Akinwunmi Ambode reassures of better opportunities ahead
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode is optimistic that the New Year will present limitless opportunities and true happiness for residents. Speaking at the...
View ArticleGov endorses ex-information minister, Nwodo as Ohanaeze president-general
Chief Nnia Nwodo As Allison Madueke, Ejike join race for January 9 election Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has endorsed a former Minister of Information, Chief Nnia Nwodo for Ohanaeze Ndigbo...
View ArticleSickle cell patient, Olumodeji, needs N10 million for kidney transplant
Olumodeji on sick bed For Mrs. Titi Olumodeji, a sickle cell patient, who is currently on a sick bed for kidney failure, the Yuletide season, is nothing but a period of agony, as she remained...
View Article2016: Year of hardship, little cheer...
Reflecting on hard times The year 2016 will not be forgotten in a hurry. Of all the high and low moments, two things stand out – the year of Recession and the year of the retort, ‘Is this the Change we...
View ArticleMy husband stabbed me, locked me up for days
Faith Ifeoma Ojiaku The 27-year-old woman, who was severely brutalised by her husband and even stabbed in the private part with a broken bottle, has narrated her own side of the story and what led to...
View ArticleAlleged serial rapists of nine women arrested in Lagos
The suspects Four suspected members of a robbery gang, who allegedly raped nine women in Lagos State have been arrested by the Rapid Response Squad of the State Police command. A statement by the...
View ArticleNDLEA arrests man who hid cocaine in shoe soles
NDLEA Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja have discovered parcels of whitish substance that tested positive for cocaine...
View ArticleAnxiety as Edo bans private revenue collectors
Revenue Anxiety has pervaded Benin City, Edo State capital and environs over the recent ban by the state government of private persons collecting revenues for the state government. The contractors,...
View ArticleI was impeached because I did not share funds, says former Abia speaker
Martins Azubuike Six days after being ousted from office, Chief Martins Azubuike, the former Speaker, Abia House of Assembly, says his uprightness cost him the job. Azubuike who made the disclosure on...
View ArticleVice principal arrested for raping student
The Police have arrested a Vice Principal in Nassarawa State suspected of raping his female student. The News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] reports that three other persons allegedly engaged in various cases...
View ArticleTwo arrested for homosexuality in Edo
An Oredo Magistrate Court in Benin on Wednesday granted two homosexuals, Paul Frank, 31, and Ejimofor Christian, 22, N100,000 bail each. The Chief Magistrates, Mrs M.C. Ojobo, who granted the accused...
View ArticleLawyer criticises Ekiti Assembly for indulging governor
Ekiti Assembly An Akure-based activist and lawyer, Mr Morakinyo Ogele, on Wednesday criticised the 26-member all-PDP Ekiti State House of Assembly, saying it characterised laxity. He said it looked the...
View ArticleNiger warns traders against hoarding food items
Food The Niger State government has warned traders against hoarding food items to create artificial scarcity. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Vatsa in a statement...
View ArticleBorno prosecutes four women for selling newborn babies for N100,000
The Borno State government yesterday prosecuted Ngozi Nwokocha and three other female suspects for alleged child trafficking at the state’s High Court No. 13, in Maiduguri. The offences, according to...
View ArticleNigerians throng immigration office for international passports over recession
Many Nigerians seeking to escape from the economic hardship in the country are trooping to the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS) office in Enugu to obtain or renew their international passports. A...
View ArticleShiites fault government’s claim on non-release of El-Zakzaky, wife
Shiites Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Shiites, have faulted the Federal Government’s claim that the continued detention of the leader of the Islamic group, Sheikh Ibraheem...
View ArticlePolice arrest 100 PDP supporters in Jigawa over rally
PDP Jigawa State Police Command has arrested over 100 People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supporters at Bamaina, the home-town of a former Governor Sule Lamido for allegedly conducting a political rally...
View ArticlePolice nab 15 suspected cult members in Ondo
Nigerian Police The Ondo State Police Command has arraigned 15 men suspected to be members of various secret cults in Akure, the state capital, during the last Yuletide celebrations. The Public...
View ArticleVigilance group kills three female suicide bombers
Army arrests council boss allegedly linked with B’ Haram Three female suicide bombers were yesterday shot dead by members of a vigilante group while attempting to enter the Gulak market in the Madagali...
View ArticleDelta APC group seeks release of detained journalist
Daniel Ekiugbo The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has been urged to intervene in securing the release of the publisher of Ughelli Times magazine, Prince Daniel Ekiugbo, who...
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