Mob rescues victim from armed phone thief, sets suspect ablaze
Police in Bayelsa on Thursday warned residents against taking the law into their hands. The warning followed the lynching of...
Month: August 2022
2023: INEC tasks Nigerian media on issue-based politics
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has urged the Nigerian media to work toward promoting issue-based politics, ahead of the...
Access Bank empowers 20 NYSC members with N30m grant
Access Bank Plc, through its Accesspreneur programme has empowered 20 National Youth Service Corps members (NYSC) with exceptional ideas, across...
Police arrest 4-man sex blackmail syndicate in Anambra
The Police Command in Anambra have arrested a four-man suspected syndicate comprising two males and two females who specialised in...
eNaira records 200,000 users, N4bn transactions value – Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), digital currency, eNaira has recorded 200,000 volumes and four billion Naira value of transactions...
Osinbajo-led committee approves measures to end open defecation
The Clean Nigeria Steering Committee chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has approved measures to end open defecation in Nigeria...
Koolboks secures $2.5m funding to scale solar refrigeration across Africa
Koolboks, a renewable energy company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses, says it has secured 2.5 million dollars funding,...
TCN deploys new technology to improve national grid operation
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has deployed a high technology scheme as a stop-gap solution called Internet of Thing (IoT) and...
Court sentences man to 37 years imprisonment for defiling minor
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday slammed a 37-year jail term on one Moses Joseph...
C/River community blames unending communal clashes on government’s inaction
Leaders of Onyadama community in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River on Thursday blamed government’s inability to enforce court...
Cambodia spends over $744m to support households hit by pandemic
Cambodia has so far released more than 744 million U.S. dollars in assistance to some 700,000 COVID-19-affected poor and vulnerable...
ANSG bans youths from levying developers — Commissioner
The Anambra Government has banned youth organisations from collecting levies from people carrying out construction work or improving on existing...
Anambra Govt. to implement eCurriculum in public primary schools – Commissioner
The Anambra State Ministry of Education says plans are underway to implement eCurriculum and eLesson notes in public primary schools...
Court grants herbalist N10m bail for alleged fraud of N20.5m
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday granted a 29-year-old herbalist, Ganiyu Rilwan bail of N10 million for alleged...
Agency hands over 73 seized parrots to Conservation Foundation for rehabilitation, reintegration
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has handed over 73 parrots to the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF),...
Catholic medical practitioners urge FG to deploy technology in tackling insecurity
The Association of Catholic Medical Practitioners of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to deploy technology to strengthen the war...
Rushdie’s attacker says he is surprised author survived stabbing
The man who allegedly stabbed Sir Salman Rushdie on stage at an event in New York said he was “surprised”...
Power supply restored in South-East – EEDC
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says power supply has been restored within the South-East. The Head, Corporate Communications of...
EFCC partners CYMS on vote buying, cyber crimes, corruption
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has agreed to partner with the Committee of Youth on Mobilisation and Sensitisation...
Family of 7 die after “poisonous meal” in Zamfara, say police
The police in Zamfara said seven family members died after taking a local delicacy of corn and vegetables locally known...
