Nimbo demands N17b compensation from govt over killings
Enugu state map Nimbo community in Uzouwani local council, Enugu State has asked the Federal Government for N17 billion compensation for the losses incurred when the area was invaded by herdsmen on...
View ArticleOyo workers hold rally over unpaid salaries, education policy
Members of Oyo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), at a rally to protest against alleged state government’s anti-workers policy in Ibadan…yesterday PHOTO: NAN Ogun college students give...
View ArticleCourt orders Aregbesola to provide records of Osun finances
Rauf Aregbesola The Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo, has granted an order of mandamus compelling Governor Rauf Aregbesola to provide necessary information in respect of the...
View Article#GivingTuesdayLagos, Gov. Ambode is setting an example for others to emulate,...
< Previous 1 of 10 Next > Joseph Ajekigbe (left); Chairman, Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia and Mr. Ronald Chagoury. Dr. Christopher Kolade (left) and Senator Solomon Olamilekan. Chief Nike Akande...
View Article3.6m malnourished children treated in Kano
No fewer than 3.6 million malnourished children have been treated in Kano State under the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme of UNICEF started in the state in 2010. Hajiya...
View ArticleRCCG trains 5,000 Ilupeju residents on vocational skills
Olunuga monitoring the exercise at the event...recently PHOTO: ISAAC TAIWO About 5,000 residents of Adefowope Street and its environs in Ilupeju, Lagos State have benefitted from a three-day...
View ArticleMan jailed for defrauding Canadian lady of $32,220
Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a marketer, Ossai Cyril Azuka and Patrick Chibueze Ezeji to five and two years imprisonment respectively for stealing sum of...
View ArticleBenue fertility hospital delivers triplets
The triplets As the First Fertility Hospital, Makurdi marks its one year of existence, the hospital has recorded a major breakthrough with a successful caesarean delivery of a set of triplet babies....
View ArticleBlood flows on Third Mainland Bridge
The scene of the accident As six persons die, 23 injured in auto crashes in Lagos Six people have been confirmed dead and 23 others injured in two separate accidents that occurred in Lagos State on...
View ArticleUS initiates moves for crime prevention in Lagos
John Bray The United States Consulate-General in Lagos has initiated a discussion for security stakeholders in the state to reduce crime and violence in Lagos communities. The U.S. Consul-General in...
View ArticleStudent-pastor, 28, bags 3 years’ imprisonment for burglary
An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old student-pastor, Akintunde Olatunde, to three years’ imprisonment for burglary. The magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, in his judgment,...
View ArticleLalong explains grazing reserve policy to Plateau citizens in diaspora
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says he has explained the grazing reserve/ranching Federal Government policy generating controversies to some Plateau citizens in...
View ArticleWhy we shutdown Elegushi Beach, by Family
To pave way for proper investigation and evaluation of likely causes of death of fun seekers at the Elegushi Beach, the Elegushi family has temporarily closed down the facility in support of ongoing...
View Article‘Count Ortom out of N4.29b graft probe’
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom For the umpteenth time Benue State Government has denied that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom,...
View ArticleNew registrar appointed for Federal University Dutsinma
The Governing Council of the Federal University, Dutsinma, has approved the appointment of Aliyu Dalha Kankia, as new Registrar of the institution. The decision was reached during the council’s 6th...
View ArticleChrisland University holds public lecture
The management of the Chrisland University, Owode, Abeokuta, Ogun State, will on Tuesday, host members of academia, educationists, the diplomatic corps and government officials at the maiden edition of...
View ArticleAgain, suspected Fulani herders kill farmer in Delta
Suspected Fulani herdsmen last Thursday, struck at rustic Ossissa, Ndokwa East Local Council of Delta State, killing a 45-year old man, Mr. Nwadei Monday Ikechukwu. Ikechukwu, a plantain farmer and...
View Article‘Why Imo owes retirees 17 months arrears’
Rochas Okorocha Again, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said his inability to pay pensions arrears ruining over 17 months was due to shortfall in allocations from the Federation Account. In a...
View ArticleTension, as Edo APC search for Oshiomhole’s successor
Governor Oshiomhole and other APC stalwarts sharing a joke at the party’s governorship primary in Benin, Edo State... yesterday • Oyegun, party chair absent Alas, members All Progressives Congress...
View ArticlePolice arrest suspected Chinese assassin, accomplice in Lagos
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni The Lagos State Command has arrested a Chinese and his Nigerian accomplice for allegedly planning to assassinate a business partner in Lagos. The...
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