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No distrust between Gov. Ganduje, Kwankwaso – SSG

Alhaji Rabi’u Bichi, the Secretary to the Kano State Government, has dismissed rumours of a mutual distrust between Governor Abdullahi…

GE donates N220m to UNICEF in support of IDPs in Borno

Leading technology and Infrastructure Company, General Electric (GE) has made a donation of $1m (220 million naira) to UNICEF (United…

I never said rich people are joining Boko Haram – Osinbajo

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has stated that he never said rich citizens of the most populous black…

Boko Haram suicide attack kills two Niger soldiers

Two Niger soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack by a group of suspected Boko Haram militants in…

Army kills Boko Haram fighters, rescue 100 cows

The Commanding Officer in charge of 28 Taskforce Battalion, Mubi, Adamawa, Brig.-Gen V. O. Ezugwu, has confirmed the killing of…

Akwa Ibom: Tribunal calls for fresh guber election in 18 LGAs

The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja has called for fresh governorship election in the state following…

Octogenarian, 4 others rescued as 3-storey building collapses in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga An octogenarian and four others have been rescued after a three-storey building collapsed on Wednesday on Lagos Island,…

Lagos inaugurates 40-Gang Taskforce to fix bad roads

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson has declared zero tolerance for potholes across…

Falana writes Army Chief over jailed Brig-Gen Ransome-Kuti

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has written to the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, seeking for…

I’ve provided jobs for 80 Lagos residents – Lawmaker

Eromosele Ebhomele A senior member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Moshood Olarenwaju Oshun, has disclosed that since becoming…

We’ll crush pro-Biafra protesters in Rivers —Governor Wike warns

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has descended hard on protesters who disrupted social and economic activities in…

Lagos begins intensive enforcement against traffic offenders, robbers

…Arrests Commercial Vehicles Plying BRT Lanes Sequel to the rising traffic misconduct by some motorists and motorcycle operators, popularly known…

Cattle rustling gang leader arraigned

The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Adamu Haruna, before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina for allegedly leading…

Hypnotised woman loses N700k to trader

A trader, Elijah Kingsley, 37, on Wednesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, charged with hypnotising a…

Police debunk reports alleging they killed Disu

The Police in Lagos have discredited reports attributed to the leaders of Okunraye Community in Ibeju-Lekki, alleging that the police…

LASG commends Senate, Tinubu on Apapa gridlock

The Lagos State Government has commended the Senate for its approval to table the motion moved by the Senator representing…

CCT adjourns sitting in corruption case against Saraki

ki Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has postponed the sitting for the trial of Senate President, Bukola…
Chief Dan Orbih

Edo PDP chairman survives auto crash

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, Mr. Dan Orbih narrowly escaped death on Tuesday,…

Driver faces trial for biting police woman

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 28-year-old commuter bus driver has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly biting a…

Mom, daughter remanded over alleged theft

Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Onikan Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a ten-year-old girl (name withheld) for…

NANS gives police 48hrs to arrest officers who beat up student

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Joint Campus Committee, NANS/JCC has given the…

Get involved in politics, Amosun charges professionals

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has charged Nigerian professionals to get involved in partisan politics in order to…

Again and again, Senate defers Amaechi’s screening, cancels plenary

The Nigerian Senate will no longer be having its plenary on Wednesday as initially planned and has automatically deferred the…

U-17: Nigeria thrash Chile 5-1, through to round 16

Holders Nigeria continued their impressive start to their FIFA U-17 World Cup title defence by completing a comprehensive 5-1 victory…

Buhari launches 260km Super Highway, pledges speedy completion

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lauched the 260-kilometre Calabar-Kastina-Ala Super Highway road project at Obung, Cross River. The President expressed…

EFCC didn’t arrest me over treasury looting, says Akpabio

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited him and…

Independence Day bombings: Chain Okah, FG tells court

The Federal Government on Tuesday asked Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, to put the alleged…

Army probes military’s role in 2014 Ekiti, Osun states’ elections

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday set up a high powered Board of Inquiry (BOI) to investigate alleged malpractices and involvement…

Criticism, opposition won’t stop collection of land use charge – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has insisted that no amount of criticism would stop the collection of…
Ikedi Ohakim

How Ex-Gov Ohakim paid N270m cash for Abuja property

Proceedings in the trial of former Imo State governor, Ikedi Ohakim, before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court…