Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu on Wednesday disclosed that the police have arrested more suspects in connection with the murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Usifo Ataga. Odumosu said this at a news conference and parade…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s resolve to tackling all forms of insecurity in the country, vowing to deploy all resources to making the West African nation safe from threats. The Nigerian leader spoke on Tuesday when he hosted…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has felicitated former Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, and Chairman, Thisday Newspaper Group, Mr Nduka Obaigbena on their birthdays. The NGE, in a statement jointly signed by its President ,Mr Mustapha Isah and General…
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Wednesday ordered that a farmer, Victor Allahnanan, be remanded in a correctional centre for attempted culpable homicide. Allahnanan is charged with three counts of criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and an attempt to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in five new Permanent Secretaries at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. Reports state that the affected permanent secretaries included Ibrahim Yusuf from Katsina State, Olusesan Adebiyi (Ekiti), Maryanne Onwudiwe (Enugu State), Marcus Ogunbiyi (Lagos…
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Wednesday sentenced a businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, 27, to two months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone from a Mosque. The judge, Murtala Nasir, however, gave the convict an option of…
The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), has appealed to Kaduna State Government to bring medical services closer to communities. The Kaduna State Coordinator of the group, Bala Samaila, made the appeal in an interview with the…
Gunmen kidnapped a traditional ruler, the Adogu of Eganyi in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, Alhaji Mohammed Adembe, on Tuesday. Newsmen gathered in Lokoja on Wednesday that the traditional ruler was returning to his community from Okene, also in…
COVID-19 cases have continued to soar in Nigeria as 154 more infections were confirmed in the country on Tuesday, raising further concerns about the third wave of the pandemic which was first detected in the West African nation in February…
The Federal High Court Lagos has adjourned till October 5 for the continuation of trial in the case of Afeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley. Naira Marley was arraigned sometime in 2019 on an 11-count charge of credit…
