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Shettima presents cows, food items to NYSC members

Gov Kashim Shetima of Borno on Tuesday presented food items to the 2016 Batch ‘B’ corps members posted to Borno…

NDLEA arrests 85 drug suspects

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gombe State Command, had arrested 85 drug suspects, seized 130.922 kilograms of cannabis…

Dangote sacks 109 workers

The Dangote Group has dismissed 109 workers at Obajana Cement Company in Kogi State, after being found guilty of various…

Reps to investigate death of corps member

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, resolved to investigate the death of Miss Rachael Oladepo, a corps member at the…

Police arrest 10 suspects for abusing female IDPs

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, said two policemen, three Soldiers, one prison official, one Air Force personnel,…

Breaking: Nigeria Police releases names of new recruits

Names of successful applicants into the Nigeria Police Force in the just concluded recruitment exercise have been released by the…

Buhari presents 2017 budget to National Assembly nextweek

President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2017 budget proposal to the National Assembly on Dec. 14. This is contained in…

Man admits dealing on illicit drugs

A 35-year-old man, Abinbila Etuk, on Tuesday admitted before a Federal High Court in Lagos that he deals on illicit…
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PDP candidate accepts defeat, hails INEC

Mr Babatope Akinyele, Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s Ifako/Ijaiye Federal Constituency by-election in Lagos, has accepted…

2 men in court over alleged wandering

An Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N30,000 each to two men,…

66 nurses bow out from Ogun State service

No fewer than 66 nurses on Tuesday retired from the Ogun State service, with a big gap created in the…

Police arrest kidnappers who murdered Dangote employee

The Nigerian police said they have arrested three of the kidnappers who murdered one of the employees of Dangote Group…

Labourer remanded for stealing handbags worth N100,000

A Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 20-year-old labourer, Umoru Idrisa, in prison for stealing a sack…

2 missing, 6 rescued in Iran helicopter crash

The head of Rescue Organisation of Iran’s Red Crescent Society on Tuesday said two people on board a rescue helicopter…

Corps member plants 6,000 economic trees

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Ebonyi, Goldshield Kanjal has started planting of over 6,000 economic trees…

Police rescue kidnap victim, arrest 4 suspects

Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, Enugu State Police Commissioner,[/caption The Enugu state Police Command, has rescued Miss Chinenye Nwobodo, 18, a kidnapped…

Kidnapped radio journalist regains freedom

The Benue Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the release of a Radio Journalist, Mrs Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye, who was kidnapped four…

Saudi court sentences 15 to death for spying

A Saudi Court on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom’s arch-enemy, Iran, Saudi-owned media reported,…

Female professor caught in exam malpractice suspended

The University of Jos (UNIJOS) has suspended one of its academic staff who was allegedly caught cheating while writing an…

Security man kills co-worker, cuts his body into pieces

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Haruna Abubakar who allegedly killed his colleague, cut him into…

Group warns Sanusi over attack on presidency

A Kano-based pro-democracy group, Coalition for Democratic Norms (CODEM), has cautioned the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to desist…

Abuja Carnival: President Buhari to support creative industry

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated Federal Government’s support for the creative industry as part of measures to grow the economy.…

Motorist hits 6 security personnel in Zamfara –FRSC

Six security personnel have been reportedly hit by a motorist, resulting in the death of four of them in Talata-Mafara,…

Lagos charges miners against degrading the environment

The Lagos State Government has charged miners in the state to desist from degrading its environment through their mining activities.…

Court remands 2 women over alleged contempt

Two women were on Tuesday ordered to be remanded in Ilesa Prisons by an Osogbo Magistrate’s’ Court for disrespecting the…

FRSC, stakeholders to ensure sanity on roads

The Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Sango-Ota, Ogun, Mr Leye Adegboyega, has urged stakeholders to collaborate with officials…

Kebbi LG targets 700 children for polio immunisation

The Bunza Local Government Council of Kebbi, says it targets 700 children in the area for immunisation against polio which…

UNDP launches report to accelerate gender equality

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has launched Africa Human Development Report 2016 to accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment in…

Army gives out dedicated GSM lines to public

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday gave dedicated GSM lines for the general public to call for any information or request…

Chevron appoints Esimaje Brikinn as GM, PGPA

Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has announced the appointment of Mr Esimaje Brikinn as General Manager of Policy, Government and Public…