An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the remand of 13 men charged with breaking in and robbery. The defendants are: Lekan Shobande, 20; Wasiu Babatunde, 35; Lukmon Jinadu, 38; Femi Omotayo, 31; Azeez Taiwo, 23; Sulaimon Sauban,…
The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) in Ogun has tasked the state government to establish a special healthcare package for indigent persons in the state. The group contended that the special healthcare package would address…
Prof. Maduebibisi Iwe on Monday assumed office as the sixth Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) in Abia. Iwe, who was the immediate past Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), succeeded Prof. Francis Otunta. In an inuagural speech,…
The Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Mr Eteng Jonah-Williams on Monday inaugurated a block of nine classrooms at Community Secondary School, Agoi-Ibami, Yakut Local Government Area of the state. Jonah-Williams also announced the payment of school fees of…
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday said that the Police Command had shut down Cubana Nightclub, Victoria Island and arrested 172 people for breaching the COVID-19 protocols. Odumosu disclosed this to newsmen at the Police…
No fewer than 10 policemen of the Rapid Response Squad in Bauchi state governor’s convoy, Bala Mohammed, were involved in a road accident on Monday. Reports said that the accident happened while Gov. Mohammed was inspecting a 60- kilometers Burga-Yelwan…
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has inaugurated a 105-rooms hotel, an investment of the Correctional Service Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (COCOS) of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Abuja on Monday. Reports state that the hotel is located at…
A fire at the weekend, the cause of which is yet to be ascertained, has gutted Cocoa and Kolanut farms covering over 200 hectares of land valued at several millions of naira in Ikoro Ekiti, Ijero LGA of Ekiti .…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called on members of the public to ignore an advert on WhatsApp purportedly seeking to enlist young Nigerians into the anti-graft agency. EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren said, in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with prominent Lagos politician and mother of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaja Lateefat Olufunke Gbajabiamila, as she turns 91 on March 2, 2021. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued…
