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Task Force arrests face masks defaulters in Onitsha

Onitsha on Tuesday witnessed serious pandemonium as Anambra State Face Mask Enforcement Team arrested residents who defaulted by refusing to…

EFCC arraigns businessman Chinweuba for N4m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 16, 2021, arraigned one Obetta Hillary Chinweuba before Justice R.O Dugbo…

Okowa’s father laid to rest

The remains of Sir Okorie Okowa, father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, was on Tuesday, laid to rest at…

Bird flu: Over 10,000 birds destroyed in Jos

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Plateau State chapter, has said that over 10,000 birds had been destroyed in Jos…
Journalists

Plateau commissioner calls on journalists to be professional

Mr Sylvanus Tapgun, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Plateau, has called on journalists to be professional…
NDLEA

NDLEA charges 20-year-old for drug trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 20-year-old man, Buhari Lawal, with peddling 1.45kg of Cannabis Sativa…
DPR assures Nigerians of products availability during Sallah

DPR decries sale of petrol in Jerry cans

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Niger said it is uncomfortable with the operations of some marketers of petroleum…
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State

Bello dissolves Kogi United FC, Confluence Queens managements

Kogi State government sacked the managements of Kogi United FC and that of Confluence Queens FC on Tuesday.

Sanwo-Olu to commission Pen Cinema bridge Saturday

Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will on Saturday commission the Pen Cinema Bridge in Agege area of the State.

Vigilantes, hunters invade kidnappers’ den, arrest 10 suspects

By Richard Elesha Local vigilante group and hunters in Kogi State have invaded kidnappers’ den and arrest 10 suspected kidnappers.…

Obalende shootout: Sanwo-Olu resolves NURTW, RTEAN fracas

The Lagos State Government has resolved the fracas between the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road…
Kano explosion

One-year-old boy injured in Kano gas explosion

A one-year-old baby boy and 35-old-old housewife suffered a varying degree of injuries in Kano following an early morning of…

Flood control: Jigawa Govt inaugurates 9-member committee

Alhaji Adamu Fanini, Secretary to the Jigawa State Government (SSG), has disclosed that the government has inaugurated a nine-member flood…

Ogun LG staff stabs wife to death over suspicion of infidelity

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command at the weekend arrested Sobola Olatunji, 46, a staff of Remo North Local…

Lekki Estate residents list conditions for Toll Gate re-opening

Residents of estates around Lekki, under the aegis of Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA), have given the Lagos…

Iddo inferno: Lagos fire service saves 23 warehouses

The Lagos State Fire & Rescue Service saved 23 Warehouses in Iddo area of Lagos State from being razed by…
Court

Court remands university staff over sexual abuse of teenager in Rivers

Court remands 45-year-old security staff of University in Rivers, Mgbechi Wekwa, over alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old year old…

Rivers man Sodienye Mbatumukeke to die for killing Jumia agent over iPhone

Court sentences Sodienye Mbatumukeke to death over murder of Jumia agent over iPhone in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in 2017

No toll yet at Lekki Toll Plaza, says LCC boss Omomuwasan

The Managing Director (MD) of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Mr. Yomi Omomuwasan has said the firm would not immediately…

Edo teenager Osaro dies after gun in his pocket blows off his testicles

The boy allegedly hid the gun in one of the pockets of his trousers, before it went off as he…

Classic fraud scheme: Ikorodu hotelier Ebiesuwa Fredrick, wife jailed 40 years

A hotelier in Ikorodu, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40-year imprisonment each.

Lagos police arrest eight suspected traffic robbers in Ketu

The Lagos Police Command says its officers have arrested eight suspected traffic robbers in Ketu area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Lagos begins two-week anti-rabies vaccination campaign

Lagos State Government will on Tuesday begin a two-week free mass anti-rabies vaccination campaign programme to curb the menace of…

N525m Fraud: Court dismisses Scales’ bail applications appeal

The Calabar Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed the application by a suspected serial fraudster, Scales Olatunji challenging…

Photos from Train-Trailer accident scene in Lagos

A train collided with a truck loaded with animal feed at Jonathan Coker Railway Level Crossing in the Fagba Area…

EFCC arrests seven ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ suspects in Benin

Seven men suspected to be internet fraudsters or Yahoo Yahoo boys have been arrested by operatives of the EFCC, Benin…

BRT bus, conveying 45 persons, bursts into flames

Passengers scampered for safety as a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus conveying 45 persons suddenly caught fire on Monday close…

Kaduna DJ Blessed Michael jailed for impersonating Dangote, Buratai

A Kaduna based disc jockey, Blessed Michael is to spend six months in prison for posing on Facebook as former…

KWASU student arraigned over romance scam

A student of Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, Atoyebi Ayodeji Blessing, has been arraigned before High Court on one count…

Reno Omokri names fourth child after Goodluck Jonathan

Reno Omokri has named his fourth child after the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.