Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Photo: Gov. Fubara hosts Pastor Kumuyi
The meeting was to create synergy between the church and Rivers for peace and development
Flooding: FCTA declares Trademore estate disaster area
'Having seen the extent of the flooding, we hereby declare the Trademore area a disaster zone that needs immediate action…
Tinubu: I’m working with my team fleshing out solutions to Nigeria’s challenges
But President Bola Tinubu said with the decision taken by his administration since it assumed office on May 29 2023…
Court stops Kano govt from re-arresting Rep Doguwa
Justice Donatus Okorowo restated the order following an oral application by Doguwa’s counsel, Afam Osigwe, SAN, to that effect.
Nigerian Insurers pool N726.2bn premium in 2022 – NIA
The figure recorded is estimated to be an increase of 33.9 per cent over the premium income of N569.1 billion…
Police smash deadly robbery suspects, others in Kaduna
The Police also recovered four AK47 rifles, three revolver pistols, two pump action guns and 2,800 railway slippers, nine vehicles,…
Rivers: Gov. Fubara assigns portfolios to 14 commissioners
According to the list released by the Rivers state government, Mrs Adaeze Chidinma Oreh (nee Odili), a medical doctor, and…
Philanthropist solves 50-yr-old water problem in Kogi community
The project which was powered by the Foundation for the Prevention of Rural and Urban Drift has its commissioning ceremony…
Stallion Times trains journalists on conflict reporting
Mallam Isiyaku Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Stallion Times said media practitioners should always be guided by their constitutional roles…
Insecurity: Kogi govt knocks ACF chair Gabriel Aduku
Fanwo said the Arewa Chief was "promoting tension, fear and division in a state that is largely peaceful."
Over 1,000 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover
In spite initial promises, the Taliban had curtailed human rights such as banning women and girls’ access to education beyond…
Katsina governor Dikko Radda announces 11 appointments
Governor Radda also appointed Kabir Magaji as Chairman, Katsina State Universal Education Board while Dr Ibrahim Isyaka and Rabiu Idris…
Court awards N1m to ex-JAMB Registrar Ojerinde against ICPC
Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also awarded a N200, 000 fine against the ICPC as Ojerinde’s cost of instituting…
Vigilante group leader wanted over murder of two soldiers arrested in Rivers
Also in the police net is one ThankGod Aruka, an alleged member of a gang who kidnapped and murdered one…
Kano demolitions: Litigants accuse Ag Chief Judge of delaying hearing of cases
The group claimed that the Kano Acting Chief Judge is doing this by intentionally delaying assignment of the cases for…
Kaduna: Police impound truck loaded with stolen 600 rail line sleepers
The PPRO said so far no arrest had been made, adding that on June 25, two additional trucks fully loaded…
Jos man Isaac Mali jailed 3 months after confessing to buying stolen tab
An Area Court in Jos on Monday presided over by Mr Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Mali after he pleaded guilty and…
Eid- El- Kabir: CP Gumel leads 10-kilometre combat-ready walk in Kano
The Police boss who addressed journalists at Sani Abacha Stadium, shortly after the exercise, expressed happiness that security operatives are…
Zipline begins delivery of blood to health facilities by drones in Kaduna
Zipline has delivered a total of 800,000 doses of vaccines for routine immunisation and 1,500,000 units of essential medicines from…
Lawless kids and fears of terrorism in Kano
While it is easy to demolish rather than build, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano should put in place programmes…
Akinfeleye, others mourn Mass Communication scholar, Lai Oso
“Oso’s death is a great loss to the discipline,” Akinfeleye, a former Head, Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos…
Enugu govt reacts to viral video on takeover of road by kidnappers
The video contained a message that “Enugu-Ugwogo is not safe now, hoodlums kidnapped three times on June 23″.
Plateau Govt says sacked 17 LGAs Chairs not reinstated by court
Governor Caleb Mutfwtang had on June 10 inaugurated an interim transition committee following the suspension of all democratic structures in…
Kano govt. to civil servants: You will receive your salary on 25th of every month
Kano state Accountant-General, Alhaji Abdulkadir Adussalam, told journalists, on Sunday, that salaries of Civil Servants in the state would be…
Dental Association President advocates for National Oral Health Policy
Dr. Tope who is a dentist in Child Dental Department of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, also advocated for…
Reinstated Kano anti-graft agency boss promises not to ‘witch-hunt anybody’
Muhuyi, a former loyalist to ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, was suspended and later sacked by the immediate-past administration over allegations…
Gov. Yusuf agrees Kano Golden Tower is beautiful, reveals plans to rebuild it
The Yusuf government had demolished the tower erected to mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of Kano State as…
‘How Police, vigilante operatives rescued 4 kidnapped victims from Enugu forest’
By Stanley Nwanosike Four people abducted at Umuopu village, along Ette/Ogugu on their way to Obollo-Afor, Enugu State, from Ankpa,…
I-G Egbetokun meets with Squadrons Commanders on new operational strategies today
I-G Egbetokun had pledged to improve the general security of lives and property in all ramifications in the country.
‘How rampaging Imo gunmen abducted 9 passengers, killed 2’
The gunmen subsequently diverted the Sienna bus of the travelers far into bush in Arondizuogu area of Imo State where…