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Sokoto: Corps members protest non-payment of 4 months state allowances

The 2015 Batch ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to Sokoto State have protested the non-payment of their…

Kaduna feeding programe aims at 100,000 jobs :Chamber

The Nigerian Youth Chamber of Commerce (NYCC) said on Friday that the 16,000 jobs created by the Kaduna State Government…

FAAN MD urges staff on revenue drive

Mr Saleh Dunoma, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has urged the agency’s members of staff to work…
NDLEA arrests 20 drug traffickers in Edo

NDLEA confiscates N10.7bn illicit drugs, arrests 7

The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confiscated illicit drugs valued at over N10.7 billion…

Uncollected Certificates: LASU graduates rush in to beat deadline

Graduates are flocking to the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo campus to beat the Oct. 21 deadline set by the…

Hurricane Matthew: death toll rise to 283 in Haiti

Millions of Americans evacuated coastal areas of three states in the South-Eastern U.S. ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew…

Court strikes out FG’s forgery suit against Saraki, Ekweremadu

An FCT High Court on Friday struck out the Federal Government’s forgery charges against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his…

Woman fined N30,000 for slapping police officers

Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Thursday sentenced a 35-year-old woman, Mrs Oduwa Egbenayabuwa to two years imprisonment for allegedly…

Monarch blames students’ kidnap on school neglect

Oba Cajetan Adekoya of Ibonwon Community in Epe, Lagos, has blamed the abduction of some students and teachers in the…

Compliance level of speed limit not impressive- FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Anambra, said on Friday that majority of motorists were yet to comply with…

Allow your wives go for early cancer screening – Emir

Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar, the Emir of Gwandu, on Friday advised husbands to allow their wives to go for early breast…

JTF foils kidnap attempt, arrests 5

Troops of the Joint Military Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta Operation Delta Safe, have foiled a kidnap attempt,…

FG to register poor, vulnerable persons

The Federal Government is to open a register for the poor and vulnerable persons, Hajia Maryam Uwais, Special Adviser to…

Aisha Buhari urges women to be role models

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called on women in leadership positions to be role models for…

FRSC boss tasks staff on professionalism

Mr Shehu Zaki, the new State Zonal Commander, Federal Road Safely Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, on Friday advised his officers…

Patience Jonathan’s $15.5m: Court rejects bid to change pleas

Federal High Court, Lagos on Friday dismissed two applications filed before it seeking to change the guilty pleas of four…

Teenager remanded in prison over armed robbery

An Evbouriaria Magistrates’ Court, Benin, on Friday remanded 19-year-old Anthony Ogoni in prison, over alleged armed robbery. The prosecutor, Insp.…

Osun: Free meals boost pupils’ school enrollment – Official

Mrs Olubunmi Ayoola, Programme officer of the Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme (O’MEAL), says the free meal programme…

Civil servants urge FG to review pension scheme

A cross section of the Federal and State civil servants in Yobe have called on the Federal Government to make…

Students honour LG boss with leadership award

Paul Iyoghojie The leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, have honoured the Sole Administrator of Ikoyi-Obalende LCDA,…

Enugu State upgrades Zik’s Nsukka lodge for tourism

The Enugu State Government has commenced repairs of the Old Premier’s Lodge, Nsukka, once occupied by Nigeria’s First President, the…

Unrepentant phone thief lands in prison again

Paul Iyoghojie. The police at the Lion Building division, Lagos Island, Lagos have arrested an unrepentant handset thief, Damilola Joseph…

NSCDC declares two men wanted for amputation

The Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has declared two men wanted for allegedly…

Stop open defecation: Osun govt targets 2023

The Osun Government on Friday said the state would be open-defecation-free by the year 2023. The Permanent Secretary, Osun Ministry…

Benue to generate 10 megawatts of electricity

The Benue Commissioner for Works, Transport and Energy, Mr Emmanuel Manger, said on Friday that the State Government had commenced…

51 corps members to repeat service in four states

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has ordered 51 corps members under Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 to repeat their service…

South African student protesters demand university shutdown

South African students protesting high tuition fees have demanded that all universities be shut until the government provides free education,…

Hajj 2016: Sokoto State loses 3 pilgrims

The Director-General, Sokoto State Pilgrims’ Welfare Agency (PWA), Alhaji Ibrahim Umar,said the state had lost three pilgrims during the just…

Ex-banker jailed 12 years over N8bn currency scam

A former banker with Wema Bank Nigeria Plc, Ademola Oni was on Thursday October 6, 2016 convicted and sentenced to…

N5.5m fraud: Court revokes bail against ex-PHCN staff

The FCT High Court has revoked an earlier bail granted Solomon Ndam, an ex-staff of defunct Power Holding Company of…