News from the states and all the six (6) geo-political zones of Nigeria.
Gunmen suspected to be cultists at the weekend killed a staff of the State Security Services (SSS) identified as Mr Petrus Onwu. Onwu’s brutal murder followed multiple cult clashes that took place in different parts of the state on the fate...
Authorities of the Bayelsa State police command yesterday identified the faces behind the N6billion fraud in the wage bill of the State Civil Service with the arrest of a top management staff member of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) ...
In fulfillment of the pledge of the Niger state government to give relief to families of the victims of the Christmas day bomb blast at St. Theresa Catholic Church Madalla, Suleja, the Government has given out additional N36 million to the victims of t...
To Honourable Ifedayo Abegunde, the Labour party in Ondo state is fast becoming history, even as the race for the State House, Alagbaka hots up. The House of Representatives member made this declaration while throwing his name in the ever increasing number of the aspirants for the Ondo state top job. Abegunde, popularly known as Abena to his supporters, said he…
Rampaging youths in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau, on Sunday evening, burnt the Police Station and the Upper Area Court in the area after an annual festival. The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, ASP Samuel Dabai, t...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order said it killed two suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri on Sunday during a shoot-out. Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa said in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Sunday that the incident happened ar...
Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari was yesterday declared winner of last Saturday’s governorship rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, Professor Lawal Sulaiman Bilbis, ...
Residents of Niger State living near offices of security agencies and top government officers are beginning to groan and count their losses due to harassments and road blocks. LEADERSHIP findings revealed that security agencies blocked sections o...
The 58-year-old custodian of a popular night masquerade in Okene, Kogi, Malam Muhammed Jaguda, has been killed by unknown gunmen who allegedly kidnapped him from his residence. The body of Jaguda, the Ogu Clan night masquerade custodian, was discovered...
The Kano Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Auwalu Mohammed, for allegedly killing a lady believed to be his girl friend. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Magaji Majiya, in Kano on Tuesday, indicated that the suspect w...
Lagos State Government is to add 500 buses to the fleet of its mass transit luxury buses, LAGBUS, in the next eight months to reduce transportation problems of the state’s residents. Mr Babatunde Disu, the Managing Director of the Lagos Asset Man...
Jigawa State government has approved the construction of solar powered water scheme in 40 towns across the 27 Local Government Areas of the State. However, the State Small Town Water supply Agency, in collaboration with the office of the Millennium Dev...
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal commenced its inaugural sitting in Lokoja yesterday on a sour note, following a clash between the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN). The ...
Ahead of the Sokoto State governorship election, slated for March 10, 2012, there is anxiety over the detention of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) state chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma, and two of his party executive members. They are held ...
A special prayer for continued peaceful co-existence in Kano was offered yesterday at the City Central Mosque.The prayer session was attended by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, top government officials, eminent scholars a...