Ebi Tosan, the 20-year old suspected member of the four suspects arrested and paraded by the police over the March 12, 2015 robbery of the Lekki branch of First City Monument Bank, has dragged the police to court over what […]
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Mobile Court at Kakau Unit of the Kaduna Sector Command on Friday convicted 29 motorists for various traffic offences and discharged six others. The sector’s Legal Officer, Mr Fawzy Garba, who made this known […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu as the new Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Muhammadu succeeded Dr. Ade Abolurin, who has retired from service. A statement by the Special Adviser to the president […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, in a statement, said the sack is with immediate […]
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that there is nothing ‘personal’ between him and former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The Edo State Governor in a statement signed by Kassim Afegbua, […]
An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday sentenced a retired soldier, Alabi Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for raping his 10-year-old step-daughter and infecting her with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV. In his judgement, Justice Abiodun Akinyemi said the accused faced […]
Almost a year after a guest house being built by Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, collapsed in Ikotun area of the state, killing scores of worshippers and workers, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, said his administration will enforce the verdict […]
The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Bem Angwe, has said that the commission would investigate reported case of abandoned corpses of babies in a hospital in Enugu. Angwe, who stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking […]
The presidency on Wednesday dismissed the claim by a pirate radio station that President Muhammadu Buhari expressed anti-Igbo sentiments in a recent interview with BBC Hausa Service. A statement issued by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam […]
Ado Ekiti – A 46-year-old woman, identified as Ajibola has reportedly committed suicide in Ekiti State, reports NewsDay. Ajibola, a mother of three was found hanging in her residence located at 4, Ajebamidele Street, Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Neighbours […]