A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Chinaza Nede, has been arrested by the police in Ebonyi State for allegedly killing her nine-year-old son. Nede, a widow, is helping the police to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of her son, Olisaemeka, whose body wa...
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday dismissed the application filed by Senator Mohammed Ndume seeking to quash the four count terrorist charge brought against him by the Federal government. Justice Gabriel Kolawole while delivering ruling on ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday carried out an early morning raid of the Abuja residence of former Bayelsa State governor, Timiprie Sylva’s brother-in-law and another top associate of the governor, leading to their a...
Lagos State governor, Mr BabatundeFashola (SAN) and ACN leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, have urged the people of Edo State to cast their votes for Governor Adams Oshiomhole in the July 14 gubernatorial election in the state. Speaking at a fund raising din...
The Justice A M Liman-led Election Petition Tribunal hearing petitions arising from the re-run election held in some wards of Anaocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia Federal Constituency, yesterday dismissed the applications brought by the Independent National ...
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Friday inaugurated a 20-member Board for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) in Gombe. The board has Alhaji Mohammed Kafarati as Chairman and Alhaji Shuaibu Danlamias Secretary as well as...
Two persons sustained gun shot injuries while the Bodija Police Station was set on fire on Friday following a clash between the police and some members of the Hausa community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that...
No fewer than 3,600 major stakeholders nationwide are expected to be trained on emergency response and evacuation techniques by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Mr Emenike Umesi, the South-South Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, disclosed this...
The Kaduna State Government on Friday said it had dismissed 10 workers from its service over allegations of misconduct in the last one year. Mr Nathaniel Hayab, the Head of Service, made this known while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on the ac...
Prof. Pat Utomi, the 2011 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party(SDMP), on Friday said that the removal of Farouk Lawan as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy over allegations of ...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Friday in Abuja inaugurated 'Families In Difficulty Circumstances Support Scheme (FIDSS)', aimed at alleviating poverty in the society. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scheme is put in place by a...
Alhaji Aliyu Musa, the Sokoto State Commissioner of Police, has warned against erecting speed breakers unlawfully or mounting road blocks on Federal Highways. Musa gave the warning on Friday in Sokoto while addressing newsmen. He said that th...
The PDP said on Friday that it had started the process of reconciliation with its estranged members with a view to rebuilding and reforming the party. Mr Olisa Metuh, the party`s National Publicity Secretary, ma...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday in Abuja said that the House would not hesitate to punish any member using probes to enrich himself. Tambuwal spoke at an emergency plenary session of the House to deli...
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada on Friday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Sule Adamu to nine months imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl. The Judge, Alhaji Babangida Hassan, ordered that the convict should, however, se...