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Mile 12-Ketu Road reconstruction: Lagos shuts BRT lane for 14 days

As part of the ongoing reconstruction of Ikorodu Road, (Mile 12 – ketu), Lagos State Government has announced that there…

Lagos Assembly announces Clerk, Azeez Sanni’s retirement

Azeez Adebowale Sanni, the Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has retired from the State public service after…
No less than 24 people were killed and 471,000 others displaced by the recent flood that ravaged 10 Local Government Areas in Kogi State.

Flood submerges 50 houses in Niger

No fewer than 50 houses and properties worth millions of Naira have been submerged and destroyed by flood in Gallah…
Benue Assembly

Benue Assembly passes Infectious Diseases Bill

By Onyeje Abutu-Joel/Makurdi Benue House of Assembly on Thursday passed the Benue State Highly Infectious Diseases (Emergency, Prevention and Management)…

INEC container fire puts Ondo firemen to shame

But for the dysfunctional equipment of the Ondo Fire Service, some of the 5,141 card readers that INEC lost to…

LASEMA evacuates 77 people from weak building in Ijora

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Thursday, evacuated 77 occupants of a partially collapsed building on Afolabi Alafia…
Rivers Police PRO Nnamdi Omoni: announces restriction of movement during next Saturday's local government election in Rivers State.

Shocker: Rivers pedophile father Tobias defiles three daughters

Detectives of the Rivers State Police Command are interrogating a 38-year-old man, Uchenna Onyegbele Tobias, who was arrested for allegedly…

29 adults, 48 children escape death as building collapses in Lagos

Twenty-nine adults and 48 children have escaped death as a storey building collapsed at Ijora Badia area of Lagos, Southwest…

Edo, Ondo Polls: No face mask, no voting – INEC

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said voters for Edo and Ondo governorship elections must wear…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

Police: Gunmen abduct 10 residents of Abuja community

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command said its operatives had rescued five out of the 10 residents…

Police kill suspected robber during gun duel

The Police in Delta on Wednesday killed a member of suspected robbery gang during an encounter in Udu Local Government…

Payroll fraud: 80 civil servants sacked in Niger

The Niger State Government has dismissed 80 civil servants for allegedly placing themselves on salaries above their current status. Hajiya…

Burial rites for Amaechi’s brother Sir Charles Amaechi begin today

The burial rites for Sir Charles Amaechi, brother of Transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, will begin today with a vigil mass.

Police speak on detained IPOB member

By Stanley Nwanosike/Enugu Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, CP Ahmad Abdulrahman, on Thursday said the police were giving medical treatment…

Police speak on IPOB members detained in Enugu

By Stanley  Nwanosike Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, on Thursday said the police was treating the detained…

Trader bags 2 years jail term for stealing carrots

By Zainab Oyekan An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old trader, Abba…

Sanwo-Olu promises to reward teachers with 20 cars

By Florence Onuegbu Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to give 20 cars to deserving teachers across the…

“We are suffering” – UNICAL lecturers protest

Members of the University of Calabar chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) protested non-payment of their allowances…

Missing underwear leads to marriage breakup in Ibadan

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Wednesday dissolved a marriage involving a trader, Sadia Abass, and her husband, Azeez,…

Total blackout: Rivers youths, women protest at Afam Power Station

Youths and women of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State are protesting at the Afam Power Station following the…

Nigeria records 11,277 violent deaths in one year – Report

No fewer than 11,277 Nigerians have been killed in violent manner in 2019, a report by the Nigerian Watch has…
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State

Gov. Abdulrazaq appoints new Secretary for Kwara TESCOM

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of AbdulRahman Babatunde as the new Secretary of the Kwara State…

Kingmaker Chief Ogunbambi slams N500m suit on Oniru family

A kingmaker in the Oniru kingdom of Lagos State, Chief Wasiu Ogunbambi, has slammed a N500m fundamental rights suit on…

Controversies trail killing of wanted Benue crime kingpin, Gana

By Ayorinde Oluokun It was a controversial end for wanted Benue crime kingpin, Terwase Agwaza alias Gana on Tuesday as…

Video, Photos: Adeboye, wife celebrate 53rd wedding anniversary

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG and his wife, Foluke on Tuesday celebrated their 53rd…

Protest in Ibadan: Yoruba religion adherents demand public holiday

Yoruba religion adherents on Tuesday held a peaceful march to the Oyo state government secretariat complex at Agodi Ibadan, to…

2,884 Lagosians rescued from traffickers – NAPTIP

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday disclosed that 2,884 indigenes of Lagos State…

CHALIFF to feed 1,000 families weekly

In its efforts to fight hunger, reduce poverty and provide access to potable water to the most vulnerable households and…

NSCDC officer Bulus Sanda murdered by Kaduna kidnappers

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kaduna State has confirmed the murder of its kidnapped officer, Mr…

Internet fraudster, native doctor arrested over rape of 6-year-old girl in Edo

By Jethro Ibileke A middle-aged man, Okehelem Oyenma, on Monday narrated how a suspected internet fraudster, otherwise known as Yahoo…