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Borno monarch lauds NYSC’s sustainable development programmes

The Shehu of Borno, Abubakar El-Kanemi, has commended the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over its contributions toward the sustainable…

Bolatito Akande named FUOYE new Bursar

The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), says it has officially appointed Mrs Bolatito Akande as its substantive Bursar.
Mining areas record rise in out-of-school children

500,000 Kano out-of-school children enrolled

The Kano State Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru, says over 500,000 out-of-school children in the state are now back to…
MTN announces dates to bar subscribers who haven’t submitted NINs

Robbers invade MTN office 

The Kebbi Police Command has confirmed the invasion of MTN office in Tudun Wada area of Birnin Kebbi by three…

Applicant remanded for rape of 9-year old girl

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State has ordered that a 21-year-old applicant, Amos Victor, who allegedly defiled a…

Lagos govt alerts public on Coronavirus

The Lagos State Government has alerted its citizens on the spread of novel Coronavirus (nCoV) which, according to it, is…

Plateau Speaker reacts to Unimaid student’s killing

The Speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, Mr Abok Ayuba, on Thursday described the killing of a student of…

Sanusi calls for protection of less privileged

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called on leaders and politicians in the country to protect the interest…
Nigerian

End of the road: Fugitive oil thief bags 10 years Jail

An oil thief, Abednego Ogede, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and convicted in absentia…

Lagos begins mass arrest of Pedestrians crossing highways

As part of efforts to ensure free flow of vehicular movement in the State, the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps…
3 dead in communal clash in Kaduna

7 killed, 1 injured in Ikorodu cult clash

No fewer than seven people were reportedly killed during a violent clash between two rival cultic groups, which started on…

Deadly Lassa Fever wipes out 16  lives in Ondo

Raging Lassa Fever in Ondo State has killed 16 people in Akoko area, with 45 others affected by the deadly…

FSARS arrests 3 Lagos Island youths over cultism

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS on Lagos Island, Lagos have arrested three suspected members of Eiye Confraternity…

Sanwo-Olu approves relocation of displaced victims of Abule Egba pipeline explosion

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the relocation of 300 displaced people affected by the Ile-Epo pipeline explosion in…

Imohimi orders arrest of inspector for beating widow to death

The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, has ordered the arrest of a Police Inspector attached to the…

Court sentences 2 to life imprisonment for kidnapping senator’s wife

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced Abel Okoro and Vincent Wilson, for kidnapping the wife of Senator…

Rivers to ensure commercial motorists use state’s official colours

Rivers State House of Assembly has begun moves to ensure commercial bus and taxis are painted in the Rivers official…

Amotekun: Ogun Joins Southwest Peaceful Rally

Ogun state joined the rest of the southwest states in the solidarity rally against the federal government's rejection of the…

Mechanic’s murder: Ohanaeze Ndigbo gives 7-day ultimatum to Rivers Police

The Apex Socio-Cultural Organization of the Igbos, Ohaneze Indigbo has given a seven-day ultimatum to sue the Rivers State Police…

Group slams Mile one Police Division, Rivers

Just as the dust raised by the torturing to death of one late Chima Ikwunado, a Mechanic, by the E-Crack…
Dr Tomi Coker. Ogun State Commissioner for Health: cholera scare in Magboro

Ogun to become Health Tourist Destination of Choice – Commissioner

Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker has hinted that the present administration is determined to make the health…

Elegushi resumes as Home Affairs Commissioner

Sequel to the recent reshuffling of some members of the State Executive Council of the Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu administration, the…

College of Education to begin study of Kambari language

The Niger State College of Education, Minna says it will soon include Kambari, one of the state’s local dialects, as…
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Nigerian Govt begins distribution of cooking gas in Nasarawa

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Nasarawa state commenced the distribution of cooking gas to 13,000 rural women across the…

NIJ sacks lecturer over sexual assault

The management of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) has sacked one of its part-time lecturers, Tene John, who was…

Nigerian Navy evicts residents of Tarkwa Bay

Hundreds of people in Tarkwa Bay, an island near Lagos were evicted at gunpoint Tuesday by Nigerian navy personnel.
Nigerian

Edo men face life imprisonment, caning for rape

Two men, Jimoh Imade and Matthew Chigozie, risk being committed to life imprisonment, with or without caning, if found guilty…

Army warns motorists against irregular check points

Maj. Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has cautioned motorists against stopping at irregular security checkpoints on the…

Fashola sent to prison over alleged N20m fraud

A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has ordered the remand of a lawyer, Lere Fashola, in the custody…

We’ll fish out vandals who caused Abule Egba pipeline explosion – Hamzat

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat on Tuesday called for collaboration among the relevant stakeholders on how to end…