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…
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…
Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has appealed for the release and safe return of 27 students of the Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State. Farouq, who made the call in statement…
The Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), on Thursday, threw its weight behind the move by the National Assembly to ban importation and production of bleaching creams in the country. In a statement by its National President, Hammed Olalekan, the group…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Ogbonnaya Orji as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Mr Willie Bassey, the Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced the appointment…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja zonal office on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, arraigned one Mr. Abimbola Omoniwa on one count charge bordering on attempt to defraud, before Justice O.O Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court,…
Jacob Ogodo, Abakaliki National Obstetrics Fistula Center, (NOFIC), Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital, in collaboration with a consulting firm, Circles and Frames limited, on Monday held advocacy, sensitization and case identification activities for journalists in Ebonyi State. Flagging off the event…
The Anambra House of Assembly has expressed concerns over the rising wave of insecurity in the state, urging the government to enhance the security architecture to stem the drift. Mr Somtochukwu Udeze, representing Ogbaru ll Constituency, who decried the security…
By Tobi Adetunji. Two men, Tunde Kareem, 32 and Muri Akibu, 46, on Wednesday, appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly stealing a motorcycle valued at N270,000. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are facing a…
