A 36-year-old man, Gbenga Olanrewaju, on Wednesday appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a mobile phone and belonging to an unlawful secret cult. The defendant, who resides in Ijesha area of Lagos, is being…
Logistics Command, Air Vice Marshal Olanipekun Makinde, on Wednesday charged officers to work toward improving the security situation of the country. Makinde gave the charge at the handing and taking over ceremony of the AOC which held at Sam Ethnan…
Alhaji Babangida Hussaini, Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, says the rehabilitation work will soon begin on the damaged Lagos Airport link bridge. Hussaini announced this during a technical inspection of roads and housing projects in Lagos…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, his deputy, Dr Mannaseh Jatau, on Wednesday received the COVID-19 vaccination jab. Speaking shortly after receiving the jab, the governor commended the Federal Government for ensuring that Nigeria was not left out of the…
Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) says two persons died and five others injured when a truck and a tricycle were involved in an accident at Ifo on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mrs Ebunoluwa Akinkumi, Area Commander of TRACE in Ewekoro-Ifo,…
The Rector of Delta State Polythenic, Ogwashi-Uku, Prof. Stella Chiemeke, has urged the Federal Government to support researchers in science, technology and innovation with funding to do better. Chiemeke made the request in an interview with the newsmen at the…
A 47-year-old man, Chike Charles, who allegedly stole a car valued at N2.5 million was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The defendant, whose residential address is unknown, however, pleaded innocence to a count charge of stealing. The…
The Kano State Government says it has enrolled over 3.8 million pupils in schools since inception of the Free and Compulsory Education program in the state. Dr Danlami Hayyo, the Chairman, Kano State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), told newsmen…
The West African Examination Council has delisted 42 schools in Benue over examination malpractices. The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, confirmed this to the newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi. ”“Let me inform the public that WAEC has delisted…
Dr Aderonke Agbaje, Associate Director, Global Fund Programs at the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria(IHVN) has stressed the need for private sector involvement in fighting tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria. Agbaje,who is also the leader of the USAID Tuberculosis Local Organisation…
