The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, says it apprehended 1,686 road traffic offenders for various offences and impounded 699 vehicles during its special patrol. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mrs Uche Chukwurah, disclosed this in…
The Kebbi Government on Wednesday said it would allocate 22,000 residential plots at low prices to the less-privileged members of the society. Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, the state Commissioner for Lands and Housing, made the disclosure at a press conference at…
The Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Rivers chapter, says it is targeting 600 indigent women for free cervical screening in the state in 2021 to reduce the risk of the disease. The President MWAN Rivers chapter, Dr Vetty Agala,…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Department of Monitoring and Inspection has decried the number of abandoned buildings in the city centre. Director of the department, Mr Olawale Labiyi, represented by Mr Obinna Nkwocha of City Monitoring Division, stated this…
The former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Wednesday, approached Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for another bail. Maina, in a motion on notice dated and filed on Dec. 24, 2020 with…
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a father of 15 children, Sunday Danladi to 18 months imprisonment for illegal possession of eight kilogrammes of Indian hemp. The Judge, Justice Dorcas Agishi, however, gave the convict, Danladi,…
An FCT High Court, sitting in Kubwa, on Wednesday ordered a 26- year-old musician, Adebayo Samuel, who cheated a woman of $500, to pay N250, 000 fine. Delivering judgment, Justice Bello Kawu, warned him to desist from committing crimes and…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Wednesday the state government had conducted 263, 358 valid COVID-19 sample tests since inception of the pandemic. Abayomi made the disclosure through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi, while giving…
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced training of 880 youths in Kano State on its Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS). Speaking at the ceremony, Acting NDE Director General Abubakar Nuhu-Fikpo said the training was aimed at equipping…
A 19-year-old motor boy, Isah Sanni, was on Wednesday remanded in police custody in Lagos State, for allegedly robbing a store of N1.25 million cash with a locally made pistol. Sanni, who resides in Amukoko area of Lagos, was charged…
