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NABTEB releases the results of the 2023 NBC/NTC examinations conducted nationwide from Monday, 26 June to Tuesday, 25 July, 2023.

Education

NABTEB releases 2023 NBC/NTC exams results, laments malpractices

NABTEB said an analysis of the 2023 NBC/NTC examinations showed that candidates registered for 16 Engineering Trades, seven Construction Trades,…
Police arrest nine suspects allegedly involved in kidnappings, murder, thuggery and armed robberies recently in various parts of Kogi State

News

Police smash deadly kidnappers, armed robbers in Kogi

According to the CP, the suspects confessed to their various criminal roles in the commission of the crimes and admitted…
Police arrest nine suspects allegedly involved in kidnappings, murder, thuggery and armed robberies recently in various parts of Kogi State

Metro

Mob kills Okada rider over false organ disappearance alarm in Kogi

The three suspects were accused of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and false alarm leading to the death of Abubakar by…
Governor Dikko Radda sacks management of the state-owned Nigeria Professional Football League team, Katsina United FC with immediate effect.

Sports

Gov. Radda sacks Katsina United management

The commissioner said the government had approved an interim management committee to oversee Katsina United pending the reconstitution of the…
Two Kano men, Aliyu Hussaini, and Amir Zakariyya, bag death sentence for stabbing a newly wedded groom, Yazid Haruna, to death

News

France, Australia, NGO kick against death penalty in Nigeria

53 countries around the world still authorised the death penalty, including Nigeria.
COAS Taoreed Lagbaja flags off three training exercises designed to curb the security challenges in three parts of the country.

News

COAS Lagbaja flags off exercises for 4 geopolitical zones

COAS Lagbaja said that the exercises were designed to combat diverse emerging security challenges peculiar to the affected geopolitical zones…
Minister Nyesom Wike, orders demolition of scavengers’ colony along the road corridor cutting across Mabushi, Jahi and Kado Districts of FCT

News

Wike orders immediate demolition of scavengers’ colony in Abuja

Wike gave the order in Abuja on Tuesday as he described the colony, located behind the Minister’s Quarters in Mabushi…
Police says Hamisu Danjibga, a reporter with VON in Zamfara State was abducted and killed by his cousin, Mansur Haruna, and his friend

Metro

Zamfara journalist Danjibga abducted, killed by cousin, say police

Shehu said that the suspects were Danjigba’s nephew, Mansur Haruna, and his friend, Ibrahim Garba, both of whom conspired to…
Gov. Dikko Radda told personnel of newly established Katsina State Community Watch Corps that they they will face a deadly enemy

News

Katsina inaugurates Community Watch Corps to fight bandits, others

Radda who spoke during the graduation of the personnel on Tuesday in Katsina, said the corps would compliment security agencies…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Metro

Abuja man Onoja Kingsley in trouble over ‘organ’ disappearance claim

The defendant revealed at the police station during interrogation that the said “disappeared manhood is back and performing normally.”
Three escape death as truck carrying 45,000 litres of fuel fell on their vehicle opposite the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos on Tuesday

News

Three escape death as another truck falls in Lagos

ConOil truck which took off from Apapa heading to discharge its product at Ikeja had lost control after the driver…
Three students of Nasarawa University, Keffi were feared dead on in a stampede over rice given for distribution by the state government.

News

Police launch manhunt for abductors of 4 female Nasarawa varsity students

The Nasarawa State Police Command confirmed that the students were abducted at about 12:55 a.m. by the gunmen who invaded…
Vice President Kashim Shettima reiterates Nigeria’s leadership responsibility to Africa and the entire black race

Opinion

The significance of Shetimma’s clarion call to all Nigerians

Shettima is not just a lone voice, crying in the wilderness, he was saying the same truth Nelson Mandela once…
Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu says IPOB is killing business in Southeast geopolitical zone with sit-at-home order

News

Group hails Kalu, Fashola over interventions on national flag

The group further urged Nigerians to study the usage and protocols for the display of the Green-White-Greeen flag of Nigeria,…
EFCC, reacts to controversies over the raid of Lagos, residence of musician John Njeng Njeng (a.k.a Skales) by its operatives.

News

EFCC opens up on raid of Skale’s residence, says two ‘yahoo boys’ arrested

EFCC said its operatives trailed two suspected internet fraudsters identified as Udemba Chukwuemeka (a.k.a Jody) and Jamal Jamiu Onasola (a.k.a.…
Nigeria's former Education Minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili, stresses need for Africans to unite and change leadership style on the continent.

News

Ezekwesili urges Africans to unite, change leadership style

Ezekwesili, who is the founder of the SPPG, said the school was borne out of the need to groom leaders…
Grammy-nominated Afrobeat singer, Seun Anikulapo Kuti, proffers reasons for successes of Nigerian artistes on the international music scene

Entertainment

Why Nigerian artistes ‘blow’ on the international music scene – Seun Kuti

According to Seun, Nigerian artistes are so successful and are able to break into the international music scene because of…
Kano governor Abba Yusuf, flags off second batch of distribution of palliatives with 387, 200 bags of rice and maize across the state

News

Gov. Yusuf distributes 387, 200 bags of rice, maize in Kano

Governor Yusuf said each of the 484 Wards in Kano State will receive 400 bags of 10kg rice and 400…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

News

Gunmen abduct Islamic Cleric, brother in Kogi

The cleric and others were conveying the corpse of the Chief Imam of Ayegunle Gbede, Sheikh Musa Olorunkemi, from Lokoja,…
Governor Abba Yusuf inaugurates standing committee to boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) drive in Kano State

News

Kano governor Yusuf initiates move to boost IGR

The Governor urged the standing committee to work diligently in the state's interest to ensure significant revenue generation improvement.
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Metro

Abuja carpenter docked for swindling EFCC staff of N400,000

Agada had reportedly obtained the N400,000 from the EFCC operative to construct a furniture for him, but failed to deliver…
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck more than 100 Hezbollah position in Lebanon over a day, the country's military has said.

World News

Over 123,000 people displaced by Israel’s strikes in Gaza – UN

According to OCHA, the Israeli airstrikes also caused damage to water and sanitation infrastructure for more than 400,000 people, as…
LAWMA re-opens Ladipo, Oyingbo, Alamutu Ologede and Ile-Epo markets, recently shut in Lagos over sanitation issues with a strong warning

News

Lagos govt reopens Ladipo, other shut markets with strong warning

LAWMA had on Sept. 30, Wahab sealed the markets for environmental offences including, reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises, and non…
Adamawa

News

Security operatives in gun duel with bandits in Kaduna: 5 rescued, 4 dead

However, four other members of the community have been killed before the intervention of the security operatives, spokesperson for the…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Chapel has condemned the alleged assault on Mrs Philomina Attah, an Editor/Assistant Chief Correspondent of the agency by an official of the Director of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, FCT Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO).

News

NUJ fumes over assault of editor by FCT VIO officer

The union demanded a written apology by Officer James of the Idu outpost of the service.
MURIC laments deplorable state of 81km Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, seeks urgent intervention from President Tinubu led Federal Government.

News

State of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway embarrassing, MURIC tells Tinubu

The condition of the expressway is embarrassing, and with the return to democracy since 1999, the citizens of our dear…
The General Assembly of IPAC ends in a stalemate over alleged attempt by the Chairman, Mr Sani Yabagi to extend the tenure of the executives.

News

Yabagi leads IPAC’s election observer mission to Liberia

The presidential election taking place on Tuesday, Oct. 10 in Liberia has attracted more than a passing interest of the…
FG says ongoing restructuring of the N-Power programme will bring about the employment of five million young Nigerians in five years.

News

‘Five million Nigerians to benefit from restructured N-Power programme’

He appealed to Nigerians to understand the rationale behind the temporary suspension of the N-Power programme and the subsequent restructuring…
Edo PDP chieftain Francis Omo-Osunde Iyasere asks factions within the party to sheath their swords ahead of the state's 2024 governorship poll

Politics

Edo 2024: PDP chieftain cautions against de-marketing party

Iyasere said there is a need for urgent rejuvenation of the PDP’s capacity to properly manage its internal crises, adding…
Police arrest 48-year-old Ishioma Ordu for robbing and killing one Eze Emmanuel, his ex-supervisor at a petrol station in Benin, Edo State.

Metro

Suspended worker robs petrol station of N6.8m, kills supervisor

Ordu denied active participation in the deadly robbery but confessed that he plotted with two others now at large, to…
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