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Dr Ramatu Aliyu

FCT Minister begs NULGE not to embark on strike

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has appealed to members of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees…

3 dead, 4 injured in Ebonyi auto crash

No fewer than three persons died on Thursday in a lone-auto crash on Abaomege-Afikpo Road in Onicha Local Government Area…

63-year-old grandpa in police net for defiling 2-year-old girl

A 63-year-old grandpa, Sunday Igbinokhuaihe, has been arrested by men of the Edo state police command for allegedly defiling a…

Lagos set to collaborate with NURTW on traffic enforcement

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) is set to collaborate with the National Union of Road Transport…
Gov. Atiku Bagudu

Gov. Bagudu approves postings, redeployment of 6 Commissioners

The Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has approved the posting and redeployment of Six Commissioners.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola

Absence of judge stalls trial of Fashola’s impersonator

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Thursday adjourned the trial of Mr. Malik Wakili alleged to…
Plan your movement: Lagos releases important information on Third Mainland Bridge

Closure of Third Mainland Bridge: Lagos releases alternative routes

The Lagos State Government has released alternative routes following planned closure of Third Mainland Bridge from Saturday to Monday.
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18-year-old Mohammed stabs man’s eye

An 18-year-old boy, Muhammad Abubakar, on Thursday, appeared before an Upper Area Court, Zuba, Abuja, for allegedly stabbing a man.

EIRS to resolve Number Plates scarcity in Edo

The Edo Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), has assured that vehicles number plates would be available in the state by the…
Nyesom Wike:

Wike condoles with Gov. Okowa

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has condoled with his Delta counterpart, Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa over the death of his father,…
File photo: members of a vigilance group

Brave vigilance group members repel herdsmen attack in Edo, shoot one dead

Members of local vigilance team repel attack by criminal herdsmen in Esan South-East LGA of Edo State.
Bandits invade Kaduna mosques, shoot seven worshippers dead

Gun-battle in Edo: Vigilantes repel herdsmen attack, shoot one dead

A team of brave local vigilante operatives have repelled an attack by gun-wielding Fulani herdsmen who attacked their communities in…

EFCC hits Yahoo Yahoo boys in Osogbo again, 2 brothers, 6 others nabbed

EFCC operatives have swooped on Osogbo, the state of Osun capital again, arresting two brothers and six others for suspected…

NOA takes COVID-19 campaign to Ibadan public schools

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Oyo, on Thursday took sensitisation campaign on COVID-19 to some public primary and secondary…

‘I was beaten with cutlass, shovels,’ Rivers man recounts experience with dreaded OSPAC vigilance group

Mr Clifford Woko, a property developer, alleges that he was tortured by members of OSPAC, a local vigilance group in…

Akeredolu to boost Agriculture

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reiterated his commitment to continue to boost the agriculture sector in spite of…

NIN: NIMC appeals to PLWD applicants to be calm

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos State on Thursday urged all physically-challenged applicants for the National Identification Number…

Anambra hunter shoots wife, self to death after roasting son

Anambra hunter, Mr Uchechukwu Nweke, kills wife, Patricia, son, Obinna, before shooting self to death with his dane gun

Abuja bizman Abdulrahman Aliyu docked for N250m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has charged Abuja-based businessman Abdulrahman Aliyu with forgery of documents and misappropriation of…

FRSC backs Lagos’ restrictions of trucks, trailers’ operations

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command on Thursday aligned with the State Government’s planned implementation of…
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Man in court for abducting his children

A 45-year-old man, Keneth Okoro, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over the alleged abduction…
Court frees Manfred Genditzki, the accused killer in Germany’s so-called “bathtub murder” after spending more than 13 years in prison

Ex-vigilante member jailed 6 months for slashing colleague’s finger

A Grade I Area Court, Nyanya Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a former of vigilance group, Auwalu Abdullahi, to six months…

Ebonyi to launch 2021 rabies campaign

The Ebonyi Animal-Mediated Rabies Control Programme (EBARAP) Committee said plans have been concluded for the launch of its rabies campaign.

Godwin James bags 6 months for cyber fraud

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday sentenced a man, Godwin James, to six months imprisonment…
Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle buys 450 truckloads of food for Ramadan

Zamfara test runs digital FM station

The Zamfara Government on Thursday began the test transmission for the multi-million naira digital FM station.

EFCC arrests Dubai-based internet fraudsters

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office has arrested seventeen suspected internet fraudsters in the…

Imo police officers arrested for assaulting 5 civilians

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Nasiru Mohammed, has said some officers of the command in the state had…

Army unleashes 300 female soldiers on bandits on deadly Kaduna-Abuja Expressway

The Nigerian Army has deployed 300 female soldiers to battle bandits and kidnappers on the deadly Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
Lagos impounds 40 trailers under bridges, to prosecute owners

Lagos bans trucks, trailers from plying roads in the state day time

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday banned trucks and trailers from plying roads in the state during day time.

25 Buccaneer cultists arrested during initiation

The Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 25 suspected members of the Buccaneer cult group, arrested during an alleged…