Year: 2017
Fleeing Car Thief Arrested in Kogi
A suspected car thief, Matthias Isha, 28 who allegedly stole a Toyota Camry car with registration number SMK-318DD valued at…
India: Amnesty International Seeks End To Racist Attack On Black African Students
Amnesty International (AI) has condemned the ongoing attacks on black African students in India and asked the authorities to bring…
Contaminated Aquafina Table Water: Company drags NAFDAC to court
A limited liability company DAI Brothers Investment limited has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos south west Nigeria to…
CBN issues license to Development Bank of Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued license to the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) of the Federal Ministry…
Tinubu: Ambode has excelled despite inheriting N418.2 billion debt
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State…
Xenophobia: Presidential Aide Calls For Justice
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged the Indian Government to ensure…
Melaye’s Certificate Saga: Senate Suspends Former Leader
The Senate on Wednesday suspended former Senate Leader, Sen. Mohammed Ndume over his petition calling for investigation into the allegation…
Cambodia Bans Export Of Breast Milk
Cambodia on Wednesday banned the export of breast milk, following international outcry after a local newspaper revealed it had been…
Police Arrest 11 Suspected Kidnappers Of Former GM
The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested 11 suspects in connection with the kidnapping of Alhaji Isa Salami, former…
Notorious Phone Thief Bags 1 Year Jail Term
A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a notorious phone thief, Ikechukwu Emmanuel to 21 months…
Niger Board Of Internal Revenue Gets New Chairman
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has approved the appointment of Alhaji Jibrin Habibu as the Acting Chairman of the state’s…
Police Arraign 12 Men
The Police on Wednesday brought 12 people before a Makurdi Upper Area Court for criminal conspiracy and belonging to unlawful…
Meningitis Claims 4 In Abuja -AMAC
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on Wednesday confirmed that Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has killed not less than four…
Court Adjourns Reverend Father’s Rape Case
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama on Wednesday adjourned until May 25 to commence hearing in a…
6 In Court Over Mushin Mayhem
Six people including two teenage boys, who allegedly caused a pandemonium and damaged some property worth N1.2 million in Mushin…
Obiano Swears In 21 LG Transition Committee Chairmen
Gov Willie Obiano on Wednesday swore in 21 Local Government Transition Committee nominees shortly after they were confirmed by the…
Man To Receive 10 Strokes Of Cane
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered that Abubakar Adamu be given 10 strokes of the cane…
NGO To Educate 640 Girls On Sexual Violence
The Sexual Offences Awareness and Victims Rehabilitation Initiative (SOAR), an NGO, says plans are underway to educate 640 girls in…
Consumers Protest Over Crazy Bills, Prepaid Meters
Some electricity consumers in Dada Asaila Estate in Ogun State on Wednesday protested against outrageous billing by Ibadan Electricity Distribution…
Sokoto Hospital Performs 36 Plastic Surgeries
The Noma Hospital, Sokoto, has successfully performed reconstructive surgeries on 36 patients suffering from Cancrum Oris and other related ailments,…
‘ Dasuki gave AIT founder, Dokpesi, N2.1bn within 3 months for presidential campaigns’
A relationship manager with First Bank Plc, Maitama branch, Abuja, Mrs. Zainab Ibrahim-Kokobili, on Wednesday gave details of how African…
Hillary Clinton Charges Supporters To Resist Trump
Hillary Clinton has given her most political speech since her U.S. presidential election defeat in November 2016, calling on her…
We Won’t Fight Senators Over Magu – Presidency
The Presidency has declared that it will not fight the Senate over its decision to reject Mr Ibrahim Magu as…
British ambassador hands Brexit letter to EU Council President
British ambassador to the European Union (EU) on Wednesday handed the Brexit letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, officially…
N11bn Fraud: Shema Runs to Appeal Court, Asks for Stay of Proceedings
The trial of a former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema and three others before Justice Maikaita Bako of…
My husband rapes me in presence of our children, woman tells court
''My husband rapes me in the presence of our children’’, a 40-year-old trader, Bolanle AbdulKareem told an Igando Customary Court…
Why We Adopted e-PIN – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it introduced the new e-PIN vending registration for candidates to prevent fraud…
President Zuma absent at funeral for anti-apartheid veteran Kathrada
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa was on Wednesday notably absent at the funeral of anti-apartheid veteran Ahmed Kathrada.
Jumia releases statement on death of dispatch rider. See Graphic Photos
The e-commerce platform Jumia, on Wednesday released an official statement condemning the attack on its dispatch rider in Port Harcourt,…
Abortion Counselor Confesses: After 5 abortions, I kept the 6th
“I had five abortions but decided to keep one pregnancy to have a deal with God.