Author: Adekunle Dada
Amaechi assures train users of maximum security
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has assured train users of maximum security and safety when traveling across the country…
Buhari submits forms to contest 2019 presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) not to be complacent but to prepare, strategise…
Anambra PDP secretariat sealed over fracas
The Anambra Police Command on Wednesday sealed the State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) located at Udoka Estate…
South Sudan’s president, rebel leader sign peace deal
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader, Riek Machar signed a peace agreement on Wednesday in the margins of…
Osun Guber: Ajimobi confident APC will emerge victorious
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has expressed confidence that the APC candidate, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, will emerge victorious in…
Air Force to graduate 1,558 recruits
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Wednesday it will graduate 1, 558 recruits of its Basic Military Training Course…
Fayose’s offer to surrender to EFCC diversionary – APC
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ekiti on Wednesday described as suspicious and diversionary the offer by the outgoing governor, Ayodele…
Gov. Ambode denies rift with Tinubu
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday said reports of him having a rift with national leader of All…
Man allegedly stabs friend’s eye with broken bottle
A 21-year-old man, Kehinde Shittu, was on Wednesday brought before a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo for allegedly stabbing…
Federal Fire Service inaugurates FCT Immigration Fire Station
The Comptroller-General, Federal Fire Service (FFS), Joseph Anebi, on Wednesday inaugurated the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Fire Station in the…
Nasarawa Assembly passes Health Insurance Bill
Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed the Health Insurance Scheme bill 2018 to make health care services accessible to…
Namibia launches National Safe School Framework
Namibia on Wednesday, launched a policy aimed at setting guidelines for safer school environments amid concerning violence incidences in schools…
Kwara Govt. fixes coronation of Olomu for Sept. 22
The Kwara State Government has fixed Sept. 22 for the coronation Oba Raheem Adeoti as the Olomu of Omu-Aran in…
U.S. sanctions Libyan militia leader over oil facility attacks
The U.S. Treasury Department has issued sanctions against the leader of a Libyan militia for directing attacks on oil facilities…
7 family members killed in house fire
Seven people from the same family were killed by a fire when it ravaged their grass thatched hut in the…
Virgil van Dijk named Standard Chartered Player of the Month
Virgil van Dijk has today been crowned as the first Standard Chartered Player of the Month for 2018-19, in recognition…
Kenyan central bank fines five banks over alleged theft of funds
Kenya’s central bank on Wednesday said it had fined five commercial banks a total of 392.5 million shillings (3.89 million…
IPOB’s sit-at-home: Police, army, others in show of force
A detachment of the police, army, navy and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Wednesday embarked on a…
Navy to upgrade facilities in formations, units
Rear Adm. David Adeniran, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, says the naval high command is committed to upgrade…
IPOB’s sit-at-home: Police urge Enugu residents to disregard threat
The Police Command in Enugu State has urged residents of the state to disregard the sit-at-home threat by a pro-Biafra…
Gov. Ayade raises alarm over influx of Cameroonian refugees
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has raised alarm over the increasing number of Cameroonian refugees in the state following…
I have no anointed candidate – Gov. Bello
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger says he has no anointed candidate for the 2019 general elections, while the state opted…
Nigerian Army to conduct shooting, advises residents to keep-off
The Depot Nigerian Army says it will conduct a final bush exercise tagged: “Exercise Kungama’’ for 77 Regular Recruits Intake…
Labaran Maku joins Nasarawa governorship race
Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has again joined the race for governorship of Nasarawa State.
DJ Spinall signs international record deal with UK-based coy
Talented Nigerian Disc Jokey (DJ), Desmond Sodamola a.k.a DJ Spinall has signed a major international record deal with a music…
Sexual abuse: Pope Francis summons meeting of key bishops
Pope Francis has summoned the heads of national Catholic bishops conferences from around the world to the Vatican in February…
Lagos ports receive 13 ships with petrol, other goods
Thirteen ships carrying various products are at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)…
South Sudan accuses Kenyan cattle rustlers of killing 19 herders
South Sudanese Officials have accused cattle raiders from neighbouring Kenya of crossing the border and killing 19 local herders.
Divorce-seeking wife threatens to jump into river
A 28-year-old housewife and mother of one, Mautin Idowu, on Wednesday asked a Badagry Customary Court in Lagos State to…
Housing Authority plans company to maintain estate facilities
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) is to set up a “Facility Management Company’’ charged with the maintenance of roads and…