Student arraigned, gets N20,000 bail over phone theft
A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday in Lagos granted bail in the sum of N20,000 to a student, Yusuf Ishola, who allegedly stole a cell phone worth N16,500. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. A.A....
View ArticleOur government is open to ideas – Ganduje
Kano state Governo, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, in Kaduna reiterated his administration’s commitment to running a government that is open and receptive to ideas and other inputs aimed at moving the...
View ArticleEl-Rufai appoints DG Lands and Survey
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has announced the appointment of a Director-General for State Department of Lands, Survey and Country Planning. He is Hussaini Ibrahim Garba. Until...
View ArticlePlatini to step down if FIFA presidency bid fails
UEFA president, Michel Platini, has announced that he will step down from the position in 2019, if he does not win the FIFA presidency next year. Platini was speaking at a news conference in Monaco on...
View Article“Stop being selective, extend corruption probe to 1999″ – SSANU tells Buhari
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has told President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the probe of corrupt public office holders to 1999 when former President Olusegun Obasanjo assumed...
View ArticleEgypt finally jails Al-Jazeera journalists for ‘spreading false information’
Three al-Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt of “spreading false news” have been sentenced to three years in prison at their retrial in Cairo. BBC reports that Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and...
View ArticleBREAKING: Seven die as Air Force chopper crashes in Kaduna
An Air Force helicopter has crashed at the site of the Old National Defence Academy in Kaduna State. Channels Television reports that the helicopter was on its way from the NAF base in Kaduna en-route...
View ArticleEngland in danger of losing 4th UCL spot as Bundesliga overtakes Premier League
The Bundesliga has overtaken the English Premier League in UEFA’s coefficient rankings, for the first time in 15 years. Germany’s top flight is now in second place behind Spain’s La Liga, in the list...
View ArticleMilitary confirms crash of Air Force Dornier-228
Nigerian military has said a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Dornier-228 aircraft, with call sign NAF030, crashed into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna. Though no casualty was recorded on ground, there...
View ArticleCholera kills 20 in Bauchi
Twenty persons have died of cholera in Shira Local Government Area (LGA), Bauchi State. This is contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria by the Information Officer in the...
View ArticleBuhari disowns documents containing campaign promises of his first 100 days...
President Muhammadu Buhari has distanced himself from two documents containing promises on what he would achieve in his first 100 days in office. A statement from his Senior Special Assistant on Media...
View ArticleI can never marry a poor man – Nollywood actress, Nazareth Bako
Nollywood thespian, Nazareth Jesse Bako has affirmed that she would never settle for a poor man. The actress whose career kick-started over a decade ago, however, said she loves God-fearing men who are...
View ArticleNDLEA begins fresh offensive against drug trafficking in FCT
The FCT Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said it would embark on anti-narcotics campaign towards curtailing drug trafficking in the area. Mr Peter Adegbe, Public...
View ArticleNDLEA begins fresh offensive against drug trafficking in FCT
The FCT Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said it would embark on anti-narcotics campaign towards curtailing drug trafficking in the area. Mr Peter Adegbe, Public...
View ArticleNiger Tornadoes gain promotion to NPFL
Niger Tornadoes will play in the Nigeria Professional Football League next season, after they secured a promotion ticket from the Nigeria National League division A. Tornadoes achieved the feat with a...
View ArticleDiscourage your husbands from engaging in corruption – Sultan tasks women
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad has called on Muslim women in Nigeria to queue behind the ongoing fight against corruption by discouraging their husbands from engaging in graft. He...
View ArticleWe will ensure Buhari adheres to party supremacy in subsequent appointments –...
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has vowed to henceforth participate more actively in subsequent appointments to be made by President Muhammadu Buhari and ensure that the principle of party...
View ArticleBREAKING: Audu wins Kogi APC primaries
Former Governor Audu Abubakar, this morning, emerged the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the November 21 governorship election in Kogi State. Audu defeated nine other aspirants,...
View ArticleAPC lists new cases of looting, says PDP mess must be cleared for Nigerians...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has listed new instances of alleged looting of the treasury by some officials of the Jonathan Administration, saying the corruption mess that characterized the...
View ArticleDSS arrests coordinators of Boko Haram bombings in Lagos, Potiskum, Zaria,...
In view of the counter terrorism measures put in place by the Department of State Services, DSS, to restore normalcy to the troubled Northeast, the agency has arrested a number of terrorists in Lagos,...
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