A 17-year-old boy, Quadri Taiwo, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening the life of his mother. The Police charged Taiwo for breach of peace and threat to life, punishable under sections 168 and 56…
The Bauchi State Urban Planning and Development Board has said it recently issued no fewer than 150,000 building permits to individuals and groups to control infrastructure development. Malam Sagir Shamaki, the General Manager of the agency, made the disclosure in…
The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Uhogua, near Benin has indicated interest to go into mechanised farming if provided with land and other equipment. Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, Coordinator of the camp, disclosed this on Monday in an…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabo, has said that the welfare of troops fighting insurgents in the nation’s northeast remains one of the top priorities of the present administration. Irabor stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while…
Dr Hadiza Balarabe, Deputy Governor, Kaduna State, has appealed to stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to make financial commitment towards the registration exercise of the party. Balarabe made the call on Sunday at the Southern…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday began the distribution of relief materials to 281 households in Kaduna state to ameliorate their hardship. The households who were victims of recent attacks in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the…
Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has congratulated Air-Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, an indigene of the state, on his appointment as the new Chief of Air Staff by President Muhammadu Buhari. Oyetola said on Wednesday in Osogbo that Amao’s professionalism, hard…
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, fixed Feb. 26 to deliver ruling in a preliminary objection raised in a suit seeking the winding up of the sponsors of the Big Brother Naija Show, Payporte Global System Ltd. Justice…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it arrested 456,655 traffic offenders nationwide for committing 507,279 offences in 2020 as against 629, 692 offenders and 703,523 offences in 2019. The Corps Public Education Officer, ACM. Bisi Kazeem, in an interview…
A traditional ruler in Osun, the Olowu of Kuta, Oba Adekunle Oyelude, Tegbosun II, has described the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai as an exemplary officer. In a congratulatory message to him on Wednesday in…
