionaire and owner of Chanchangi airlines, Ahmadu Chanchangi is dead.
Two men sentenced to death for war crimes
A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced two men to death for crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war of independence…