Teenager, another bag 1year jail term for cultism
A Yaba Magistrates’ court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced a teenager and another to one year imprisonment each for belonging...
Month: December 2021
Plateau varsity ASUU commences indefinite strike
The Plateau State University chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday commenced an indefinite strike to press...
Fake legal practitioner docked for alleged 15m fraud
A 56-year-old businessman, Umar Muhammed, was on Tuesday docked in a Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja for alleged N15 million...
Meat is expensive in Benue because Gov. Ortom removed ‘subsidy’ – Makurdi meat sellers
Contrary to the belief that beef costs high in Benue at the approach of Yuletide, butchers and meat sellers blame...
Odili’s passport seizure: Court awards N2m fine against Immigration
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, awarded N2 million fine against Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) over the refusal to...
Report any sex for grades harassment, UniCal VC tells students
Prof. Florence Obi, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UniCal), has charged students to report cases of sex for grades...
South Sudan: Senior UN official condemns killing of humanitarian worker
The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Matthew Hollingworth, has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker that...
Court remands mason for allegedly defiling 9-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Tuesday, ordered that a mason, Ahmed Usman, who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl...
Akume has capacity to lead APC, says Lalong
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has called on major stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the aspiration...
Group unveils online Apps to win souls for Christ
A group, ReachForChrist Initiative, has unveiled a mobile application to win souls for Christ all around the global. The News Agency of...
Police investigate alleged N22m Bitcoin extortion by officers
The police have set up a Special Investigation Panel on the alleged extortion of N22 million worth of Bitcoin from...
Udom signs 2022 Appropriation Bill into law
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Monday signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law with a total outlay of...
FG pledges support for indigenous cure of COVID-19
The Federal Government has pledged to support indigenous cure for Coronavirus and other related ailments ravaging Nigeria and the global...
Christmas: No traveller will sleep on River Niger Bridge – FRSC promises
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has said that his administration will sustain partnership with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)...
Uzodimma swears in 18 commissioners
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has sworn in 18 commissioners and assigned portfolios to them, bringing the total number of...
Death toll rises to 40 in bandits’ attack on Kaduna villages
Kaduna State Government says two more bodies have been found following Saturday’s bandits attacks on Giwa Local Government Area of...
Umahi kicks-off campaign on COVID-19 vaccination in Ebonyi
Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, on Monday in Abakaliki, kicked off campaign on COVID-19 vaccination for resident of the state....
Working against party must stop – Iyorcha Ayu warns PDP members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Sen. Iyorcha Ayu, has cautioned party members not to work against the party,...
Criminals on Abuja-Lokoja highway degraded – Commanding Officer
The Commanding Officer, 176 Guards Battalion, Guards Brigade, Lt.-Col. Julius Adisa, says the criminals operating on Abuja-Lokoja expressway and some...
INEC wants N305bn for 2023 elections
INEC presented a budget of N305 billion for the 2023 general elections to the National Assembly on Monday in Abuja....
