A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has ordered the remand in prison custody of a 38-year-old man, Ikechukwu Ononuju, for allegedly defiling three underage children. The kids aged eight, nine and 10, were allegedly defiled by the Read more
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has secured the commitment of the contractor handling Kishi-Kaima Federal Road to accelerate work on the project. The commitment comes as Governor Ahmed approved the grading of the Kishi-Teshe component of the 64-kilometre Read more
Troops have neutralised over 100 Boko Haram terrorists in recent various clearance operations in Yobe and Borno, the army said in a statement on Monday. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the spokesman of the army said the terrorists were killed at Goniri Read more
Lagos and Kano states have the highest number of registered voters, going by the register which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented to political parties yesterday. INEC has cleared 84,004,084 would-be voters for the forthcoming elections, after carrying out Read more
The Lagos State police command has arrested a commercial bus driver, simply identified as Jelili, for allegedly raping a 78-year-old woman in an isolated area at Adeniyi Jones, Lagos State. The old woman was badly injured during the alleged rape Read more
The Federal Government has reached an agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Addressing journalists on Monday evening after the meeting with the striking lecturers in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said Read more
The Bayelsa State police command has arrested a 42-year-old father of three, Sunday Otasi, for allegedly killing his two sons with a poisonous substance known as ‘Sniper’ over his suspicion of witchcraft.One of the sons, however, cheated death though he Read more
A building used as a meeting venue for Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, has been destroyed by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE. The building being used by ISWAP fighters near Baga in Borno State Read more
The Nigerian Army says it is working with Interpol to declare Dr. Perry Brimah, a Nigerian in Diaspora wanted over a fraudulent global fund raising to provide food for troops in the North East. It said its attention was drawn Read more
Twelve people, including a pregnant woman identified as Mrs Funmilayo, were reportedly killed in a road crash Monday night near Bola Ige International Market along the new Ife-Ibadan Road, Gbagi, Ibadan, Oyo State Capital. Eyewitnesses said the accident, which occurred Read more