A 25-year-old man Eduka Onoha was on Tuesday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrates’ court for two counts of criminal breach of trust and theft. The prosecutor, Insp. Egwu Clement, told the court that on Sept. 11, Usman Dauda of Life camp, Jabi re...
A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday sentenced a self-acclaimed pharmacist, Liasu Assane, to three months imprisonment for swindling a Japanese national, Takehiko Arima, of 3,420 US dollars (about N547,200). Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo convic...
A meeting of the UN Commission on Life Saving Commodities for Women and Children opened in Abuja at the begining of the week to discuss good practices to increase access to life-saving commodities and review draft implementation plans. The...
Lamenting the slow progress in implementing an agreement between the Sudanese Government and one of the rebel groups in the country’s Darfur region, the acting head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the region toda...
The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, on Monday appealed to Iranian authorities to assist in achieving a ceasefire in Syria during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid ...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday said that Nigeria’s progress had been stalled because its leaders had veered from the foundations of patriotism and integrity-driven leadership. A statement on Tuesday in Abuja quoted Ekwer...
The police in Delta on Monday said they arrested a 20-year old murder suspect at Ogume Community in the Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Charles Muka, made the disclosure in an interview with the N...
The Deputy Governor of Kogi, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, said on Monday in Lokoja that the government planned to build low-income houses for some flood victims in the state. Awoniyi told newsmen that the state's Ministry of Lands and Housing had been directed...
Gov Peter Obi of Anambra has called for proper empowerment of youths to improve the country’s gross domestic product. Speaking when members of Team Six, Course 21, of the National Defence College, Abuja, paid him a courtesy visit in Awka on Monda...
The Anambra State Police Command is to set up a Special Anti-kidnapping Squad to combat kidnapping and other related crimes in the state. The state's Commissioner of Police, Mr Isa Nasarawa, made the announcement in Awka on Monday when elders...
Alhaji Abubakar Lawal, Manger of Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, said 16,584 pilgrims from Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states travelled from the airport to Saudi Arabia in 33 flights. Lawal told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) i...
A mother and four of her children died in a house fire in Britain early on Monday following a suspected arson attack. Police and firefighters said neighbours raised the alarm after being woken by smoke billowing from the end-of-terrace house in Harlow,...
Mr Vincent Aquah, the Director-General, Cross River Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said on Monday that fire had destroyed property worth N500 million since the beginning of the year. Aquah made the fact known while distributing relief materials to...
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, said four key suspects had been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of four students of the University of Port Harcourt at Aluu Community in Rivers. Abubakar made the disclosure through...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has concluded plans to set up a Weather Index Crop Insurance scheme for farmers across the country. The Minister, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the Wor...