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Collapsed bridge linking Oyo and Kwara halts movement of prison inmates

Movement of prison inmates to courts from Mandalla Maximum Security Prison in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara has stopped…

Kano govt. faulted over suspected killers release

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted the Kano State Government for nullifying the prosecution of the…

Lawmaker wants sanctions against sexual abusers of IDPs

A lawmaker, Rep. Rhimanda Shawulu (PDP-Taraba), has called on security operatives to quickly unravel the persons behind sexual abuses in…

Judiciary remains resolute on its independence- CJN

Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), on Monday, said the Judiciary remained resolute and committed to upholding its…

N25B ETF: Lagos targets 100,000 entrepreneurs 2019

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Monday said that it has set a target to utilize the N25billion Employment…

Fayemi and the new lease of life in mining sector

Nigeria was the centre of attraction at the African Down Under (ADU) international mining conference in Perth, Australia, last September…

Oyo slashes salaries of political office holders by 50%

Oyo State Government has announced 50 percent reduction in the salaries of political office holders, their compensation, approval limits and…

Pictures: Buhari visits Oba of Benin palace

As part of his two-day working visit to Edo State, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday paid a courtesy visit to…

Commuters stranded as LAGBUS operators embark on strike

Hundreds of commuters in Lagos were on Monday stranded at various bus stops due to the strike embarked on by…

Buhari inaugurates Upper Siluko road in Benin

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Gov. Adams Oshiomhole-led Government of Edo for the construction of phases II and III Siluko…

Clinton, Trump engage in last-hour campaigns

With the election day looming on Tuesday, the U.S. leading presidential candidates Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump engage…
Drama at Enugu Radio Station: EFCC seizes Presenter during live broadcast

N136m fraud: EFCC closes case in trial of ex-NIMASA boss

Mr Wale Akoni (SAN), the counsel to Calistus Obi who is standing trial on a N136 million fraud charge, says…

Butchers’ association urges FG to allow cattle free access

The Nigerian Butchers Association on Monday asked the Federal Government to allow cattle free access into the country, to allow…

How National Assembly lost out in anti-corruption battle

IT is exactly one year now. I remember asking members of the National Assembly to see reasons why they should…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Borno to prosecute parents who fail to send children to school

Borno State Government on Monday said it would prosecute parents who fail to enroll their children and wards in schools.…

Be patriotic in reporting Boko Haram- Army chief

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has again called on the Nigerian media, especially online publications, to be…

Group returns 4 girls withdrawn for marriage back to school

The Child Protection Network (CPN), Minna has taken back to school four girls of Women Teachers College (WTC) Minna, who…

LASU extends deadline for certificate collection

In order to clear its registry of backlog, the Lagos State University (LASU) has extended the deadline for collection of…
PDP

Ondo Poll: Sheriff-led PDP seek dissolution of new panel

The new Special Court of Appeal Penal Panel constituted to resolve all appeals in the Ondo State PDP governorship candidate…

Trader threatens hubby with divorce

A 31-year-old trader, Oluwatoyin Ibikunle, on Monday, pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her 14-year-old marriage…

Ondo Election: AD files suit challenging Oke’s eligibility

Mr Kehinde Aworele, the National Legal Adviser, Alliance for Democracy (AD), has filed a suit challenging the eligibility of Chief…

Breaking: Saraki’s trial at Code of Conduct Tribunal continues

The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki continued before Justice Danladi Umar at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday…

SON campaigns against sub-standard products in schools

The Plateau office of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has taken its campaign against sub-standard products to schools in…

Trader nabbed for pouring hot rice on neighbour

A -36-year-old man, Adebayo Kehinde, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly pouring hot rice on his…

AFRIMA a tool for African unity- Okoroji, Saint Obi

Some movers and shakers of the entertainment industry have expressed satisfaction at the successful hosting of the All Africa Music…
The Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) approves appointment of Prof. Adamu Ahmed as new Vice-Chancellor of the institution.

Court orders ABU to pay N2.6b, reinstate 110 disengaged staff

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday ordered the management of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to pay N2.6…

Man docked for assaulting police officer

A 25-year-old man, Wasiu Ogundare, on Monday appeared before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Ogundare…

First female US attorney general dies

Janet Reno, former U.S. attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease,…

Pictures: Joop Berkhout: 50 Years of Publishing in Nigeria

On Saturday 29 October the Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies in Lagos organised a morning of tributes for…

Still on sale: TheNEWS Special Trilogy on The First Nigerian Coup

In June, July and August, 2016, TheNEWS published a trilogy on the British Intelligence Report on the first Nigerian coup.…