LASG director allegedly commits suicide
Samson Folarin with agency report A director in the Lagos State Ministry of Youths, Mr. Oludare Buraimoh, has allegedly committed suicide. Buraimoh, who lived on Unity Estate, Phase II, Gbonagun,...
View ArticleMilitary, IPOB clashes: Abia declares curfew, Ohanaeze demands withdrawal of...
Olusola Fabiyi, Chukwudi Akasike, Leke Baiyewu, Chidiebube Okeoma and Ogbonnaya Ikokwu Tension has returned to Umuahia, the Abia State capital, as soldiers, on Tuesday, laid siege to the Afaraukwu...
View ArticlePDP dismisses Jonathan, Dickson’s rift
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed reports of a brewing rift between former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson. The Chairman...
View ArticleTwo Nigerian caregivers charged for neglecting autistic woman in the UK
Two Nigerian women have pleaded guilty to charges of neglect for leaving a severely autistic woman locked in a car alone while they went on a two-and-a-half hour shopping spree. Sylvia Ezeorji, 47 and...
View ArticleUNILAG postpones Post-UTME screening
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) says it has postponed indefinitely its Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) earlier scheduled for Sept. 18 to Sept. 22. The institution’s...
View ArticleNorth Korea vows to boost weapons programmes after sanctions
North Korea vowed Wednesday to accelerate its weapons programmes in response to “evil” sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following its latest and most powerful nuclear test. The respected...
View ArticleTwo bodies recovered after boat collision off Singapore
Divers Wednesday recovered the bodies of two seamen who went missing after their dredger collided with a tanker off Singapore and rescuers were hunting for three still missing. The accident around the...
View ArticleOgun orders registration of farms
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Folowing the report of the outbreak of Avian Influenza at a poultry in Ilugun Local Council Development Area of Ogun State, the government has directed all owners of more than...
View ArticleAlhassan attends FEC meeting with Buhari
The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, is present at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, which is going on at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is being presided over by...
View ArticleBREAKING: Pensioners protest non-payment of arrears in finance ministry
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Some retired civil servants on Wednesday stormed the ministry of finance to protest the non-payment of their accrued pensions. The workers numbering about 100 carried placards with...
View Article[VIDEO] Military helicopter allegedly hovers over IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s...
A video of what the poster, Somto Okonkwo, claimed to be a recording of the military helicopter hovering over the house of leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has debuted on the...
View ArticleEx-Nigeria Airways workers protest delayed N78bn pay-off
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways on Wednesday protested the delay in the disbursement of their N78bn severance package. The protest began as early as 7am, with over a...
View ArticleIDPs intercept truck-load of “stolen” relief materials
Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons at the International Market Camp, Makurdi, on Tuesday protested alleged diversion of relief materials by camp officials. The News Agency of Nigeria reports...
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[PHOTOS] I ready for all dem bad people, Dino Melaye vows, dons combat...
Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, who is currently battling with his constituency’s attempt to recall him, has said that he is ready for “dem bad people.” He posted this on his Instagram...
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[PHOTOS] Federal Executive Council Meeting holds in Aso Villa
Here are the photos of the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja today (Wednesday). SEE ALSO: Alhassan attends FEC meeting with Buhari From left: Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris...
View ArticlePolice arraign two pastors for allegedly stealing two-year-old girl
The Police in Lagos on Wednesday brought two Pastors, Dorothy Ekutosi, 51, and Asekameh Victor, 27, who allegedly stole a 2-year-old girl in a market before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The...
View ArticleAero Contractors gets NCAA approval for C-checks
Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has received certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to handle C-checks on Boeing B737-300, B737-400 and B737-500. The News Agency of...
View ArticleDriver, 33, rapes 11-year-old girl inside car
A driver working with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, Ejialu Peter, 33, who allegedly defiled an 11-year-old girl inside his vehicle, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’...
View ArticleAnger as Singapore gets first female president without a vote
Singapore got its first female president Wednesday, but the milestone was overshadowed by criticism that her selection was undemocratic after she was handed the job without a vote. Halimah Yacob, a...
View ArticleUPDATED: Suicide bomber kills three near Kabul cricket stadium
A suicide bomber killed three people including a policeman and wounded five others after blowing himself up near a cricket stadium in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, police said. The attacker...
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