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Court re-arraigns former Chief of Air Staff
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned, Mohammed Umar, a former Chief of Air Staff in the…
Bauchi re-unites 176 Almajiris with families
The Bauchi State Government says it has re-united 176 Almajiris apprehended by security agents in Jos with their families. Alhaji…
Ex-banker in court for N1.5b fraud
An ex-banker, who allegedly swindled 26 different people to the tune of N1.5 billion appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court…
Section 1 of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway 40% reconstructed
The Section One of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project is 40 per cent completed, an official said on…
NDLEA tasks schools, religious bodies on anti-drugs campaign
The FCT Command of the NDLEA has called on schools, parents and religious bodies to support the fight against drug…
Lawmaker urges El-Rufai to dialogue on Southern Kaduna crisis
Mr John Gaul-Lebo, the Speaker, Cross River House of Assembly, has called on the Federal Government and the Kaduna State…
18 abandoned babies recovered in Funtua
Eighteen babies, abandoned by their mothers, have been recovered in Funtua town, Katsina State, in the last four months, an…
Clerics calls for stiffer penalty for rapists
Some clerics on Wednesday called for a stiffer penalty for rape offenders to serve as deterrent and in order to…
Resident doctors ends 7-day warning strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday ended it seven days nationwide warning strike and gave the Federal…
Gambia’s Barrow to return on Thursday
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow is due to return to Gambia on Thursday, a senior aide Amie Bojang said on Wednesday.…
Police officer demoted for extortion
The Nigeria Police Force in Abuja on Wednesday says it has demoted a police sergeant serving in the FCT Command…
Enugu police nab 3 over truck theft
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three suspects, who allegedly stole a truck belonging to an indigenous oil and…
Katsina Assembly sanctions Department over illegal contracts
The Katsina House of Assembly, on Tuesday, warned the state Department of Higher Education to immediately desist from awarding contracts…
Phone dealers decry unstable Naira exchange rate
Mr Godfrey Nwosu, President of Phone and Allied Dealers Association of Nigeria (PAPDAN) says the depreciating value of the Naira…
Al-Makura tasks LG councils to declare internal revenue
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has ordered Interim Management Committee chairmen in the 13 local government areas in the…
YouTube, essential aid for building confidence in cooking
Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone West Africa on Tuesday described YouTube as an essential aid…
Man remanded in prison for forging diploma certificate
A Magistrates’ Court in Rijiyar Zaki, Kano, on Tuesday, remanded a 28-year-old man, Oluwaseun Lasisi, in prison for allegedly forging…
1,000 bags of underweighed rice confiscated from Osogbo markets
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Osun says it confiscated more than 1,000 under weighed bags of rice in…
Kerosene scarcity: Jigawa residents blame product dealers
Residents of Hadejia in Jigawa have blamed petroleum products dealers for diversion of kerosene resulting to the current acute scarcity…
More reactions trail Nnamani’s defection to APC
Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South East have described the defection of a former Senate…
Vigilante docked over alleged rape
An Ile-Ife Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday ordered a vigilante member, Sunday Arewa, 25, to be remanded in Ile-Ife Prison over…
Kwara farmers bemoan herdsmen menace
Some farmers in Kwara say the menace of herdsmen on their farms are destroying farm produces and causing economic loss.…
Factory worker granted bail for can Coke theft
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday admitted a 30-year-old man, Adeniyi Babatunde, to bail in the sum of N20,000 for…
NYSC resumes orientation in Adamawa after 3yrs suspension
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has resumed orientation of corp members in Adamawa after three years suspension due to…
Nigeria’s economy will grow in 2017- Expert
Prof Uch Uwaleke, an economic expert says he is optimistic that Nigeria’s economy will be ‘out of the woods’ this…
29-point guideline on Nigeria Delta operations released
The National Council on Hydrocarbons on Tuesday released guidelines on how to review, strengthen and initiate robust policies for the…
Samsung profits more than double despite Note 7 debacle
Samsung’s profits for the final quarter of 2016 were over double the same period in the previous year, the South…
Roadside bomb kills 4 soldiers in Somalia town
No fewer than four soldiers were killed and five wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb that Islamist insurgents said…
Police arrest 2 kidnap suspects in Benin
The police in Zone 5 comprising of Edo, Delta and Bayelsa, have arrested two suspects who alleged kidnap a couple…
NWPL: Rivers Angels defeat Nasarawa Amazon to claim title
Rivers Angels FC of Port Harcourt on Saturday in Abuja defeated Nasarawa Amazon 4-3 on penalties to claim the 2015/2016…