A Shari’a Court in Kaduna on Tuesday sentenced a 16-year-old boy to one year community service under non custodian facility for pelting an old man with stones. The judge, Malam Anass Khalifa, sentenced the minor, after he pleaded guilty to…
Abia Governor-Elect, Dr Alex Otti, has announced a list of distinguished professionals and technocrats as members of his Transition Council. The list, as contained in a statement issued to the News Men in Umuahia on Tuesday, is preparatory to his…
The National Population Commission (NPC) has assured that the 2023 National Population and Housing Census will be the best ever conducted in the history of the country. NPC’s Federal Commissioner in Gombe State, Mr Abubakar Danburam, stated this in Gombe…
An Abuja-based football academy, Prestige Football Academy (PFA), has commenced a nationwide talent hunt aimed at discovering young talented footballers for the country’s various national teams and foreign clubs. President of the Academy, Uchendu Nwabara, told the Newsmen in Abuja…
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Tuesday announced that it had arrested 27 vessels involved in illegal bunkering and crude oil theft, while 294 illegal refinery sites were deactivated. Rear Adm. Ibrahim Dewu, the immediate past Flag…
The Kaduna State Government, on Tuesday solicited the support of media establishments to sensitise and educate residents of the state on the 2023 Population and Housing Census. Hajiya Umma Aboki, Commissioner, Planning and Budget Commission, made the appeal in Kaduna,…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said Dino Melaye, a spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, cannot be Governor of Kogi State. Wike warned that the PDP would fail if Melaye emerged as its…
Chief Kenneth Gbagi, Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Delta, has appealed to the election petition tribunal in Asaba to disqualify the Governor -elect, Sheriff Oborevwori over alleged forgery. He also sought the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Victor Osimhen has revealed his desire to win the African Footballer of the Year award. No Nigerian footballer has won the award since former Arsenal forward Nwankwo Kanu took it home in 1999. The likes of Austin Jay Jay Okocha,…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), has opposed the compulsory five-year service licensing of doctors proposed by the House of Representatives. The group made its stand known in a communique it issued at the end of its emergency extended…
