Author: Adekunle Dada
NYSC urges corps members to be safety conscious
Still mourning the loss of the nine corps members who drowned recently in a river in Taraba, the National Youth…
INEC registers 198,038 new voters in Niger
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Niger registered 198,038 new voters in the Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) exercise between…
Amnesty blames European Union for migrant deaths
The human rights organisation Amnesty International in a report released in London on Wednesday blamed the countries of the European…
Lagos to prospective home-owners: You will celebrate Christmas in new homes
The Lagos State Government (LASG) has reassured prospective home-owners that they will celebrate the next Christmas in their new homes,…
Polio eradication: FEC approves $150m World Bank credit facility
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the acquisition of 150 million-dollar World Bank credit facility to support polio eradication…
Madman stabs father to death, kills self
A 32-year-old man, Lekan Adediran, has stabbed his 80-year-old father, Lawrence, to death after which he killed himself.
2,000-year-old golden earring discovered in Jerusalem
A Hellenistic era 2,000-year-old golden earring featuring ornamentation of a horned animal was discovered in Jerusalem, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)…
Saraki calls for investigation into National Assembly blockade
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called for investigation into the blockade at the entrance of the…
Tonto Dikeh Foundation to empower 2,000 widows
The Tonto Dikeh Foundation, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), says it plans to empower over 2,000 widows in the Federal…
Kaduna transports 2,555 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia
The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Wednesday said 2,555 pilgrims from the state were now in Saudi Arabia…
Over 5,000 Zamfara IDPs return home – Army
Over 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have returned to their villages in Zamfara following clearance operation conducted by the military…
Ex-Gombe chief of staff, Chikere joins PDP
Umaru Chikere, who was chief of staff to former Governor Danjuma Goje has left the All Progressives Congress to the…
Hate speech, fake news: Plateau wants defaulting media outfits sanctioned
With hate speeches and fake news largely blamed for the security challenges in Plateau, the state government has asked the…
6 Kano lawmakers defect to PDP
Six ‘Kwankwassiyya’ members of the Kano State House of Assembly have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to People’s…
Police deny shooting in Kwali during truck drivers protest
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, said there was no incident of shooting at Dabi village in Kwali…
Sosoliso plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi undergoes surgery
Nigerian singer, and a survivor of the Sosoliso plane crash, Kechi Okwuchi has undergone a successful carbon dioxide (co2) laser…
Pipeline vandalism: NSCDC solicits support of Bayelsa monarchs
The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has called for the support of traditional…
Man ordered to pay ex-wife’s antenatal bills
A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered one Abdullahi Saleh to pay his former wife, Abubakar Rabi’s…
Korede Bello tasks youths to obtain PVCs ahead of 2019
Korede Bello, the Nigeria Award winning Music Artiste, has called on Nigerian youths to obtain Permanent voters cards (PVC) ahead…
Politicians advised to play politics with decorum
The Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies (NATAIS) has advised politicians to play politics with decorum to…
Ebonyi, Cross River agree to end boundary disputes
Ebonyi and Cross River states have agreed to end hostilities arising from various border disputes between the two states.
Inter-boundary clashes: Enugu Govt donates relief materials to victims
No fewer than 20 households, displaced by a boundary dispute in Ibite Olo in Ezeagu Local Government Enugu State, have…
Seme Customs command generates N575.6m in July
The Controller of Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Mohammed Aliyu, on Wednesday in Lagos, said the…
Trader defrauds woman of N366,000 local gin
A 37-year-old trader, Dehinde Iremofe, was on Wednesday appeared in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State charged with N366,000…
2016 cafe attack: Bangladesh acquits British citizen detained without charge
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday acquitted a British man detained without charge for two years on suspicion of involvement in…
3 men allegedly beat policeman while on duty
Three men were on Wednesday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly beating a police…
Nigerian Govt urged to revive nation’s refineries
Experts on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to urgently revamp the nation’s refineries and create an enabling environment for…
Landlord allegedly flogs married woman with belt
A 51-year-old landlord, Bassey Wilson, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly flogging a…
Philippines’ Duterte rules out setting up new casinos
President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Wednesday there would be no new casinos set up during his presidency, a day…
Bilbao’s Kepa pays release fee ahead of Chelsea move
Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has paid his 80 million-euro (71.9 million pounds) buy-out clause to break his contract with…