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Nigeria’s Abdulrasheed jailed for love scam

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC  on Tuesday secured the conviction and sentencing of…
Vladimir Skachidub jailed in Russia for being a Jehovah's Witness

Russia jails disabled man Skachidub for being Jehovah’s Witness

Sixty-eight members of the Jehovah's Witness have been jailed since 2017, and 32 put under house arrest
Kano House of Assembly speaker Hamisu Ibrahim Chidari

Ganduje sends N33.8B supplementary budget to Assembly

According to the governor’s request, N3.22 billion will be for personnel cost, while N9.2 billion will be spent on overhead…
Kano House of Assembly probes School of Health Technology

Kano Assembly probes payment scandal in School of Health Tech

The panel will also probe incidents of students making payments to the school, without being issued receipts.
A brand of low dose aspirin: warning by US expert panel to over 60s

U.S. panel issues warning on daily aspirin for the over 60

The statement was a major reversal in the US medical field, where taking aspirin daily is a widespread practice.
Aisha Buhari

Peter Obi queries budget for First Lady Aisha Buhari, wives of governors

He described the vote for Aisha Buhari and wives of state governors an unnecessary expenditure that should be channeled into…
Scores of Edo youths at a failed section of the Benin -Sapele expressway on Tuesday protesting the deplorable condition of the road.

Edo youths protest deplorable state of Benin/Warri road

Residents lament that the bad state of the road has disconnected communities in Edo and Delta States
Shoneye Idowu Segun

Polytechnic student Shoneye jailed for impersonation

Shoneye, who claims to be a student of marketing from Ogitech Polytechnic, was convicted after pleading ‘guilty’ to one-count charge…
LASPPPA

LASPPPA takes delivery of 20 operational vehicles

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been commended for approving the release of 20 Operational Vehicles to the Lagos State…
Curtis Ugbo, President of the Benin Solidarity Movement: arrested by police for allegedly lying against a Benin-based human rights lawyer, Olayiwola Afolabi.

Benin Solidarity Movement’s President, Ugbo in police net

Ugbo was alleged to have said that Afolabi collected the sum of  N10m from one Prince Johnson Atseleghe as a…
Usher Raymond

Singer Usher welcomes fourth child

Award-winning RnB singer, Usher Raymond, has welcomed his fourth child, a baby boy who was born on September 29, 2021.
Obaseki (right) with Andrew Emwanta: Coalition of Benin Youth Groups asks Governor Godwin Obaseki to remove Andrew Emwanta as Commissioner for Information and Orientation.

Group asks Obaseki to sack Commissioner Andrew Emwanta

Emwanta was accused of opposing the appointment of a Benin man as Chairman of NDDC and saying that he owes…
Aiko Dangote

Theft at Dangote refinery: 8 staff docked

They were arraigned before the court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful removal of electrical cables.

Atiku commends NASS for U-Turn on e-transmission of election results

He said that the harmonization of positions between the two institutions is an indication that Nigeria's democracy is growing and…
Students of Premiere Academy

Premiere Academy sends forth 80 students

Premiere Academy in Nigeria's capital city, Abuja has rolled out the drums in celebration of 80 students, who recently graduated…
Court sentences jails Prof. Magaji Garba, a former VC of Federal University Gusau 35 years for obtaining money by false pretence and forgery

Alleged N260m fraud: Ex-Vice Chancellor Prof. Garba arraigned 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on Tuesday, arraigned in court a former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau,…
L-R: Wife of Rt. Hon. Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Olusola Obasa; Wife of Deputy Governor, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat; First Lady and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu; and Chairperson, COWLSO 21st National Women’s Conference Planning Committee, Mrs Nkem Sofela, during a press conference to announce activities for the forthcoming conference, held at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday, 12th October 2021.

COWLSO to invest massively to boost education in rural areas

The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) on Tuesday unveiled plans to invest massively to boost education across…
Spelling Bee: Kosofe LG grants hundreds of students, pupils school materials

Spelling Bee: Kosofe LGA gifts educational materials to students

Kosofe Local Government has gifted educational materials to hundreds of students at the 2021 Spelling Bee competition held at the…
Senate adopts the House of Representatives report on the establishment of the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023.

Senate begins debate on 2022 appropriation bill

The Senate on Tuesday commenced debate on the 2022 appropriation bill presented to the National Assembly last week by President…
Buhari addressing ministers and others at the retreat

Buhari issues stern order to ministers, perm. secs.

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja ordered cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries to redouble their efforts and work in synergy…
IMN members in a protest

We have no plan for seven-day protest – IMN

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Tuesday said it has no plan to embark on seven days protest in…
The remains of two boys of Madam Precious Sunday beside the truck that crushed them to death under the Isaac Boro Park flyover in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

I want justice, not N1m for killing of my 2 boys: Bereaved mother

The bereaved mother who was pregnant and due for delivery when the accident occurred gave birth to a baby girl…
Nigerian Senate

Senate to Finance Ministry: Release funds to FERMA for urgent road maintenance

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Ministry of Finance to as a matter of urgency, release adequate funds to…
Femi Akintunde-Johnson (FAJ)

Femi Akintunde-Johnson to celebrate 60th birthday with colloquium, book launch

Eminent journalist, communication scholar and entertainment guru, Mr. Femi Akintunde-Johnson (FAJ), will be celebrating his 60th birthday on Saturday, October…
Court sentences Lagos man, Eniola Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for forcefully having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend

Why I beheaded my brother – Plateau man Danladi confesses

“I became very angry and disappointed that he could do such a thing. I picked up a knife and stabbed…
St. Albert the Great Institute for Higher Education

Updated: Bandits demand N50m for 3 kidnapped students of Kaduna seminary

Mr. J.F. Dabo, an assistant to the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said the bandits have contacted…

7 die, several injured in Kwara auto crash

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of seven people, several injured in an auto crash in…
Some private jets in Nigeria: Customs threatens to impound 29 private jets.

Customs threatens to impound 29 private jets

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) released its report on the verification of privately-owned airplanes in the country on Tuesday in…
Workers of the Edo State House of Assembly, under the aegis of PASAN protest the non-implementation of the new minimum wage.

Edo Assembly passes bill to establish nursing college

The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday in Benin passed the Edo State College of Nursing Science Law 2021…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Atagan Danladi remanded for beheading brother

A High Court in Jos on Tuesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Atagan Danladi, who allegedly beheaded his brother after…