The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has sealed a fake lubricating oil factory at Rangaza in Nasarawa Local Government area of the state. The Deputy Commander, Anti-vandalism Unit of the corps, Mr Joachin Okafor, stated…
Journalism Communication and Media Centre, an NGO, has called for increase in allocation to agriculture and more investments in infrastructure so as to discourage food importation. Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Obinna Chukwuezie, told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja,…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has charged the country’s new service chiefs to avoid being dragged into partisanship by unpatriotic politicians. Mr Chris Isiguzo, the National President of NUJ, gave this charge in a statement he signed in Abuja…
Representatives from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organising committee told reporters on Thursday there were no doubts or objections from its partners, including the IOC and sporting federations, about Japan hosting the rearranged Games this year. Tokyo organisers are preparing for…
Tobias Harris knocked down a 12-foot jumper with 2.4 seconds remaining to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Los Angeles Lakers 107-106 on Wednesday night. Joel Embiid led the Sixers with 28 points, Harris added 24 and Ben Simmons…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed shock and sadness over the sudden demise of the Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Mr Tim Owhefere. The governor’s condolence was conveyed in a statement issued by his Chief Press…
A NGO, Results for Development (R4D), has appealed to Kaduna State Government to sustain the new Health Insurance Scheme towards boosting health care delivery to residents. The R4D country Director, Dr Uweju Hope, made the appeal during a presentation at…
A 17-tear-old boy, who stole bathroom fittings on Thursday, received a one-year suspended sentence. Reports state that a suspended sentence is a legal term for a judge’s delaying of a defendant’s serving of a sentence after he/she may have been…
A 45-year-old man, Keneth Okoro, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged abduction of his two children from lawful custody of their mother. Okoro, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, allegedly committed the…
The Police Command in Edo said it had arrested a 63-year-old grandfather for defiling a two-year-old girl. The Spokesman for the Command, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, said that the incident happened in Urhonigbe community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the…
