Kwara State lost about N27.6 million properties to indiscriminate bush burning across its 16 local government areas, from January till date. The Director of Kwara Fire Service, Mr John Falade, made the disclosure on Thursday in llorin during an interview…
Mr Babatunde Abdulkareen, Managing Director, Muhat Nigeria Ltd., has appealed to the Federal Government to assist fabricators to acquire modern machineries. Abdulkareen, who is into equipment fabrication and general engineering consultancy, made the appeal in an interview with newsmen in…
The Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage, has urged communities across the state to embrace peace and tolerate one another, irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political affiliations for development to thrive. Bage made the call on Thursday during a…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Jigawa has appealed to religious leaders in the state to continue to mainstream messages of COVID-19 safety protocols in their sermons in Mosques and Churches. The agency’s Director in the state, Malam Shuaibu Karamba,…
The police on Thursday arraigned an alleged”serial” bag snatcher, Abdullahi Mohammed, in a Grade I Area Court, Nyanya, Abuja. Mohammed, 32, is charged with one count of extortion. The prosecution counsel, D.F. Abah told the court that the complainant, Hassana…
A 45-year-old businessman, Shehu Abdullahi, was on Thursday arraigned in a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court over alleged N1.5 million land fraud. Abdullahi who lives at Isah Kaita Road, Kaduna, is facing a two-count of fraud and cheating. The Prosecutor, Insp. Chidi…
The Anambra Fire Service on Thursday advised residents to be more safety-conscious in order to avert fire disasters during the Harmattan period. Mr Martin Agbili, Director, State Fire Service, told a correspondent in Awka that fire disasters were common during…
A Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court, on Thursday ordered that a 32-year-old man, Francis Godwin, who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl, be remanded in correctional center pending legal advice. The defendant who resides at Constitution Road Kaduna is charged with defilement.…
Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Thursday, appealed for the release of students and members of staff of Government Secondary School (GSS), Kagara, Niger State. Gunmen had on Tuesday, invaded the school and abducted 27 students, three teachers,…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Thursday cautioned members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) against taking the laws into their hands. The traditional ruler urged the group to be law abiding in. Ooni gave the…
