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Absence of accused judge stalls trial

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The arraignment of a sitting judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, for alleged unlawful enrichment to the…

2 women docked for human trafficking

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Two women, Adesuwa Osaro, 23, a.k.a Oluwabunmi Adeleke, Frank Mabelle, Joy Aisha and Esther Omosede, 32 a.k.a Mama Geneise alleged…

Abuja-Kaduna expressway: Police deploy 600 special intervention force

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Nigerian Police on Tuesday deployed 600 special squad to Abuja-Kaduna Expressway to check crimes along the road.

Exchange your arms for money, Edo tells CDA members

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Edo State Government has offered the olive branch to members of the outlawed Community Development Associations (CDAs), by way of…

Naira lifted again as CBN injects $418 million

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Naira is set to be given further lift in the forex market with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s…

Ex-Kogi commissioner remanded in prison over N35.5m fraud

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A Kogi High Court sitting in Okene has remanded a former Commissioner for Agriculture in the state, Zacchaeus Atte, in…

Police officer attached to SARS killed in road accident

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

An officer attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ogun has been confirmed dead while four of his colleagues…

Lagos warns residents to stay off collapsed building site

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government has warned the residents to keep off all collapsed building site land until necessary scientific tests…

Sokoto sponsors 90 Alfas with N91m to pray for Buhari in Mecca

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Sokoto State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Mani Katami, on Tuesday said the state government was sponsoring a 90-man…

Diaspora Festival: FG, Lagos To Host Largest Gathering Of Africans In Badagry

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos and the Federal Governments have concluded arrangement to help over 15 million Nigerians in diaspora trace their roots…

Irate youths shut down Kwara LG secretariat

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Some irate youths on Tuesday disrupted activities at the secretariat of Baruten Local Government Council of Kwara State over the…

Reps urge Federal Govt to confer GCFR on MKO Abiola

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to immortalise the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993…

Police yet to arrest attackers of Sen Dino Melaye

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Police in Lokoja said that no arrest has been made in connection with Monday's gun attack on Senator Dino Melaye.

FAAN, aviation agencies implement `Executive Order’

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and other aviation agencies have commenced the implementation of the ‘executive order’ on…

Strike, poor health facilities, bane of access to healthcare – Benin Monarch

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has described inadequate modern health facilities and incessant strike by health workers as a…

Absence of Adoke, Etete, stalls $1.1 billion Malabu oil fraud trial

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The planned arraignment of Mohammed Adoke, a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and Dan Etete, a former Minister…

Why we are retraining our workforce – Ambode

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said that the state government is preparing its workforce through training and…

Edo Govt to set up security committee to curb herdsmen menace

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Edo government says it will to set up a security committee to develop security network to provide adequate security in…

ETF: Ambode Presents N924.7 million Cheques To 1,438 Beneficiaries

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday presented cheques totaling N924.7 million to 1, 438 beneficiaries of the Employment…

$1.6bn fraud: Court says Diezani-Madueke’s aide can travel abroad

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted Jide Omokore, an aide to Alison Diezani-Madueke, the…

Yoruba Group Calls For Oduduwa Republic

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Pan Yoruba group O’odua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC), made up of 18 Yoruba groups has called for the creation of…

Man With Faeces Trapped Inside Him Free At Last

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Surgeons removed 30 inches of a man’s large intestine after diagnosing him with a rare condition involving a building-up of…

31 Prison Inmates Regain Their Freedom

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Zakkat and Endowment Commission in Sokoto State on Tuesday said it paid various fines imposed on 31 prison inmates…

3 Men Arrested Over Alleged Murder

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

An Ota Chief Magistrate's’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday remanded three men-Anifowose Wasiu, 29, Yakubu Ogunremi, 33, and Ifakorede Alisa,…

Nigerian Govt Urged To Empower Large Scale Farmers

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Katsina State chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has called on the Federal Government to identify…

2 Men Arraigned For Stealing Goats

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Two men- Olaide Adebori, 45, and Sunday Omisakin, 42, were on Tuesday arraigned in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, in Osun,…

Facebook, YouTube Videos Shut Down Over Royal Insults

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Nearly all Facebook pages and YouTube videos ordered by a Thai court to be shut down over royal insults and…

CAN Tells FG: Control Movement Of Fulani Headsmen

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ondo State branch on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to control the movement…

Nigeria Pledges Full Domestication Of Child Right Act

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja pledged full domestication of the Child Right Act to eliminate child labour in…

No plan to replace Fawehinmi, Abiola statues at Ojota Park – LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday refuted reports that it was planning to replace the statues of late Chief MKO…

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