Gunmen abduct three Osun govt officials
Three officials in the employ of Osun state government have been abducted by unknown gunmen between Obajana and Lokoja, Kogi state capital. In a statement yesterday by the state Head of Service {HoS},...
View ArticleMilitary warns Borno residents against flaunting curfew
The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 7 Division of Nigerian Army, Brig-Gen. Victor Ezegwu has said that violation of curfew hours by some residents of Maiduguri over Boko Haram insurgency in...
View ArticleAPC, PDP differ over request for fresh bailout by Osun govt
Aregbesola The ruling All Progressives Congress {APC} and the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party {PDP} in Osun state has disagreed over the need to secure a fresh bailout from the federal authorities...
View ArticleTwo NNPC mega affiliate stations shut in Minna
In continuation of its clap down on petrol stations involved in sharp practices in the Niger State, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in the state yesterday sealed off two Nigeria National...
View ArticleBishop’s 10th ordination anniversary celebration unites Edo APC, PDP
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole; former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih; Edo State PDP Chairman, Mr. Dan Orbih; and National Chairman of...
View ArticleLagos advises residents to verify landed property before purchase
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; points at a place of interest to the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare and Commissioner Works & Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu...
View ArticleFulani herdsmen invade Taraba communities again
PHOTO: livestockandenvironment.wordpress.com The desire of Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba state, to make the state one of the most peaceful states in the country, has continued to face...
View ArticleCourt orders hearing notice on FG, Lagos over seized schools
Court Justice Hadiza Shagari of the Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday ordered that a hearing notice be issued to the defendants in the suit filed by a nonagenarian, Mrs. Roseline Ololo seeking the...
View ArticleDPR seals eight filling stations, recovers diverted PMS in Adamawa, Taraba
PHOTO: GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has sealed eight filling stations in Adamawa and Taraba states and recovered 190, 000 litres of petroleum products diverted by a...
View ArticleAPC wins national bye election in Yobe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gulani federal constituency by-election in Yobe. Prof. Sunday Alao,Returning Officer of the election on Saturday in Damaturu...
View ArticleFire razes 6 houses, petrol station in Ondo State
No fewer than six houses were razed in an inferno that gutted a Mobil petrol station on Saturday evening in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The News Agency of...
View ArticleAmbode mourns death of former Lagos deputy governor, Jafojo
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday expressed sadness over the death of a former Deputy Governor of the State, Alhaji Rafiu Jafojo. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the...
View ArticleKatsina State Govt. to establish Tomato Processing Company - Gov. Masari
Aminu Bello Masari The Katsina State Government says it will establish a Tomato Processing Company to boost irrigation in the state. Gov. Aminu Masari disclosed this on Sunday in Mashi during a Town...
View ArticleDPR sanctions 26 filling stations in Kano, Jigawa
PHOTO: www.brecorder.com The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sanctioned 26 filling stations in Kano State and Jigawa for various offences. The DPR Comptroller in charge of the two states,...
View ArticleTrain crushes 2 to death in llorin
A Kano to Lagos passenger train on Sunday crushed a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger to death in llorin. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who witnessed the incident, reports that...
View Article‘I stole because cashiers were careless,’ says robbery suspect
The suspect, Abudulameed A thirty-four year old suspected bank thief, Ibrahim Abudulameed, paraded by the Lagos State Police Command has told newsmen that he is a professional thief and not a robber....
View ArticleEndless gridlock at Abule Egba...
Traffic on the road Motorists and commuters plying Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, particularly Abule-Egba, Alagbado, Sango-Ota residents and environs, are passing through a hard time daily navigating the...
View ArticleEnugu Rotary Club shops for N26m for projects in rural communities
Enugu President of the Rotary Club of Enugu, Dr. Eddy Ndibuagu, has said the club would need at least N26.3 million to finance its targeted projects within the current Rotary year. Apart from massive...
View ArticleAPC closes defence at Kogi tribunal after failing to present witness
PHOTO: cityconjure.wordpress.com The All Progressives Congress (APC) second respondent in the petition against the party at the ongoing Kogi State election tribunal yesterday failed to produce its...
View ArticleA’Ibom to hold 2016 World Book Day
Emmanuel Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel and other eminent Nigerians will on Thursday, April 28, join the rest of the world in marking the 2016 edition of World Book Day. The event will hold at...
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