Year: 2017
Ambode: Mentorship critical to efficient public service delivery
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday charged senior civil servants in the state to mentor the junior ones…
YouTube Mobile: Nigerians’ Watch-time Up 150%
Ms Teju Ajani, YouTube Partnership Manager, Sub-Saharan African on Thursday disclosed that YouTube mobile watch-time in Nigeria had increased by…
Why Killings Continue In Southern Kaduna – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has alleged that the failure of security agencies to arrest those responsible for the…
2 Blind Homosexuals Jailed 6 Years
A Minna Magistrates’ Court has sentenced two blind men to six years imprisonment for sexually abusing two minors in Niger.
Dangote renovates Kano Airport Hospital with N200 million
To complement its N7 billion Surgical and Diagnostic Centre (SDC) currently under construction, the Dangote Foundation has concluded the renovations…
Protest Against Arsenal Flops
A protest in Chile to encourage forward Alexis Sanchez to leave English clubside Arsenal FC, which was supposed to attract…
How Ladoja Stole N1.9b Oyo Shares – EFCC Witness
Abdulahi Lawal, the first prosecution witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the trial of former governor…
Senate investigates Customs Raid Of Sango Rice Market
The Senate on Thursday mandated its Committee on Customs, Tariff and Excise to investigate alleged unlawful raid of rice shops…
Mother reunites with son through Facebook after 33 years
A simple Facebook search reunited a mother and son who were separated without contact for 33 years, the pair said…
Police Release Peace Corps Commandant, Others
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday released the National Commandant of the National Peace Corps, Amb. Dickson Akoh and some…
Photos: How Chibueze, the Vampire killed over 200 people – Police
The Nigerian Police paraded the body of the notorious kidnapper and robber, Henry Chibueze, also known as Vampire at the…
EFCC opposes application to unfreeze Ozekhome’s account
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, fixed March 7 to hear arguments in a suit filed by Chief…
Speed Limiting Device: FRSC sanctions 290 in Bayelsa
Mr Wobin Gora, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bayelsa, says the command booked 290 commercial motorists in…
Kenya forces kill 57 Islamist insurgents in Somalia
Kenyan soldiers killed 57 Islamist militants in fighting in southern Somalia on Wednesday, a military spokesman said.
Katsina government upgrades schools
Katsina State Government said it would spend N477 million on the upgrade of three model primary schools in the state.
Parents To Caution Children Against Exam Malpractice
Stakeholders in the education sector on Thursday urged parents to caution their children against in examination malpractices. They gave the…
Anambra judiciary gets new Chief Registrar
The Anambra Government on Thursday named Mr Lawrence Uzuodu as the substantive Chief Registrar of the state.
Customs Collects Over N266m In 2 Months – Comptroller
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Niger, Kogi and Kwara Area Command said on Thursday it collected about N266.3 million in…
Bus Conductor Bags 8 Months In Prison
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced a bus conductor to eight months in prison with no…
Lent: Cleric urges Nigerians to be merciful, peaceful
A newly ordained Catholic Priest, Rev, Fr. Andrew Musa, has urged Christians and Nigerians, in general, to be merciful and…
Kirikiri Inmates To Get Improved Welfare
Mr Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, the Deputy Controller in charge of Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, has pledged better welfare for the inmates…
N217m Fraud: EFCC Drags 2 Bauchi Unionists To Court
EFCC Docks Bauchi Unionists for N217m Loan Scam The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned the duo of…
Kwara NSCDC recovers stolen transformer, generating set
The Kwara Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had recovered a 100 KVA electricity…
Exhibitors in Jos decry low patronage
Exhibitors at the ongoing fair in Jos, organised by Deutche Gassellschaft fur Internatione Z Usammenarbeit (GIZ), a German organisation, on…
Trader Nabbed For Stealing N365,000 At ATM
A trader, Ajani Kazeem, who allegedly conspired with others still at large to steal N365, 000 with an Automated Teller…
KEDCO warns against patronising illegal electricity workers
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has advised its clients against patronising illegal electricity workers, better known as NEPA II,…
Trump’s Ban On Family Planning Funds Prompts Global Initiative
Trump’s ban on funds for family planning prompts global initiative when delegates from more than 50 countries gathered on Thursday…
Filmmaker Calls For Merger Against Piracy
A filmmaker, Denso Odukwe on Thursday called for the merging of distribution and marketing of films and music to strengthen…
Edo pensioners storm Government House
Hundreds of pensioners on Thursday in Benin marched to Edo Government House to protest non-payment of arrears of pensioners ranging…
Cross River CP vows to tackle crime
The Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, has promised to drastically reduce the wave of crime, kidnapping…