Author: Jennifer Okundia
Customs Collects Over N266m In 2 Months – Comptroller
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Niger, Kogi and Kwara Area Command said on Thursday it collected about N266.3 million in…
Bus Conductor Bags 8 Months In Prison
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced a bus conductor to eight months in prison with no…
Kirikiri Inmates To Get Improved Welfare
Mr Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, the Deputy Controller in charge of Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, has pledged better welfare for the inmates…
Exhibitors in Jos decry low patronage
Exhibitors at the ongoing fair in Jos, organised by Deutche Gassellschaft fur Internatione Z Usammenarbeit (GIZ), a German organisation, on…
Trader Nabbed For Stealing N365,000 At ATM
A trader, Ajani Kazeem, who allegedly conspired with others still at large to steal N365, 000 with an Automated Teller…
Trump’s Ban On Family Planning Funds Prompts Global Initiative
Trump’s ban on funds for family planning prompts global initiative when delegates from more than 50 countries gathered on Thursday…
Filmmaker Calls For Merger Against Piracy
A filmmaker, Denso Odukwe on Thursday called for the merging of distribution and marketing of films and music to strengthen…
Xenophobic Attacks Against Nigerians Trend On Google
The xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa is one of the mostly searched items on Google this week, the…
Absence of prosecution witness stalls Fintiri’s trial
The absence of prosecution witness on Thursday stalled the trial of a former acting governor of Adamawa, Ahmadu Fintiri, at…
Security Man Nabbed For Stealing Coconut Flakes
An Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court on Thursday remanded a 30-year-old security man, Joshua Joseph , in prison custody, pending sentence over…
Adamawa College Has No Accredited Courses Since 1991
The Provost of Adamawa State College of Agriculture, Ganye, Dr Abubakar Yaji, said the school in 1991 had been operating…
Army Presents Cheque Worth N400m To Families
The Nigerian Army on Thursday in Abuja presented cheque worth over N400 million to 197 next of kin of deceased…
Bukky Wright Cautions Colleagues
A Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, on Thursday advised other celebrities to be careful about the personal information they posted on…
Buratai Inaugurates 16 Brigade In Yenagoa
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday inaugurated the newly established 16 Brigade of the Nigerian Army…
Family Planning Service Providers get 70 phones
Over 70 specialised mobile phones were distributed to family planning service providers in Edo by Marie Stopes International, a non-governmental…
FG To Fund Aviation Industry
Rev Tor Uja, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) says adequate funding of the Nigerian airlines is necessary to strengthen the…
Lent: Cleric urges Christians to pray for economic revival
Fr Theodore Ozoamalu, the Parish Priest, Christ the King Catholic Church, Enugu, has urged Nigerians to use the Lenten period…
Court Adjourns Gen Ijioma‘s Suit Against Army Council
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has adjourned hearing of the suit instituted by Maj.Gen. Ijioma Ijioma, against the Nigerian Army…
Ibadan College Reinstates 4 Suspended Staff
The Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Ibadan, has reinstated four suspended workers of the institute. A statement by the institute’s…
Lawyer faults dismissal of 2 drivers
The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, was on Tuesday told that due procedures were not followed in the dismissal…
Nurses receive N200,000
In an effort to promote excellence, two Lagos State legislators on Monday rewarded two nurses at the Isolo General Hospital,…
Austria to increase penalties for rejected asylum seekers
Austria will increase penalties for rejected asylum seekers who refuse to leave the country, the government said on Tuesday, in…
Boko Haram Suspect Re-arrested
A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of one Muktar Suleiman, a suspected Boko Haram member, who…
49,376 Somali Refugees Repatriated
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that it has repatriated some 49,376 Somali refugees in Kenya since the return exercise…
Tanzania Lists Africa’s Tallest Tree As Tourist Hotspot
Tanzania is set to include Africa’s tallest indigenous tree into the list of the country’s must-visit tourist hotspots, authorities have…
Teenager Stabs Colleague With Broken Bottle
A teenager, Olusola Osunde, 18, is facing trial in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly stabbing one…
3 Nigerians Faint on Turkish Airline
An Instagram user identified as @vanityaffaironline, has revealed that 3 Nigerians on board a Turkish airline fainted due to nonfunctional…
Fire guts Banky W’s Residence
Nigerian song writer and singer Banky W’s house has been gutted by fire. Banky W, whose real name is Olubankole…
Imo CJ Calls For Appointment Of More Judges
Imo Chief Judge, Justice Paschal Nnadi, has called for the appointment of more judges and magistrates into the state judiciary…
NGO Trains 2,500 HIV Patients
A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO)in Gombe State, Quality Life Initiative, has trained 2,500 persons living with HIV/AIDS on skills acquisitions.…