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Four Niger corps members get merit award

Four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday received the Niger state government merit awards for outstanding…
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NYSC: 3,049 corps members pass out in Kaduna

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday, conducted the Passing Out Parade (POP) ceremony for 3,049 Batch ‘A’ 2019…

Abuja’s isolation centre for coronavirus cases still under construction

Nigeria's capital Abuja has no isolation centre yet for possible cases of coronavirus, as the facility being built at the…

Building Collapse: Lagos Govt clamps down on block moulders

Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory has sealed off some block moulding factories, over failure to comply with existing standards.
Kidnappers release two siblings abducted on their way back from back school in Igarra, Edo State after payment of N6 million ransom.

Gunmen abduct 5 female students, teacher, gatemen in Niger

Gunmen have kidnapped five female students, one teacher and two gatemen of Tular Academy, Moruba, in Mariga Local Government Area…

Blasphemous song against Prophet Muhammed sparks protest in Kano

A blasphemous song against Islamic leader, Prophet Muhammed has sparked off massive protest in Kano as youths threatened the government…
Prove allegation of corruption against us, EFCC blasts Nompha

EFCC slams fresh charges on Mompha over N32.9bn fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has re-arraigned Ismaila Mustapha (aka Mompha), before Justice Mohammed Liman…

Eko Disco to cover metering by March 2021

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) will meter all the customers within its areas of coverage by March 2021. Mr…
Police, Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11, set to clash again over durbar display that usually adds color to Muslim festivities in Kano

Kano Assembly receives petitions to investigate Emir Sanusi

The Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday received two petitions sent to the House by a civil society organisation…

Queen of cannabis dealership arrested in Sokoto

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sokoto State Command, has arrested a woman who had been on the watchlist…

Abducted Catholic priest regains freedom

Benue Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the release of Rev. Fr. David Echioda, a priest of Catholic Diocese of Otukpo,…

Truck filled with stale meat intercepted in Rivers

A truck filled with dead meat has been intercepted in Rivers State.
Delta State Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa

Environmentalist lauds Okowa’s urban renewal programmes

Dr Newton Jibunoh, Environmental Crusader and Founder, Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE) has lauded Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa led government of…

Street Naming: Sanwo-Olu, Lagos CP petitioned over looming crisis in Ayobo-Ipaja

A Lagos -based lawyer, Ehis Omoijiade, has petitioned the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Commissioner of Police, Lagos…
Nigerian Navy personnel rescue eight policemen and one civilian during a boat accident around Agbura community of Bayelsa State

Reps committee assesses Navy in Lagos

The House of Representatives Committee on Navy on Tuesday visited the Western Naval Command in Lagos as part of its…

Ritualist Yahoo Yahoo Boy Adebowale arrested in Ibadan with coffin, coconut

A 38-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Azeez Adebowale, has been arrested in Ibadan with a mini coffin containing fetish materials.

Experts’ messages on family planning

In a bid to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), some experts have charged journalists to sensitise the public on…

EFCC arrests internet fraudsters with coffin

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested six suspected internet fraudsters.
DPR assures Nigerians of products availability during Sallah

7 illegal cooking gas plants sealed in Lagos

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday intensified efforts to curtail the incidence of gas explosion in Lagos State…

Gbajabiamila denies using public funds for mum’s shindig in Dubai

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has denied that the shindig for his 90 year-old mum in Dubai,…

EFCC busts foreign job scammers in Kaduna

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Obi Sobenna Jude…
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Court jails man 12 years for defiling minor

An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State, on Tuesday sentenced an unemployed man, Bashiru Osho, to 12 years imprisonment for…
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Landlord’s daughter stabs tenant

The police arraigned a 30-year-old woman, Kudirat Balogun, before Tinubu Magistrates' Court for allegedly stabbing a tenant living in her…

EFCC nabs 2 in Bauchi over fake American job offers

Two persons, Obi Sobenna Jude and Robert Sunday Olaoluwa, have been arrested in Bauchi by the Kaduna zone of the…

Dead Tony Anenih stalls money laundering trial of Ize-Iyamu, 4 others

Late Chief Tony Anenih loomed large on Monday in the courtroom of Edo State as the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Delta State Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa

Interagency cooperation: Okowa lauds army in Delta

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commended the Nigerian Army for its cooperation with other security agencies in tackling security…
NDLEA

NDLEA nabs 3 suspects for brewing skuchies

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three suspects in Kwara for alleged brewing of skuchies.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye of RCCG

Ortom salutes Adeboye at 78

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, on Monday, joined other well-wishers to celebrate the General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of…
Forum of Nasarawa House of Legislative Aides appeal to the Speaker of the House of Assembly House, Dr Danladi Jatau to increase their salary

Nasarawa Assembly seeks revocation of Central Pilot Science School

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has directed the state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to revoke the contract for…

Coronavirus: Red Cross mobilises volunteers in Edo

The Red Cross Society of Nigeria, Edo chapter, says it has mobilised and trained 100 volunteers to help sensitise the…