The campaign office of Sen. Barau Jibrin, a governorship hopeful and an arch-opponent of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has been burnt to ashes in Kano on Wednesday night. Reports say over one thousand hoodlums attacked the campaign office located around Maiduguri…
Two persons died Wednesday along the Lagos-Ibadan highway as two trucks rammed into each other at Lenuwa axis, opposite Jaro Company. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed that the two articulated vehicles were…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has elected Dr Michael Olawale-Cole as it’s 24th president to take charge of the Chamber for the next two years. Olawale-Cole emerged as the President after a duly conducted election at the…
A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. Reports state that Bill was forwarded to Buhari by the National Assembly for Presidential assent on Nov 19. Mr…
A 35-year-old woman, Rifkatu Haruna, has been apprehended by the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly stealing a three-year-old male child in the state. The suspect was paraded alongside 18 others on Wednesday in Lafia, the state capital. According to…
Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB), Alhaji Tijjani Abdullahi, on Thursday, hinted that 233 primary school teachers have been pencilled down for dismissal for gaining employment with fake certificates. Abdullahi, who spoke at a press conference…
The Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed the list of 14 commissioner-nominees forwarded to it by the State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu. Reports state that a letter signed by Secretary to the State Government, Catherine Oladunni-Odu,…
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday remanded an alleged fake lawyer identified as Stanley Epini Ejiroghene in police custody. Ejiroghene was found to have practiced for 10 years in the state. The suspect…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday admitted a 31-year-old banker, Ridwan Adejoju, to N1 million bail for allegedly defrauding a man of N600,000. Adejoju, whose residential address was not given, is being charged for stealing and obtaining money under false…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, Airtel Networks Ltd and Mafab Communications Ltd., as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) spectrum auction. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, said this in a…
