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UNILORIN extends Post-UTME registration

Unilorin to promote, appoint new Professors, Readers

The Appointment and Promotions Committee (A&PC) of the University of Ilorin has recommended the promotion and appointment of 99 lecturers…

Makinde swears in new commissioner

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, swore in Ayansiju Lawal as Commissioner for Establishment and Training.

Zamfara doctors suspend strike

The Zamfara chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has suspended the one-week strike it embarked upon to protest the…
Fraud

Man jailed 3 years for impersonation

An Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday, sentenced a 38-year-old man, Olaniyi Oni, to three years in a…

Four feared dead in scramble for Christmas palliatives in Port Harcourt

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Four persons were feared dead, while many others were injured during scramble for Christmas palliatives on Tuesday…

Niger recruits 31 doctors, 250 midwives

Dr Maikudi Muhammad, Niger State Health Commissioner has said that the Niger State Government has recruited 250 midwives for its…

12 bandits, collaborators apprehended in Zamfara

The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, have apprehended seven suspected bandits and five of their collaborators…

Lebanese Hassan Mills freed by abductors

The Police in Oyo State said they have rescued Lebanese Hassan Mills, from his abductors. He was kidnapped by gunmen…

Police rescue kidnapped foreigner, Hassan Mills, in Ibadan

By Suleiman Shehu The Police in Oyo State say they have rescued  a foreigner, Hassan Mills, who was kidnapped on…
Edward Ajogun, Ogun CP

Shocking: Mob beats three persons dead in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday confirmed that three persons have been beaten to death by a mob at…

7 suspects escape from cell in Cross River

Cross River Police Command said seven detained suspects arrested for various offences in the state escaped from its cell on…

‘How I lost my pregnant wife to unlawful arrest, detention by police’

A 33-year-old farmer, Osazee Agbontaen, has narrated to the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and…

Lagos disinfects bird markets ahead of Christmas

Lagos State Government on Monday began five-day disinfection and decontamination of 33 live bird markets across the state.

Woman says her husband Pastor Paul Ekwe sleeps with church members

A 49 year-old female evangelist has claimed in an open court that her husband, Pastor Paul Ekwe, sleeps with women,…
Court dissolves 18-year-old marriage over claims of wife’s refusal to cook

Voodoo controversies tear 23-year-old marriage apart

By Semiu Olawale-Akinremi Controversies over the use of voodoo led to the dissolution of 23-year –old marriage between Olawale Busari,…

Three Sokoto medical workers dumped in prison over N3.3m fraud

Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, in Sokoto has convicted and sentenced three top officials of the…
Court

Surety Richard Chukwuma in trouble over abscondment of suspects

A 40-year-old man, Richard Chukwuma, was on Monday arraigned before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for failing to produce…
Police

2 dead as police intensify efforts to rescue abducted foreigner

The Police Command in Oyo State on Monday confirmed the death of a soldier and a civilian in their attempt…

Ekiti State govt. raises alarm over fake loan packages

Ekiti State government on Monday cautioned residents against engaging in business transactions with unverified loan givers to avoid being scammed.

Ekiti raises alarm over fake loan packages

Ekiti State government on Monday cautioned residents against engaging in business transactions with unverified loan givers to avoid being scammed.

Police give update on Indians kidnapped on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Police said efforts are ongoing to rescue two Indians kidnapped on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday.

Nigerian customs intercept guns concealed in rice bags

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 73 locally manufactured guns and 891 cartridges at Yauri, Zamare waterside in Kebbi.

Alleged N3.3m fraud: 3 Sokoto medical workers jailed

Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto on 11 December 2020, convicted and sentenced three…

UNICEF demands unconditional release of abducted students

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the unconditional release of all the children abducted by gunmen at…

Nurse’s death in Lagos Hotel: The whole Truth by Salako

Mr. Salako Babajide Hakeem has broken silence over the report that a 47-year-old nurse identified as Bukola Folarin died after…

Troops neutralize 3 bandits, apprehend 4 in Benue

The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, on Saturday, eliminated three bandits and apprehended four others during raids…

Kankara abduction: Protest rocks Katsina

There was a protest staged in Kastina State on Sunday was over the abduction of schoolboys from the Government Science…

Lagos establishes LACE centre to boost fish production

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the State Government is to establish the Lagos Aquaculture Centre of Excellence (L.A.C.E) in…
Truck crushes traditional ruler in Ado-Odo/Ota LGA of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Bankole to death on Ota-Idiroko Expressway.

Truck driver kills pedestrian in Onitsha

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Command, confirmed the death of a man, who was hit by a truck…

Mother of 5, Ihuoma Amadi, stabs husband to death in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Operatives of Rivers Police Command have arrested a mother of five, Ihuoma Amadi, for allegedly Kinikanwo, her…