Food vendors and shuttle drivers are making brisk businesses at the ongoing post University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) holding at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). Newsmen reports that the UNN computer based screening for 2020/2021 session started on Jan.…
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) on Wednesday expressed shock over the news of the demise of the former Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Bala Ka’oje. The Public Relations Officer of NOC, Phemmy Adetula, in a…
Two drivers, Farouk Adamu and Adams Baba, appeared before a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for allegedly stealing a N3.8 million Toyota Hilux in Otukpo Town in Benue. The vehicle belongs to Rev. Fr. Francis Atama of Catholic Bishop’s House,…
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Wednesday, remanded a 20-year-old Ismaila Tahiru, for allegedly stealing a Bajaj motorcycle. The Prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Emmanuel, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 11, 2019 at about 10:04…
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has confiscated a large number of expired and sub-standard household products across Bauchi State in 2020. The State Coordinator, Mrs Hauwa Husseini told the Newsmen on Wednesday in Bauchi said that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Ka’oje family, the government and people of Kebbi State on the passing of Mr Bala Ka’oje, former Minister of Youth and Sports Development. The president made his feelings known in a…
Two members of the Osun state cabinet have tested positive to the coronavirus and have already started self isolation and treatment, the Commissioner for Information, Mrs Funke Egbemode has said. Briefing journalists on Wednesday in Osogbo, Egbemode said that the…
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a cattle rearer, Muhammed Bello, who allegedly attempted to kill one Ibrahim Muhammed in Kwara. Magistrate Ibrahim Dasuki remanded the defendant in Oke-Kura Correctional Service Centre, Ilorin. He adjourned the matter till Jan.…
The Police, on Wednesday, arranged a 46-year-old man, Omotayo Sunday, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged N190,000 theft. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a count charge of stealing. The Prosecutor, Insp Bankole Olasunkanmi, told…
A Civil Society Organisation, the Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG), has commended the appointment of Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Its Chairman, Mr Toyin Raheem, who made the…
