CAN declares three-day fasting, prayer over herders’ threat in Delta
As a result of the alleged herders’ threats to attack Delta State, the Christian Association of Nigeria has declared a three-day fasting and prayer for Christians starting on Sunday, June 20, to...
View ArticleFG plans action as varsity workers threaten crisis over staff schools
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities on Sunday said the nation’s universities might be thrown to a fresh crisis if the Federal Government failed to withdraw the circular directing that...
View ArticleBandits kill village head in fresh Kaduna community invasion
Some bandits have invaded the residence of the Village Head of Dongon Daji, Anja Mallam, in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing him on the spot. The bandits, it was learnt, shot the...
View ArticleFemale students plan legal battles against randy lecturers
The National Female Students Association of Nigeria has canvassed more proactive initiatives and laws against sexual violence, particularly in tertiary institutions, to end the menace. NFSAN National...
View ArticleMilitary deploys additional troops in Kebbi forest, rescues teacher, three...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in collaboration with the Nigerian Air Force on Saturday rescued a teacher and three of the students abducted at the Federal Government College, Birnin Yawuri, Kebbi...
View ArticleTwitter usage: SERAP sues Buhari, Lai, alleges FG curtailing free speech
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, at the Federal High Court in Abuja over the directive...
View ArticleEl-Rufai warns anti-banditry protesters against blocking Abuja-Kaduna highway
Following the Saturday’s protest which led to the blockage of Kaduna-Abuja Expressway by residents over attacks by bandits, the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has met with the village...
View ArticleImo couple, doctor nabbed for stealing, selling siblings for N1m
The police in Imo State have arrested a man, Kingsley Ehiedu, and his wife for allegedly stealing two siblings from Enugu State. Also arrested was a medical doctor, Innocent Onwudike, of Unity...
View ArticleLagos school proprietor arrested for molesting student
The Proprietor of Megland Comprehensive School, Lekki, Lagos State, Emmanuel Madueke, has been arrested by the police for allegedly molesting and harassing a female student of the school. It was...
View ArticleFCT phone thief stabs female victim to death, robber killed
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Danladi Abubakar, for allegedly killing a yet-to-be identified woman. Abubakar was said to have stabbed his victim to death...
View ArticleNDLEA arrests security agent selling drugs to undergraduates, cultists
AOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a serving officer of an unidentified law enforcement agency, Abayomi Popoola, for allegedly selling assorted illicit drugs to...
View ArticleOgun cultists shoot dead off-duty policeman, one arrested
A police sergeant attached to the Igbeba Police Station in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has been shot dead by suspected cultists. The killing of the sergeant occurred barely four days after an Inspector of...
View ArticleWe’ll deliver on second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Shagamu road – J’Berger
The Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Dr Lars Richter, has assured that work is underway to deliver on major roads currently under construction by the company across the country. Richter...
View ArticleTetra Pak donates borehole, equipment to milking communities
As part of its commitment to the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals, Tetra Pak has donated solar-powered boreholes and stainless-steel milk collection containers to dairy producing...
View ArticleNLC kicks against gender-based violence
The National Labour Congress has joined the world in celebrating the second anniversary of the Violence and Harassment Convention, C190. In a statement signed by Acting General Secretary, Ismail Bello,...
View ArticleA case for community policing
Contemporary policing in Nigeria is characterised by a chasm of distrust and insubordination between the police and the community they swore to protect, creating an antagonistic relationship between...
View ArticleMedia bill: Buhari re-introducing Decree 4 under different guise, say...
The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Christopher Isiguzo, on Monday reiterated the position of stakeholders in the media towards the National Press Council (Amendment) Bill currently...
View ArticleMeter manufacturers demand price hike over devaluation
A total of 17 manufacturers of electricity meters are demanding an increase in the cost of the commodity following the rise in inflation and foreign exchange rates, among other economic variables. The...
View ArticleDismissed soldier who fled North-East arrested in Imo for aiding jailbreak
The Imo State Police Command has arrested an Army deserter, Godwin Chukwuemeka, 35, for alleged involvement in the April 5 jailbreak in the state. Parading the suspect, the Special Adviser on Media to...
View ArticleKwara, Sokoto courts jail corper, Facebook fraudster for love scams
A member of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Ibadan, Oyo State, Caleb Oyeyemi, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for Internet love scam by a Kwara State High Court sitting in...
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