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Ogun socialite docked for alleged N35m scam

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office on Monday arraigned a socialite, Mary Maisirat Akerele on a…

300 tanker accidents recorded in Lagos in 2020 – LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Monday disclosed that over 300 fuel tanker accidents were recorded in the State in 2020.

Jimoh Ibrahim wins bid to recover seized assets

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, set aside the interim order through which the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria…

Oba Sikiru Atanda II passes away

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

A prominent First Class traditional ruler in Kwara State, the Olupo of Ajase-Ipo, Oba Sikiru Atanda Woleola II, has passed…

Ex-Imo governor Rochas Okorocha released

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The Spokesperson for Imo State Command, Orlando Ikeokwu on Monday, confirmed that the former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha,…

27 Kagara students, 15 others not yet released by abductors [Updated]

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The 27 students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State and 15 others have not been released by their abductors.

PHOTOS: Freed bus passengers in Niger Government’s House

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Passengers abducted from a bus belonging to Niger Transport Authority were received at the state’s government house after they were…

Update: Full list of 7 Air Force officers who perished in ill-fated aircraft crash

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has released the full list of seven of its personnel who died in the ill-fated…

Police arrest 3 ‘herders’ over attack on Ogun community

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Police arrest three suspects, alleged to be herdsmen, over recent attacks in Bamajo village in Ayetoro area of Ogun state.

Bandits storm Kajuru LGA, raze Catholic Church, two homes

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Armed bandits razed the building of the Holy Family Catholic Church, and two homes, in Kikwari village, Kajuru local government…

NDLEA uncovers cannabis warehouse, seizes N17m illicit drugs

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Rivers has uncovered a warehouse of compressed cannabis Sativa in Abuja Estate…

Military aircraft crash: Names of five people on board identified

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The names of five of the seven people on board the ill-fated Beechcraft King Air B350i Nigeria Air Force plane…

Ex-ABS midfielder, Ibrahim Odiba, slumps, dies during training in Lokoja

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Ibrahim Odiba, ex-ABS FC midfielder dies during footaball training at Confluence Stadium, Lokoja, Kogi state capital.

FRSC returns N420,000 cash found at crash site

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has returned N420,000 cash found at an auto crash site at Akinfosile, along Lagos-Ore…

Lagos Mobile court jails fake soldier

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

A Lagos State Mobile Court over the weekend convicted and sentenced a fake Soldier arrested by the operatives of the…

COVID-19 kills ex-Lagos governorship aspirant Kitoye Branco-Rhodes

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State Kitoye Branco-Rhodes has died of reported complications…

Kwara Fire Service averts fire disaster at Crown Hill University

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The Kwara Fire Service on Saturday averted a fire outbreak at the Crown Hill University, Eiyenkorin in Asa Local Government…

Sanwo-Olu inaugurates equipped PHC in Ifelodun LCDA

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

A state-of-the-art Primary Health Centre (PHC) was, on Saturday, commissioned by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Alaba-Oro, Ifelodun Local Council Development…

Kagara abduction: Niger lawmakers visit Gov. Bello

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The Niger state House of Assembly said it would amend the law relating to kidnapping, to provide for stiffer punishment…

Gory sight as Police rescue 3 minors from 80-year old woman in Anambra (Photos)

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

It was a gory sight on Friday as officers of Anambra Police Command arrested 80-year-old Chidi Nwafor for subjecting three…

Efforts to take Oyo from poverty to prosperity on course – Makinde

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State declared on Saturday that his government's plan to take the state from poverty to…

Tears as midnight inferno consumes shops in Port Harcourt

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Traders at a section of Mile 3 market, Port Harcourt, lament the destruction of their goods in an inferno which…

NBA calls for investigation over murder of pregnant lawyer

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to investigate all circumstances around the…

Sule grants full financial autonomy to 13 Nasarawa LGAs

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Dr Emmanuel Akabe the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State has said, the administration of Governor Abdullahi Sule has granted full…

Union workers storm Port Harcourt International Airport

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

Members of Fright Forwarders Transport Association have barricaded the Port Harcourt International Airport Junction, stopping vehicular movements.

Uzodinma confirms inviting military to Orlu

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Hope Uzodinma the governor of Imo State on Friday confirmed inviting the military to flush out members of the Eastern…

Imo seizes Okorocha’s Royal Palm Estate

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Imo State Government on Friday seized the Royal Palm Estate on Akachi Road, Owerri belonging to Nkechi Okorocha, wife…

NDLEA intercepts 1,292 kilograms of illicit drug in Ondo

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Nine suspected drug dealers have been arrested and a total of 1,292 kilograms of cannabis Sativa and its seeds have…

Insecurity: El-Rufai demands state police establishment

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has lent his voice with national analysts calling for the devolution of power between…

653 public servants enroll for Edo Health Insurance Scheme

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

No fewer than 653 civil servants in Edo have enrolled for the state government's Health Insurance Scheme, in five days.

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