Author: Jennifer Okundia
Saint Obi Tasks Movie Producers On Variety
A veteran actor, Obinna Nwafor popularly known as Saint Obi, has advised producers to come up with different genres of…
Court Remands Applicant For Insulting IPO
A 27-year-old applicant, Maria John, was on Friday remanded in Keffi Prison for allegedly insulting one Sgt. Aisha Idris, an…
Labourer Charged With Assaulting Eatery Proprietress
A 33-year-old labourer, Obadiah Samuel, who allegedly assaulted the proprietress of an eatery, was on Friday brought before a Minna…
Osun Recorded 3 Accidents In June – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun on Friday said that three deaths were recorded from road accidents in…
Rape Suspect Faces Prosecution 21 Years After Crime
A child rape suspect would face prosecution on Friday in Central China’s Henan Province more than 20 years after the…
Bus Conductor Jailed 5 Years For Drug Trafficking
A 23-year-old bus conductor, Ahmed Abbas, was on Thursday sentenced to five years imprisonment for drug peddling, according to a…
Body Of Benches Admits 1,468 Lawyers
The Body of Benchers on Thursday in Abuja, admitted 1,468 candidates to the Nigerian Bar as barristers and solicitors, with…
2 Arrested For Threatening To Kill Market Leader
Two unemployed men, Olusegun Odakale and Abiola Adeyemo on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening to…
FG To Construct 2,700 Housing Units
The Federal Government is planning the construction of 2,700 housing units in the short term to create 105,000 direct jobs,…
Driver Docked For Failure To Report Accident
A 26-year-old driver, Adesokan Ademola, was on Thursday arraigned in a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly causing death…
South Africa Considers Privatisation To Counter Recession
South Africa’s Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Thursday the country was considering the sale of non-core assets and partial…
CPC Destroys N5m Worth Of Adulterated Food Items
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) in Jigawa on Thursday said it destroyed adulterated food items worth over five million naira…
FRSC Returns Money Recovered From Accident Scene
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has returned N159,500 out of the N278, 500 it recovered from an accident scene…
Flood: Benue Govt Requires N300 bn To Dredge River
The Benue Government, said on Thursday it requires over N300 billion to dredge River Benue to mitigate the perennial flooding…
12 Killed, 40 Wounded In Cameroon Suicide Bomb Attacks
Local authorities say two suicide bombers killed 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern…
FAAN: Lagos Airport To Be Certified July 21
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday said the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, would be certified on…
WHO Approves New Mosquito Net
WHO on Thursday approved a new mosquito net made by German chemicals company BASF.
Alleged Break Up: Uche Jombo’s Husband Apologises To Her
Amid reports of marital crisis allegedly ongoing in Nollywood actress Uche Jombo Rodriguez marriage, her husband Kenney Rodriguez yesterday evening…
Jobless Man Nabbed For Sexualy Assaulting Underage Girls
A 37-year-old unemployed man, Pius Ajayi, was on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate's’ Court for allegedly assaulting sexually…
Kogi Gov Begs State Varsity ASUU To Suspend Strike
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appealed to members of the state university Academic Staff Union to call off their…
Zimbabwe Bans Use Of Polystyrene
Zimbabwe has banned the use of expanded polystyrene, also known as kaylite, as it moves to protect public health and…
Ebonyi Govt Begins Removal Of Abandoned Vehicles
The Ebonyi Government says it will commence removal of abandoned and broken down vehicles on roads within Abakaliki, the state…
Applicant Gets N500,000 Bail For Gang Raping Teenager
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday granted N500,000 bail to a 20-year-old applicant, Mukaila Nurudeen, for allegedly gang raping…
Petrol Station Attendant Bolts With Employer’s N490,000
A petrol station attendant, OreOluwa Owolabi, who allegedly stole her employer’s N490,755 , is facing trial at an Ikeja Magistrates’…
U.S. Postpones Decision To Lift Sudan Sanctions
The United States has postponed for three months a decision on whether to permanently lift sanctions on Sudan over its…
Man Arrested With N.5m Cannabis In Jigawa
The Jigawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday said it had arrested a 46-year-old man…
U.S. Has Evidence Of Chemical Weapons Use By Damascus
The U.S. intelligence community possesses strong evidence that the Syrian army used chemical weapons in the Idlib province on April…
Hospitals Urged To Key Into Health Insurance Scheme
Bayelsa Government has urged health institutions in the state to key into the Health Insurance Scheme being packaged for workers…
2 Fraudsters Nabbed For Adulteration Of Fertilizers
The Police in Kano have arrested two suspected fraudsters who specialise in adulteration of fertilizers and selling it to farmers.
NGO Decries Increasing Drug Abuse Among Youths
An NGO, Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse (YIAVHA) has decried the rising spate of drug abuse and…