The Kano State Government has revealed that it will collaborate with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to check open defecation. Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad-Sagagi, said this on Thursday while inaugurating the distribution…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday slammed a 37-year jail term on one Moses Joseph for defiling a minor. Taiwo, in her judgment, said that from the substantial evidences presented before the court, she found…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has restated his administration’s commitment to the greater Lagos agenda. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance at a one-day workshop for Chief Imams and central mosque officials in Lagos State, organised by Council of Chief Imams…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advanced reasons why its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee of the Federal Government on Aug. 16 ended in deadlock. The union explained that the deadlock came into being because of…
Chief Magistrate Patricia Adetuyibi sitting at A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Thursday remanded men, James Thomas, 35, and Segun Adesina, 61, for alleged rape of 14-year-old girl. Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of the defendants due…
The Royal Commonwealth Society, Nigeria Branch has pledged to mediate between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government using the instrument of ‘Academic Diplomacy’ to resolve the situation. The Country Director of the society, Mr Blackson…
Former Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has insisted that Manchester United should recruit former players to teach their current flops what it means to play for the club. The Red Devils have started the season very poorly, losing their first…
Operatives of the Edo Police Command have busted a suspected ritual shrine in Benin and arrested three suspects with 20 mummified bodies. The command announced this on Thursday in Benin in a statement issued by its Deputy Public Relations Officer,…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday granted a 29-year-old herbalist, Ganiyu Rilwan bail of N10 million for alleged fraud of N20.5 million. Reports state that the defendant Rilwan, a resident of Muslim area in Ibadan was…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that from next week, Nigerians will be able to transact on eNaira wallets through the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data code on mobile phones. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, disclosed this at the…
