Jos makes first, as FG kick-starts digital switchover
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed 200,000 Free Set Top Boxes Offered House Holds At last, the Federal Government has launched the pilot scheme of the nation’s switchover from...
View ArticleWike lauds workers’ steadfastness, Okowa charges them on challenging times
Wike Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday assured workers that they would continue to play a strategic role in his administration, maintaining they are critical to the attainment of set goals in...
View ArticleMay Day: Ambode salutes heroes of Lagos success story
A worker appealing to President Buhari to provide light, water and food during the May Day rally at Onikan Stadium, Lagos...yesterday All over the world, the worker is recognized as the most important...
View Article‘How I receive, sell 38 ‘clean’ handsets weekly’,
The suspect, Bamildele The long arm of the law finally descended on a major buyer of stolen mobile phones in Lagos when he was arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos...
View ArticleCP decries menace of unrepentant armed robbers in Oyo
Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, has decried the increase in the number of armed robbery convicts in the state who go back to the crime...
View ArticleOyo factional NLC demands N96,000 minimum wage
Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade • Ayade pays workers May salary on May 1 A faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Oyo State led by Sule Odumuyiwa yesterday called on the Federal...
View ArticleOgun workers seek halt to contributory pension scheme
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun (left); Speaker, House of Assembly, Adekunbi Suraj; Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Taiwo Adeoluwa; Head of Service, Sola Adeyemi and state chairman,...
View ArticleOdubu, APC differ over alleged attack on campaign team
Odubu • Edo govt says dep. gov’s assassination theory is false Edo State Deputy Governor, Pius Odubu and some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday differed on the alleged attack...
View ArticleThree kidnappers sentenced to death in Delta
Three kidnappers, Augustine Akpojivi, Dawel James and Collins Enye were at the weekend, sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court, sitting in Effurun. The three accused persons were also found...
View ArticleShiite group backs El-Rufai’s proposed religious law
Nasir El-Rufai A Shiite Islamic sect, Rasulul A’a’zam Foundation has stated its support for the religious preaching law proposed by Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. The group said there was...
View ArticleGunmen kill 20 persons in Rivers
PHOTO: udeytrymedia.com Gunmen, suspected to be cultists on Saturday invaded Ula-Ukpata and Edoha communities in Ahoada East Local Council area of Rivers State, killing no fewer than 16 persons. The...
View ArticleAnxiety over threat to close cane village
The cane village Artisans and weavers at the popular Mende cane village were yesterday full of anxiety over the recent threat by the Lagos State government to close the village. The cane village...
View ArticleFamily of Ekiti doctor writes IGP over death threats
The late Dr. Aladesanmi The family of the late Dr. Tunde Aladesanmi, one of the medical doctors who died in a ghastly motor accident alongAbuja- Kaduna Road while on a national assignment, has written...
View ArticleOgun police offer N5 million for information on abducted ex-minister
Former minister, Iyabo Anisulowo, who was kidnapped last week. The Ogun State Police Command yesterday offered N5 million reward for information that could lead to rescue of a former minister, Iyabo...
View ArticleGroup tackles malaria scourge in Alimosho
Communities in two local councils of Lagos State – Alimosho and Kosofe – were recently beneficiaries of a campaign by health organisations to stem the tide of malaria, as parts of activities held to...
View ArticleFrom Dubai with cocaine candies
The whitish substance concealed in sweets tested positive to cocaine NDLEA arrests two suspects at Lagos airport The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday discovered 193 wraps of...
View ArticleLASUTH records first successful bone bridge surgery in West Africa
Lagos State's Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris (middle), during a ministerial press briefing organised to give an account of the activities in the health sector in Lagos State in the last one...
View ArticleEdo declares five-day public holiday to mourn Oba
Late Oba of Benin As a mark of honour and respect for the Oba of Benin who recently passed away, the Edo State Government has declared a five-day public holiday with effect from Tuesday, May 3, 2016 to...
View ArticleTask force arrests suspected fake army officer
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) has apprehended a suspected fake Army Captain at Alausa, Ikeja. The suspect, Mr. Gorge Edem, who claimed to be residing...
View ArticleWoman, 101, gives birth after ovary transplant
Anatolia with her baby In Napoli, Italy, Anatolia Vertadella, a 101-year-old woman, has given birth to a nine-pound baby, named Francesco, after a controversial ovary transplant widely criticized by...
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