Author: Jennifer Okundia
INEC Wants Personnel’s Lives Protected
INEC says it will not hesitate to stop the ongoing voters’ registration any time it discovered that the lives of…
Police Arraign Scavenger Over Theft, Trespass
A 28-year-old scavenger, Abubakar Salisu, was on Wednesday arraigned at a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for alleged criminal…
Enugu Govt, EEDC Disagree Over N2.6bn Electricity Debt
The Enugu State Government and Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) are embroiled in debt row as each claims that the…
Physically Challenged Wins Best Midfielder Award
Chinaemerem Iheanacho, a physically challenged player in Holy Ghost College, Owerri, Imo, has put his school on the Nigerian soccer…
Fire Guts Zambia Market
Fire gutted part of Zambia’s biggest market in the nation’s capital on Tuesday in what the government suspected was an…
AEDC To Procure Additional 30,000 Prepaid Meters
Fire gutted part of Zambia’s biggest market in the nation’s capital on Tuesday in what the government suspected was an…
Agency To Immunise 3m Children In 6 Days
The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency, says it plans to immunise three million children age 0-5 against poliomyelitis…
3 Docked For Kidnapping 9-Months-Old Baby
Three persons were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnap…
Etisalat Appoints New CEO
Etisalat has appointed Boye Olusanya as its new after the former Chairman Hakeem Belo-Osagie resigned early this week.
Kogi Electorate File Suit To Remove State Gov
Some electorate in Kogi, have approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the return and swearing-in of Alhaji…
450 Illegal Immigrants Repatriated From Edo – NIS
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday, said it arrested and repatriated no fewer than 450 illegal immigrants from Edo…
BBC To Expand Children, Youth-Oriented Programmes
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Tuesday published a plan to expand output of children’s and youth-oriented programmes, online services and…
24-Year-Old Cultist Arrested Over Murder
An Ota Chief Magistrate's’ Court in Ogun, on Tuesday remanded a 24-year-old suspected cultist, Rasheed Adeola, in prison over alleged…
NDLEA Secures Conviction Of 240 Illicit Drug Users
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has secured the conviction of 240 suspected drug users in Kano…
Green Card: American To Remain In Kirikiri Prison
An American national, Marco Ramirez, who allegedly obtained 565,000 dollars under false pretences from three Nigerians in an American Green…
Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges
A lawmaker from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority ruling Conservative Party, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of…
Uber Awaits Final EU Court Ruling
Uber on Tuesday played down an EU court opinion that some of its services could be illegal.
3 Die During Church Deliverance Service
The Police in Delta, have confirmed that three worshippers died during deliverance service at a Church located in the outskirt…
Aisha Buhari Condoles With Maitama Sule’s Family
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has condoled with the family of late Danmasanin Kano, Yusuf Maitama Sule,…
Chika Ike Gets Accepted Into Harvard
Nollywood actress and former model, Chika Ike, has finally been accepted into Harvard University for her Executive MBA program, after…
Mixed Reactions Trail Nigeria’s Yam Exports
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have expressed mixed reactions on Nigeria’s new policy to export yams to UK and the…
Maitama-Sule: Kano Govt Declares Tuesday Work-Free Day
The Kano State Government has declared Tuesday, July 4, as work-free day in honour of late Dr Yusuf Maitama-Sule who…
Court Adjourns Badeh’s Trial Till July 4
The trial of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, was stalled on Monday, due to the ill health…
Police Decry Rising Cases Of Child Rape
The Plateau Police Command has decried the increasing spate of child rape and molestation in the state.
Tuface Idibia’s Protest: Court Fixes Oct 11 To Hear Suit
A Federal High Court, Lagos has fixed Oct. 11 to hear a suit by a Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo,…
Kano Assembly Speaker Resigns
The Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Rurum, has resigned amidst allegation of collecting money to scuttle investigation…
Man Nabbed For Stealing N2m
A 26-year-old man, Frank Godwill, who allegedly stole N2 million entrusted in his care, was on Monday charged before an…
U.S. Lifts Laptop Restriction For Flights From Abu Dhabi
The United States has lifted a ban on laptops in cabins on flights from Abu Dhabi to the United States,…
Avenues Exist For Nigerian Investments In S/Africa
The Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Martin Cobham, has called for more Nigerian investments in that country, to…
Boko Haram: 3,000 Births Recorded In IDPs Camp
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday said it registered 3,000 births among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…