BREAKING: Second US Aircraft shot down during dramatic F-15 rescue over Iran

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

Metro

Late Ajimobi celebrated with novelty match

Friends and associates of late Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, a former governor of Oyo State, on Thursday, organised a novelty football…
Suspects

N24m fraud: Two Lawyers jailed in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of two…

Sokoto SDG receives hospital equipment recovered by EFCC

The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 17, 2020, handed over 2011…
Hamzat

Obafemi Hamzat, others laud Lagos Traffic Radio

The Lagos State Deputy Gov. Dr. Obafemi Hamzat on Thursday commended the Management and Staff of the Lagos Traffic Radio…

ACTDA revokes 60 approvals granted in error

Venerable Amaechi Okwuosa, Managing Director, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) said the Agency has revoked 60 approvals it granted…

2021 Budget: Tambuwal seeks approval on N30bn loan

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has requested the approval of the state House of Assembly to secure N30 billion…
FILE PHOTO: Children with albinism

Edo to address albinism challenges

The Edo Ministry of Health on Thursday promised to alleviate the health challenges confronting Persons With Albinism (PWA) in the…
Plateau assembly reduces LG officials’ tenure to 2 years

Plateau Assembly passes N147.5bn appropriation bill for 2021

The Plateau House of Assembly on Thursday passed the State 2021 appropriation Bill of N147.5 billion.
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya says his administration will continue to borrow funds to address development deficits in Gombe

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya declares Friday work-free

Gombe State government has declared Friday as a work-free day, in preparation for Saturday’s local government election.
EFCC

Undergraduate student nabbed over N850,000 investment scam

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, have arrested an undergraduate, Nnamdi Henry Chimezulem…
Police: rescue Joy Fatoba's twins after they were locked up for three days in Igbara-odo, Ekiti State

Police intercept 29 victims of human trafficking in Katsina

By Zubairu Idris The Police Katsina State says it has rescued 29 Nigerians suspected to be victims of human trafficking…

Zahra Buhari to Indimi: I’d do it all over again

Zahra Buhari has renewed her love vow to her husband, Ahmed Indimi, at the 4th anniversary of their wedding today.…

Okunnu extends UNILAG law faculty to 4th floor

Alhaji Femi Okunnu, a senior advocate of Nigeria raises the Law Faculty of University of Lagos to the 4th floor…

No NIN, no driver’s licence, says FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has given notice that it will start enforcing the National Identification Number (NIN) directive…

Apapa Chairman offers N20m grant to SMEs

Mr Owolabi Adele, Chairman, Apapa Local Government Area in Lagos State has offered N20 million empowerment grant to 200 Small…

Tragedy as two workers get electrocuted at Lagos Boulos

An electric power accident has been reported at Bel Implex, a subshdiary of Boulos, a Nigerian distribution company for motorcycles,…

Lawyer Obasa, four others charged with fraud in Ibadan

EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned an Ibadan based lawyer, Adesile Obasa, and four others on an 11-count charge of conspiracy, forgery,…
Edward Ajogun, Ogun CP

Police bust five notorious Ogun cultists with corpse

Five suspected cultists have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command with the corpse of one…

Ruptured gas leak causes traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Passers-by and motorists were stranded at the Arepo-Magboro axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a gas pipeline ‘exploded’ near the…
RIFAN advises government on measures needed to reduce the price of rice as the commodity is becoming unaffordable for many Nigerians.

Yuletide: Jos residents lament local rice price hike

Some residents of Jos have decried the recent hike in the price of local rice in the area, describing the…
Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, NASFAT Chief Missioner

NASFAT Chief Missioner calls for prayer for safe return of kidnapped boys

Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, the Chief Missioner, Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), has called on all loving parents to pray for the quick…

NIWA, Presidential Amnesty Programme to secure inland waterways

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) plans to collaborate with the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the former’s quest to secure…

Jemimah Marcus becomes Lagos one-day governor

A 16-year-old pupil of Angus Memorial Senior High School, Jemimah Marcus, will become a one-day governor in Lagos on a…

Take your children away from boarding schools: Kano govt. tells parents

Kano State Government has told parents who have children in boarding schools to convey their children back home from today.
ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil staff dies at Qua Iboe facility

A top official of U.S. oil giant, ExxonMobil, has confirmed the death of a staff member of the company in…

Court rejects bail application of jailed Pastor, Israel Ogundipe

Embattled pastor and shepherd-in-charge of Celestial Church of Christ, Global Genesis Parish, Lagos, Israel Ogundipe, has lost the post-conviction bail…

How cultists killed crippled man in Lagos

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Sergent Hakeem Mohammed, an officer of the disbanded Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) alleged to have killed…

Environmental offenders jailed in Ekiti

Ten people have been sentenced to two months imprisonment each by a mobile Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti for involving…

Trader who claimed SARS pushed him off two-storey building lied – Police witness

Sergent Hamza Haruna, a police officer has said that claims of Mr Ndukawe Ekweke, a petitioner at the Lagos judicial…
Police

Police kill kidnapper, foil abduction of Chinese in Taraba

By Saidu Adamu The Police Command in Taraba said that it had foiled an attempt by some armed men to…