Bagudu submits 3 commissioner-nominees to assembly for confirmation
Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku BaguduGov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has presented three names to the State House of Assembly for confirmation as commissioners. Alhaji Abdulmumeen Kamba, the Speaker of...
View ArticleTrader in court over alleged N24m rice fraud
CourtA 37-year-old trader, Ada Obi, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly obtaining 30,000 bags of rice worth N24 million from one Miss Moriamo Dosunmu...
View ArticleApapa Customs generates N36.2bn
APM TerminalThe Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service generated N36.22 billion in November, authorities of the command have said. The command’s spokesperson, Mrs Nkiru Nwalla, told the News...
View ArticleMan, 38, in court over alleged theft of laptops
A 38-year-old man, Samuel Urhuogo, on Wednesday appeared before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged theft of five laptops worth N505,000. Urhuogo, who resides at Festac Town area of Lagos,...
View ArticlePetrol Scarcity: Motorists pay extra money to fill tank in Niger
PHOTO: GOOGLE.COM/SEARCHMotorists now pay between N500 and N1000 to petrol station attendants before they are allowed to fill their car tanks at some stations in Chanchaga and Bosso local government...
View ArticleReinstate whistleblower to his job, CSO urges FG
President Muhammadu BuhariAfrican Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has urged the Federal Government to reinstate a whistleblower to his job, saying it was government’s obligation to...
View ArticleLagos communities petition IGP over alleged harassment
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Residents of Ipaja, Abesan Estate and Baruwa communities of Lagos State have petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and the Lagos...
View ArticleThree groups protest against electricity tariff hike
Three groups have protested against planned hike in electricity tariff by the Federal Government. They demanded for the installation of prepaid metres in all houses in the country. The groups included...
View ArticleCBN, police nab 13 suspected naira vendors in Rivers State
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in collaboration with the police, yesterday arrested 13 suspects over illicit sale of naira notes. The operation, according to the state Commissioner of Police, Zaki...
View ArticleMentally-deranged man arrested for alleged arson in Delta State
A suspected mentally-deranged middle-aged man has been apprehended in connection with the recent serial attacks on families in Ogawshi-uku Delta state. The suspected arsonist was nabbed by the...
View ArticleFirm cleans up Tarkwa Bay ahead of Yuletide
For a cleaner and safer environment for Lagos residents, Givanas Industry Nigeria Ltd., organised a sanitation exercise for beaches and its environs ahead of the festivities. The company said the...
View ArticleLagos seals off Chisco, Ifex, GUO parks
PHOTO; hotels.ng Lagos State Government has sealed off he premises of some commercial transport companies at Jibowu, as it enforces the order asking inter-state buses to relocate from Jibowu to Ojota....
View ArticleHospital worker dragged to court over alleged N14m fraud
Enugu State Police Command has dragged a hospital employee, Mrs. Stella Achara to an Enugu High Court over alleged employment scam of N14 million. Achara, the Personal Secretary to the Medical...
View ArticleKogi polytechnic student allegedly kills roommate
A final-year student of Kogi State Polytechnic, Mr. Akoh Abuh Samuel has allegedly been hacked to death by his roommate, Agba Victor. The Higher National Diploma 1 student in Accounting Department,...
View ArticleOgun Govt to expand infrastructure development with bond issuance – Amosun
Ogun State governor Senator Ibikunle AmosunGov. Ibukunle Amosun of Ogun on Thursday said that the state would likely access the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with bond issuance for infrastructure...
View ArticleOil Firms get 2 weeks ultimatum to remit $250m to FG
Oli workersThe House of Representatives Committee on Oil and Gas on Thursday gave 10 indigenous oil companies in the country two weeks to remit 250 million dollars oil royalty to Federal Government’s...
View ArticleEkiti killer cop dismissed, remanded in prison custody
PHOTO: HuffingtonPostThe Ekiti State Police Command has dismissed a Corporal, Ayodele Famodimu, who allegedly shot and killed a commercial driver, Olabode Ojo, at a checkpoint in Oye-Ekiti on Tuesday....
View ArticleServing NYSC member murdered in Ogun State
The late ModupeA Twenty-Three years old serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Miss Tawose Modupe, has been allegedly murdered by a man she engaged to teach her how to drive. The suspect, Festus...
View ArticleTwo arraigned over alleged theft of church property
CourtTwo men, who allegedly burgled a cleric’s residence and stole church property, yesterday appeared before at an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court on a three-count charge, News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleAmbode commends WIHA, LWI on hepatitis elimination in Nigeria
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Bolanle AmbodeWife of Lagos State governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has lauded the contributions of Livewell Initiative (LWI) and its subsidiary, Women in Hepatitis Africa...
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