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Man jailed for 3 years over N5.8m fraud

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

An Osun Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Tuesday sentenced one Olayinka Awofisoye, 33, to three years imprisonment over N5.8million…

Erosion threatens Federal Secretariat, High Court in Anambra

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal High Court, Awka, and the ongoing multi-million naira Federal Secretariat complex both in Anambra are currently under threat…

Farmers urged to key into yam export initiative

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) Farmers’ Cooperatives in Lagos State has called on farmers to key…

NIMASA, shipping coys advised to partner on sea time training

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

A maritime expert, Chief Kunle Folarin, has advised the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to…

State Assembly moves to return history teaching

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to revive teaching and learning of history as a…

Funding and research building block of Agric in Nigeria – Don

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Prof. Musibau Bamikole, the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has called for adequate funding and capacity building for effective research coordination…

Gov. advises parents to guard children against drug abuse

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised parents to guard against instances that could lure their children indulging drug abuse.

Fire Guts Zambia Market

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Fire gutted part of Zambia’s biggest market in the nation’s capital on Tuesday in what the government suspected was an…

AEDC To Procure Additional 30,000 Prepaid Meters

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Fire gutted part of Zambia’s biggest market in the nation’s capital on Tuesday in what the government suspected was an…

Agency To Immunise 3m Children In 6 Days

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency, says it plans to immunise three million children age 0-5 against poliomyelitis…

3 Docked For Kidnapping 9-Months-Old Baby

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Three persons were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody by a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnap…

Etisalat Appoints New CEO

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Etisalat has appointed Boye Olusanya as its new after the former Chairman Hakeem Belo-Osagie resigned early this week.

Residents must make conscious efforts to avert building collapse – LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government has charged residents of the State to make conscious efforts to avert incessant building collapse in…

Kogi Electorate File Suit To Remove State Gov

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Some electorate in Kogi, have approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the return and swearing-in of Alhaji…

450 Illegal Immigrants Repatriated From Edo – NIS

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday, said it arrested and repatriated no fewer than 450 illegal immigrants from Edo…

BBC To Expand Children, Youth-Oriented Programmes

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Tuesday published a plan to expand output of children’s and youth-oriented programmes, online services and…

24-Year-Old Cultist Arrested Over Murder

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

An Ota Chief Magistrate's’ Court in Ogun, on Tuesday remanded a 24-year-old suspected cultist, Rasheed Adeola, in prison over alleged…

NDLEA Secures Conviction Of 240 Illicit Drug Users

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has secured the conviction of 240 suspected drug users in Kano…

Green Card: American To Remain In Kirikiri Prison

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

An American national, Marco Ramirez, who allegedly obtained 565,000 dollars under false pretences from three Nigerians in an American Green…

Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A lawmaker from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority ruling Conservative Party, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of…

Uber Awaits Final EU Court Ruling

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Uber on Tuesday played down an EU court opinion that some of its services could be illegal.

Vigilance group nabs 7 robbery suspects in Abakaliki

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Ebonyi Neighborhood Watch Group (ENWG), a vigilance outfit established by the State Government has arrested seven armed robbery suspects…

3 Die During Church Deliverance Service

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Police in Delta, have confirmed that three worshippers died during deliverance service at a Church located in the outskirt…

Kano assembly probes former speaker over graft

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Kano State House of Assembly has given three months to a committee to investigate its erstwhile Speaker, Alhaji Kabiru…

Aisha Buhari Condoles With Maitama Sule’s Family

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has condoled with the family of late Danmasanin Kano, Yusuf Maitama Sule,…

Police probe death of family of six

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, has ordered a thorough investigation of the death of a family of…

Kidnappers abduct medical consultant in Port Harcourt

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Gunmen have kidnapped Dr. Alex Akani, a medical consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology with the Department of Family Medicine, University…

Party Chieftain cautions loyalists against utterances

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Alhaji Maigoro Hukuma, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina state, has cautioned party loyalists to refrain from…

ACBF coordinates programmess worth $700m across 45 countries

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has coordinated development programmes worth more than 700 million dollars across 45 countries in…

10 killed, dozens hurt in garment factory blast

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Fire officials said on Tuesday a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi garment factory killed 10 people and injured dozens.

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