The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has restricted movement around Ikotun and Igando areas of Lagos State, following a spillage of petrol from a ruptured pipeline in the area. The pipeline leakage was purportedly from activities of vandals. Mr Ibrahim…
A 53-year-old agent, Joseph Aiyetehin, on Friday appeared in a Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding a landlord of N385, 000. The police charged Aiyetehin, who resides in Karu Extension II layout, Abuja, with fraud. The…
A Zuba Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Abdulmajid Mohammed to six months imprisonment for impersonating an air force officer The police charged Mohammed with one count of impersonation. The Area Court judge, Umar…
The Federal Government is to distribute N8.5billion under its Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme to lift over 144, 000 households out of poverty in Katsina State. Katsina State Coordinator of the Scheme, Alhaji Shafi’u Abdullahi, gave the figure in an interview…
The Federal Government has written to Chief Medical Directors and Managing Directors of federal tertiary hospitals, asking them to begin the implementation of no-work, no-pay policy concerning the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. The government’s directive…
Two men – Hammed Iranlola, 26, and Azeez Oloyede, 24, – charged with unlawful possession of gun were on Friday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants, who reside at Mushin, Lagos State, were arraigned on…
The police on Friday arraign a 35-year-old businessman, Obasi Okonkwo in a Grade I Area Court, Zuba for allegedly defrauding his friend of N400, 000. The police charged Okonkwo, who resides at No 4 Shago-tara, Kano State with criminal breach…
The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has established a regulatory framework for the operation of barges across the nation’s seaports under a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The Acting Managing Director of NPA, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko in a…
Corps Commander Selina Williams, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday threatened to prosecute underaged tricycle operators in Taraba. This is contained in a press statement by Superintendent, Route Commander (SRC), Adeleye Abayomi, the Sector Public Education…
