Year: 2017
5 arrested for planning attack on southern Kaduna
The Police in Kaduna State has arrested five suspects for allegedly planning to attack one of the remote areas of…
NAN pensioners appeal to PTAD to pay pension arrears
Some pensioners who retired from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from 2005 to 2013 on Friday appealed to the…
End of the road for kidnappers in Lagos
By Jeddy Omisore It is no longer new that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode recently signed the Anti-Kidnapping Law,…
I-G’s monitoring unit arrests fake police Sergeant
The Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Lagos State has arrested a 38-year-old dismissed Police Sergent, Gbenga Ogundele, for allegedly…
Addressing Nigeria’s Infrastructural deficit
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Infrastructure development is critical to achieving human capital development in any society. The economic impact that infrastructure…
Female genital mutilation and women’s right
By RASAK MUSBAU February 6 of every year has since 2003 been designated by the United Nation as the International…
Why Lagos students must shun negative vices-Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said students in the State must shun all negative values and vices…
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Seun Egbegbe arrested for attempted forex fraud
Popular Yoruba film producer, Seun Egbegbe, was yesterday arrested for an alleged N10 million fraud. This is happening barely two…
On Lagos’ new approach to public security
By Idris Olokodana The reason for increase in crime rate in Nigeria is clear: Breeding grounds for crime is widening…
Kogi issues 7-day ultimatum to roadside traders
Kogi State Government has given a 7-day ultimatum to traders to remove illegal structures erected by them outside markets and…
British Council honours 4 Nigerian schools
Four Nigerian schools had been honoured by the British Council for implementing core teaching and learning skills that shaped global…
Group lauds NASS over NEDC Bill
The North-East Support Group for the creation of North East Development Commission (NEDC), has lauded members of the National Assembly…
House recommends indefinite suspension of Ebonyi LGA caretaker chairman
The Ebonyi House of Assembly has passed a resolution, recommending the indefinite suspension of Mr Anselm Enigwe, Caretaker Chairman of…
French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre
A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with…
Workers drag NITDA to court over employment status
The 245 workers employed in 2015 by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), have dragged their employer to court…
Business, Headlines, Metro, News
N19.7b NIMASA fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Akpobolokemi, 3 others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned former NIMASA boss Patrick Akpobolokemi and three others before a…
APC Musicians Forum to shun Tuface planned protest
The APC Northern Musicians Forum on Friday said it would not participate in the planned protest by Nigerian music icon,…
Jigawa adopts measures to boost rice, wheat production
The Jigawa Government has adopted proactive farmer support programmes to boost the production of paddy rice and wheat in the…
Headlines, Metro, News, World News
Hundreds, including, babies, children, women killed in Myanmar crackdown
Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in…
Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
Local govt chairman slumps, dies in Ondo hospital
The Chairman of Ilaje Local Government Coucnil in Ondo State, Mr Agunola Omomowo, has been confirmed dead. Mr Bode Omoyoloye,…
Osinbajo meets Presidential Task Force on Food Security
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday met behind closed doors with members of the Presidential Task Force on the rising…
I-G orders deployment of mobile police units to Niger
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the deployment of five additional mobile police units to Niger command,…
Unpaid salaries:Ooni urges state governments to pay workers
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has decried state governments owing workers salaries running to several months,…
Bayelsa pledges to employ more youths
In appreciation of the roles of the youth in national development, the Bayelsa Government has promised to employ thousands of…
Polytechnic denies discriminating against Osun indigenes
The management of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun, has denied allegations that the institution discriminates against indigenes of the state in…
Festac 77 @ 40: Ooni gives support
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ojaja II, has said that celebrating Festac 77, 40 years after Nigeria…
Smoking hastens menopause -medical practitioner
An Ilorin-based medical doctor, Dr Tajudeen Olawepo, of Safe Kids Hospital, Ilorin, has said that cigarette smoking hastens the commencement…
Kenyan police nabs drug trafficker
Kenyan Police on Friday arrested a suspected drug trafficker at Moi International Airport in the coastal City of Mombasa with…
UNIBEN matriculates 10,000 students
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Friday matriculated 10,000 students for the 2016/2017 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the…
Ooni promotes Made in Nigeria products
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi , Ojaja II, says that he patronises and embraces Made-In-Nigeria goods as part…