Year: 2017
NSCDC arrests 65-yr-old drug dealer, 5 others in Ilorin
The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday said it arrested a 65-year-old woman…
We’re re-strategising for 2019 elections – INEC chief
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday said the commission was poised to build a…
Pension Directorate begins verification of FG retirees in Bayelsa
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) on Monday commenced the verification of Federal Government pensioners resident in Bayelsa. No fewer than…
Group urges Senate to confirm Magu
A group, International Association for Advancement and Defence of Human Rights (IAADHR), has urged the Senate to confirm Mr Ibrahim…
NTIC kidnap: Police boss assures of quick release of victims
Mr. Kayode Aderanti, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone 2, has assured that the eight persons kidnapped at the Nigerian…
Unilorin steps up 24–hour security on campus
The University of Ilorin said that adequate security has been put in place, in and around its campus to prevent…
Gunmen kidnap ex-union official in Sokoto
Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu, the Chairman of Sokoto State Chapter of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHUN), said…
Bird flu: Commissioner allays fears in Kwara
The Kwara State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Bamidele Adekoge, has allayed fears arising from a recent news of a new…
Sokoto gets new NYSC Coordinator
The management of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has posted a new Coordinator to Sokoto State. The new Coordinator…
Heritage Bank sacks 400 staff
Heritage Bank has embarked on mass retrenchment of its workers with 400 staff sacked in December. According to investigations on…
DPR partners NSCDC to curb adulterated petroleum products
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Akwa Ibom has solicited more robust partnership with the Nigerian Security and Civil…
Banker jailed 6 months for stealing
A Mararaba Chief Magistrate’s Court on Monday sentenced a 29-year-old banker, Terungwa Emmanuel, to six months imprisonment, after he pleaded…
Student remanded for breach of trust
A Mararaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Nasarawa State on Monday remanded a 27-year-old student, Amos Ikani, in prison custody for…
Nasarawa government to fish out ghost health workers
The Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency is to fish out ghost workers in the sector in order to…
Plateau to establish Energy Corporation
The Plateau Government is to establish an Energy Corporation to explore the three sources of renewable energy available in the…
Etisalat Prize for Literature announces 2016 shortlist
The fastest growing and Innovative telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria has announced the names of the three shortlisted authors for the…
Inflation out of CBN’s control – expert
Dr Olusegun Omisakin, the Head of Research, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), says rising inflation rate in the country has…
Kidnapper dies while trying to abduct monarch’s wife
A member of a kidnap gang was shot dead by police detectives in Ondo State after Grace Faduyile, wife of…
Buhari condemns terrorist attack on UNIMAID
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the Monday morning terrorist attack at a mosque in the University of Maiduguri. In a…
Killers of U.S.-based Nigerian will be arrested
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Taiwo Lakanu, has assured the residents and the state government of a possible…
Man in court over N35,000 spiritual fraud
A 33-year-old man, Godwin Akpan, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N35,000 on…
Jigawa Nigeria Legion pledges support against insurgency
The Nigerian Legion in Jigawa has pledged its support to the Federal Government in the fight against insurgency and other…
Two men set asylum accommodation on fire
A 27-year-old Algerian man thought to have set his asylum accommodation on fire following a spat over meals served during…
Buhari condemns terrorist attack on University of Maiduguri
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the Monday morning terrorist attack at a mosque in the University of Maiduguri. In a…
3 friends in court for stealing
Three friends were on Monday brought before an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court in Lagos over alleged burglary and stealing. The accused,…
Aregbesola salutes Chief Akande at 78
Aregbesola Gov Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has described Chief Bisi Akande, former interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Donate placenta for biomedical research, Expert to pregnant women
Dr Abudu Kunle of the Department of Histopathology, University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom, has urged pregnant women to donate their placenta…
26 people sentenced to death for abduction, murder
A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced 26 people, including three sacked army officers, to death for the abduction and murder…
13 bag LG Guidance and Counseling merit award
No fewer than 13 persons received merit awards from the Irepodun Local Government Education Authority in Kwara for their outstanding…
Gunpoint N1.6m robbery: 3 men remanded in prison
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded three men at Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly robbing a motorist of his…