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Youths protest highway blockage by security agents
Youths in Mangu on Thursday staged a protest over the blockage of highways by security agencies in Mangu Local Government…
Lagos Taskforce arrest 4 land grabbers
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences on Thursday said it had arrested four notorious land grabbers…
Aero yet to resume flights in Abuja
Aero Contractors is yet to resume flights at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in spite of promise made by…
Ogun traders decry low patronage this Yuletide
Few days to Christmas, traders in Abeokuta on Thursday decried low patronage, which they attributed to the current economic recession…
3 remanded over alleged arms deal in Makurdi
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded three men over alleged illegal arms deal and membership of a militia…
Yuletide: NSCDC assures Ondo residents of security
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, says it has made adequate deployment of personnel across…
FIFA Rankings: Nigeria ends 2016 as 51st
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are ending 2016 on FIFA’s world ranking in the 51st position. The ranking table on the website…
Bricklayer remanded for fingering child
A bricklayer, Friday James, who allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl, was on Thursday remanded in prison on the orders of…
Bayelsa targets N150m monthly revenue from environmental sanitation
The Bayelsa Government says it is targeting N150 million monthly revenue from activities of the state environmental sanitation authority. Mr.…
Delta Police rescue abducted monarch
The Delta Police Command on Thursday in Warri said that has rescued the Ovie of Agbarha-Warri Kingdom, Orhifi Orovwagbarha, who…
Jigawa to boost IGR through agriculture- Governor
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa said the state government had developed strategies to boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) through…
Fire engulfs 140 buildings in Japan
A wind-fanned fire engulfed 140 buildings in central Japan on Thursday with hundreds of residents advised to evacuate their homes,…
Reckless truck driver gets 7 months
A Mararaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old driver, Peter Daniel, to six months imprisonment for manslaughter. The…
Unpaid salaries: Taraba workers shut down state secretariat
Workers in the employment of Taraba State Government under the auspices of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) on…
Malaria in pregnancy leads to miscarriage- Gynaecologist
Dr. Nathaniel Adawole, a gynaecologist, has warned that untreated malaria in pregnancy could lead to miscarriage and stillbirth. Adewole with…
Former Nasarawa lawmaker dumps PDP for APC
A three-term member, who represented Karu/Keffi/Kokokona Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wadada, has moved from the Peoples…
Buhari congratulates veteran journalist, Oyebola, at 80
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated renowned journalist, author and publisher, Chief Areoye Oyebola, as he clocks 80 years on Dec.…
Yuletide: NDLEA clears 5 major drug joints in Kano
Alhaji Hamza Umar, the Commandant of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano, on Thursday said his officers…
EKO Disco announces planned power outage
The Management of Eko Electricity Distribution Plc (EKEDP) has announced that there will be an interruption in power supply to…
China confirms 2nd human bird flu infection
Chinese authorities have confirmed a second case of human bird flu infection this week, state media reported late on Wednesday,…
Aregbesola presents N138.2bn 2017 budget to Assembly
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, on Wednesday, presented a budget of N138,232,946,670 for the 2017 fiscal year before the state…
Uber removes self-driving cars from San Francisco roads
Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous program one week after…
Ban Ki-moon hails Côte d’Ivoire’s parliamentary election
Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, has applauded Saturday’s ‘peaceful and inclusive’ elections in Côte d’Ivoire, saying the country is in…
NIS receives 4 illegal immigrants in Cross River
The Cross River Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has received four illegal immigrants who willingly went to the…
Man stabs friend to death
A 24-year-old man, Godwin Simon, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stabbing…
Kebbi to host Fulani cultural festival
The Kebbi Government is to host the annual Fulani cultural festival, Hottungo, in January 2017. Alhaji Ibrahim Kamba, Commissioner of…
Mimiko tasks successor on zero polio eradication policy
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Wednesday called on the incoming administration in the state to sustain the zero…
Man remanded for killing father, stabbing mother
Babalola Rotimi Junior, 24, had been remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons for the alleged murder of his father and stabbing…
Lagos lawyer seeks divorce
A legal practitioner, Kasoki Olekanma, on Wednesday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 15-year-old marriage.…
Breaking: James Ibori out of prison
Former Governor James Ibori of Delta State has been released from prison in the United Kingdom. Reports say he was…