A school proprietor, Mr Ismail Adeniji, on Monday told an Oshodi Customary Court in Lagos that his second wife abandoned their son when he was 15 months old, for another marriage. Adeniji, in a petition before the court, is asking for the dissolution o...
Some politicians in Lagos on Monday condemned plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow electoral officers exercise their franchise in the 2015 general elections. The politicians argued that the proposal would not serve the...
The Nasarawa State Government said on Monday it would partner with Dangote Group of Companies and the Raw Material Research and Development Council to set up salt industries. Mr. Samuel Nkene-Meshi, the Commissioner for Science and Technology, disclose...
The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) in Lagos on Monday called on the Federal Government to leverage maritime education and institution to international standards. Capt. Adejimi Adu, NAMM President, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) t...
Mr Adamu Kesuwo, Dean, School of Administration and Management, Plateau Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi, has explained that brilliant lecturers leave polytechnics because they desire to become professors. ``Professorship is only attained in the universi...
An Ikeja High Court on Monday discharged and acquitted Deji Abiola, second son of the late politician, Chief MKO Abiola, of a N35.5 million theft charge preferred against him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiola was discharged by Justi...
The NNPC said that the recently submitted draft Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would go a long way in transforming operations in the oil and gas industry if passed into law. Mr Fidel Pepple, the acting Group General Manger, Public Affairs Division of NN...
The Bauchi State Government has assured residents of the metropolis that the planned review of the city’s master plan is in their interest. The Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Aminu Hammayo, gave the assurance in an interview with the ...
Pupils of Anwar-Ul-Islam Primary School, Apongbon, Lagos Island, were on Monday forced to vacate their classrooms following massive flooding of their premises. They were forced to relocate to a yet-to-be inaugurated building in a junior secondary schoo...
The Sokoto State Government completed 23 road projects at the cost of N7.9 billion between 2007 and now, the Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, said on Monday. Wamakko made the statement at Fanare in Wamakko Local Government Area when his Kano State...
The police in Delta say they have arrested one Daniel Okpobusa, Vice Principal of Elume Grammar School, Sapele in Delta, for allegedly killing Mrs Rosemary Ojuederie, the Principal of the school. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Charles Muka, wh...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has removed N2.7 billion worth of sub-standard products from the Nigerian market since it launched its zero tolerance campaign. The Director-General of SON, Dr Joseph Odumodu, made the announcem...
Popular Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akinsanya, was on Monday discharged and acquitted of conspiracy against a general overseer by an Ikeja Magistrates' Court in Lagos. The presiding magistrate, Mr Olufemi Isaac, discharged the 34-year-old actress base...
Twenty six police recruits undergoing training at the Police College, Kaduna, have been arraigned at a Chief Magistrates' Court, charged with forging certificates. The recruits, arrested during screening, are Habila Ayuba, Shuaibu Simon, Salisu Har...
Business tycoon, Femi Otedola may have acted alone in the purported video tapping of the $620,000 bribe offered the suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee that investigated the federal government’s fuel subsidy regime...